Date: 2025.8
Type: Event
Collaborator: common division
Location: Shanghai, China
This workshop focuses on a theme both familiar and overlooked: repetition. Often seen as mechanical, dull, or limiting, repetition is usually associated with constraint. Yet it is also the foundation of mastery, athletes train through repeated movement, calligraphers refine their strokes through lifelong practice, and artisans discover the life of an object through years of making. Co-hosted by Salt River and umum, the workshop invites participants to explore the meaning and power of repetition. Presented alongside the Crafted Escapes exhibition, it is led by artist Chen Guanyi, whose work reveals how repetition can open subtle and transformative possibilities.