DS4SI DESIGN GYM

Social Making Thursdays are where we make things together as a way of practicing a different way of being. We ask: How can crafting together change the vibe of how we show up? What can collaboration and cross-pollination teach us about ourselves and each other? Social Making Thursdays is not just about learning a new craft for yourself, but about rehearsing ways of being in relationship with materials we use and one another. 

From Hard Lines to Soft Fabrics: Connection, Collectivity, and Belonging: Materializing Mariángeles Soto-Díaz’s ME/WE

How do we weave relationships that carry us from the individualistic “me” toward a collective “we”? In this social making workshop, we will build out the material components of ME/WE, a commissioned intervention by artist Mariángeles Soto-Díaz. We will experiment with trust, cooperation, and collective play through materials, movement, and conversation. Beginning with rigid objects that mirror the structures and separations of our current society, participants will work together to close the gaps between “me” and “we,” literally building and reshaping these words through collective making. Through fabric, gesture, and improvisation, we’ll explore how belonging is not a fixed state but an ongoing journey—one that requires us to stretch, adapt, and imagine new ways of holding each other.

This intervention will be held on 10/16 from 3pm-6pm at Hibernian Hall in Nubian Square, 184 Dudley St #200, Boston, MA 02119.