123 x 192mm, 134 pages, Black & white printing, Perfect bound, Risograph softcovers, Edition of 300, 2025

A CONVERSATION: WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT FOR?

‘A Social Process of Unknowing Yourself in Real Time’: Work on Conversation documents collective thinking, workshop materials, exchanges, pedagogical rituals and new writing from a year-long group inquiry into practices of conversation. Kate Briggs was Practitioner-in-Residence at The Glasgow School of Art, hosted by the School of Fine Art’s Master of Letters in Art Writing, between 2022-2023.

With contributions from Freya Alexander, María Garay Arriba, Kate Briggs, Oliver Canessa, Daniela Cascella, Aurelie Chan Hon Sen, Nicky Coutts, Kim Crowley, Esther Draycott, James Epps, Kaya Erdinç, Laurie Figgis, Naomi Garriock, Hazel Glass, Laura Haynes, Theo Hynan-Ratcliffe, Caitlin Merrett King, Nanjoo Lee, Esyllt Angharad Lewis, Sarah Long, Phyllis McGowan, Lucie McLaughlin, Andy Murray, Sara O’Brien, Rosie O’Grady, Clara Raillard, Ben Redhead, Becky Šik, Susannah Thompson, Kate Timney & Sarah Tripp.

Edited by Kate Briggs and Laura Haynes

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