collaborative writing projects
The Aqueous Memory Archive is a collaborative collection of memories with and in water contributed by artists, writers, musicians, educators, and activists.
This co-authored project was facilitated by Manon Wada and Irene Wibawa and installed as a listening station in the exhibition Stories of Water, Stories in Water curated by Irene Wibawa and Manon Wada at Rock Paper Scissors Collective Gallery in Oakland, California.
Photos by Reiko Fujii
This collaborative and co-authored project commemorating our past pets on the chairs of Elsewhere Museum was initiated by artist-in-residence Manon Wada with house manager/curator/artist Avery Rose.
Elsewhere Pet Memorial is both virtual providing remote access online and kinetic with inscribed chairs moving throughout the museum.
Herstory Census is a socially engaged, collaborative and co-authored project created by co-conveners Sonia Mañjon and Manon Wada with web designers Alice Lin and Daisy Ozim. This project features a collection of writing from women of color, which reports incidents of injustice and is rooted in a restorative practice. Herstory Census intends to offer a visible and accessible platform to record, witness, and share each other’s stories. This web-based project was materially presented as an installation in 2021 at Whitney Center for the Arts in Pittsfield, MA, for Rites of Passage Project.
Web-based project community poetree archives 85 responses to the question: what do you leave behind when you depart?
The interactive text is made up of snippets from each contributor’s written submissions, which were then spliced together into a co-authored poem. An audio recording of Manon reciting the poem is embedded in the website.
