Karasch, Reciprocal drawing - Bodies’ Co-dependence and Direct Contact in Performance Drawing

The monograph focuses on the Reciprocal Drawing (RD) method - a collaborative practice developed by Agnieszka Karasch in which two collaborators draw while maintaining co-dependence between their moving bodies. Unlike other forms of collaborative drawing, RD is challenging because the collaborators affect each other's motions while drawing. To enable focus, the method combines 3 frames in unprecedented ways: a contact-imposing partnering strategy, a repertoire of body actions, and a set of...