The appearance of the more: ecologies of relation

Cocker, E ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2985-7839 and Wendel, N, 2026. The appearance of the more: ecologies of relation. HUB: Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society. ISSN 2975-9250 (Forthcoming)

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Abstract

In this exposition, we — Emma Cocker and Nicole Wendel — present an assemblage of video extracts and artefacts generated through a collaborative practice called Ecologies of Relation, for demonstrating how Harmut Rosa’s conceptualisation of resonance might manifest in and through the materialities of artistic research. In turn, we share how artistic research might enrich Rosa’s conceptualisation, through fragments of a poetic vocabulary evolved in and through the practising of different Ecologies of Relation, a language emerging in fidelity to the embodied experience of resonance itself. Each Ecology of Relation creates conditions for the potential of what Rosa refers to as horizontal, diagonal and vertical axes of resonance: the horizontal axis of resonance relates to the in-touch-ness between human subjects, the reciprocity, responsiveness and mutuality of collaboration; the diagonal axis involves correspondence with materials, attending to the ‘singing of things’, whilst the vertical axis opens towards the potential of an unknown, the ‘appearance of the more’. Within this exposition, we present a series of video extracts drawn from a single Ecology of Relation activated live on Zoom on 18 September 2025 where we each engage in an improvisatory process of exploration attentive to Rosa’s three axes of relation. Alongside we share a poetic text drawn from transcript material generated over the last two years, reorganised in relation to (and with aim of providing a vocative articulation of) Rosa’s characteristic elements of or criteria/conditions for resonance: affection, self-efficacy, transformation and uncontrollability.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	HUB: Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society
Creators:	Cocker, E. and Wendel, N.
Publisher:	i2ADS: Research Institute in Art, Design and Society
Date:	4 February 2026
ISSN:	2975-9250
Identifiers:	Number Type 2578688 Other
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham School of Art & Design
Record created by:	Melissa Cornwell
Date Added:	24 Apr 2026 08:19
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2026 08:19
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URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/55601

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