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Exit Strategies practice ways of getting out of our heads and into action.

Crises often come in waves. A swell with economic downturn is followed by a surge in reports of state violence, followed by the elimination of life-saving health care, and so on, with our personal sorrows bobbing on top. Each new crisis met with a resolution to “do something”, but what?

For many of us, this is so overwhelming that it paralyzes us in inaction. Leaving us to ignore the pain until the urgency eventually ebbs, and we can go about our days until the next wave crashes.

Though there is no way to be prepared for every crisis, we can train ourselves to break this standstill and take steps towards action. We can start by rehearsing the future we want in the present.

Exit Strategies uses methodologies and ideas from movement practice (both as in moving a body and organizing a body of people) and formmaking/form-giving*. To practice building a habit of making and taking action, in dialogue with the environment, the people, and the materials around us.  

In 2026, these methods will be explored in seven workshops led by designers and artists who work with the body and in dialogue with other bodies.

In April, we worked with Curious Orange to explore movement through garments. In May, we made tools for lettermaking with Grace Han, and mapped queer histories with Nat Pyper. Lastly, we will do an October workshop with Sara Kaaman to practice performing texts through your voice and body.

Over the summer, the learnings and explorations of these workshops were collected and written about. informing a publication to be developed over the next few months. All of this will set the stage for a public performance in Spring 2027. An invitation to follow.

The workshops are free and open to the public and will take place at The Woods rehearsal space in Ridgewood, NY. Each workshop is 3 hours long and limited to 10 participants. Sign-up is available a few weeks before the workshop date. Register through the links below. 

*Formmaking/formgiving: Making form and giving it away. These words serve as an extension of design and graphic design to me. Formgivning is the Swedish word for graphic design (though you can also say grafisk design too).

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Saturday, April 11 2026, 3-6 pm 

Experiencing Garments for and in Movement with Curious Orange (she/they)

Pallas Athena Projects is a project by Sara Duell. 
This website and the promotional materials are typeset in enby gertrude Valentin Chauveau and Léna Salabert-Triby published by Typotheque Bye Bye Binary. 

Supported by the 2025 Independent Projects Grants form New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) and the Architectural League of New York, as well as the 2026 Queens Arts Fund: New Work Grant.