Prepositions enacts a distinction between what language says and what it does. A catalogue of exercises, interviews, essays and creative explorations, this workbook-compendium invites the reader to investigate how we practise empathy, understanding, and contact, by learning and teaching all at once. Building on the archive of Montez Press Radio show Tongue and Cheek, and featuring work from a stellar cast of previous participants in the broader project, Prepositions asks us what active and embodied participation really means, not just in teaching, but across a whole life.

≥ Timmy Simonds is an artist who moves between object-making, writing, routines of caretaking, and participatory exercises. Through the fictional character of a teacher he calls MISS OTHMAR, Simonds examines the cultural expectations, nuances, and vulnerabilities inherent in the practice of teaching. This character animates objects and is also found in faculty meetings and workshops. He is currently developing a curriculum for the Miss Othmar School for Teachers, which will be housed at Montez Press Radio’s broadcast studio.

≥ Aaron Lehman is an artist and designer living in Maine. His work attempts to understand art, language, and technology primarily as material processes that are both necessary for and byproducts of communication, through which we extend the self and body, and expand the potential for different types of contact. His work has been exhibited in NYC, London, and Mexico, and his collaborative radio work with Timothy Simonds airs on Montez Press Radio and WGXC Wave Farm.

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