Mis/Communication Language and Power in Contemporary Art
Mis/Communication: Language and Power in Contemporary Art features video, sculpture, print, performance, and interactive media artworks by fifteen contemporary artists who explore the power of language in a cultural context.
It is through language that we can connect with one another, but how is this connection also affected by the power dynamics inherent in language? Artwork by mostly young and emerging artists examines issues such as the global predominance of English, the colonial violence of European languages in the global south, and the societal tendency to censure other languages, dialects and linguistic practices.
The exhibition considers spoken and written language as defined by national or cultural linguistic traditions like Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese and indigenous languages like B茅t茅, Cherokee, and Marra, but also American Sign Language, performative body language, 鈥渁cademic speak,鈥� and Artificial Intelligence鈥檚 voice recognition program.
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Mis/Communication: Language and Power in Contemporary Art features video, sculpture, print, performance, and interactive media artworks by fifteen contemporary artists who explore the power of language in a cultural context.
It is through language that we can connect with one another, but how is this connection also affected by the power dynamics inherent in language? Artwork by mostly young and emerging artists examines issues such as the global predominance of English, the colonial violence of European languages in the global south, and the societal tendency to censure other languages, dialects and linguistic practices.
The exhibition considers spoken and written language as defined by national or cultural linguistic traditions like Korean, Spanish, and Portuguese and indigenous languages like B茅t茅, Cherokee, and Marra, but also American Sign Language, performative body language, 鈥渁cademic speak,鈥� and Artificial Intelligence鈥檚 voice recognition program.
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