MIND YOUR LANGUAGE
‘In the exhibition Mind Your Language, 33 second-year students HKU Graphic invite you to join them in thinking about the role, influence and meaning of language. In recent months, they have been researching various aspects of this wide-ranging topic. This resulted in eleven collaborative projects using the diverse ways language is used to exchange information and give meaning. Many of the works in the exhibition highlight the complexities and sensitivities involved. What role does sound play in our use of language and what everyday problems do you encounter, for example, if you are low-literate? To what extent does language work as a unifying force and in what ways can it be a tool of power to exclude people? In Mind Your Language, students present a wide range of works that address these and other questions. In doing so, the exhibition offers surprising perspectives on language, translated into installations, video and print. In preparation for Mind Your Language, the students worked together on the concept, design and realisation of both the exhibition and additional communication.’
In samenwerking met Sven Lablans maakte ik het werk 17_10_2022:‘Wat als je elke dag een bonnetje krijgt van de dag ervoor? Het werk 17_10_2022 kijkt naar de data die elke dag wordt opgeslagen, en wat het zegt over jou als persoon. Het is in elkaar gezet door te kijken naar data en herinneringen. Zo komen deze verschillende vormen van taal samen.’
titel: Mind Your Language, groepstentoonstelling in de Academie Gallerie, Utrecht
fotografie: Isa van Bussel
periode: juni 2023