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3/10/2012

Say it loud

District Kunst und Kulturforderung gGmbH, Berlin

On words and actions. An exhibition that investigates how language is used in the construction of public identities and social interactions. It brings together a collection of works that critically appropriate speech and text, and which respond to some questions using three main categories of reflection.


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Ei Arakawa & Nikolas Gambaroff, Erik Bünger, Jeremiah Day, DETEXT, Discoteca Flaming Star, Ebon Heath, Gary Hill, Satch Hoyt, Sejla Kameric, Daniel Knorr, Falke Pisano

Curators: Susanne Husse, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Megan Marissa Steinman; Project Management: Azra Gül; Project Assistance: Marleen Schröder, Simone Stunz; Space Design (Narrative Machine series): Lorenzo Sandoval, Layout: Janett Bielau

SAY IT LOUD is an exhibition that investigates how language is used in the construction of public identities and social interactions. Set against the backdrop of our contemporary communication strata which increasingly favors text-based connections over physical proximity, SAY IT LOUD asks artists and their audiences to consider both the hierarchies and possibilities woven into the relationship between words and actions.

The exhibition developed out of a series of questions: how do words code our daily activities, how does language convey conviviality and, conversely, control the promise of idea exchange? If in the beginning was the word, then how exactly was it said? If words inherently contain their own limitations, thus causing systems of communication to fail, what are the actions that can be produced as potential solutions?

SAY IT LOUD brings together a collection of works that critically appropriate speech and text, and which respond to these questions using three main categories of reflection. The first, Text Control, concerns a system of written words and symbols with endlessly fluctuating forms that undergird today's technology-based correspondence. The second, Speaking Bodies, highlights works that utilize spoken word and performance strategies as a means for countering the current phenomena of virtual disembodiment, bringing into focus orating subjects who establish their material presence within larger historical narratives. The spatial position between body and text is explored within a discussion about Scripted Spaces, defined as locations where the activity of reading reveals the social ethos and codified behavior programs embedded within the public realm.

SAY IT LOUD investigates the potential for artistic action within an expanded field of communication, especially at those points where words are driven to the boundaries of their original functions. The artistic activities featured in the exhibition reflect upon the essential characteristics of language, while simultaneously exposing its inherent power dynamics. SAY IT LOUD asks both artists and audiences to reconsider their relationship as a collaborative one. This thus increases the intimacy of transmission and responsibility for the intended message by both parties via the performativity of speech acts and everyday interaction with physical and virtual environments.

Supported by: Cine Plus, Dinamix, Bosch

OPEN CALL
In an effort to connect our investigation with Berlin's local cultural producers, we have opened a space within SAY IT LOUD for the presentation and discussion of publication projects that focus on artistic writing and language as a medium within contemporary art. Speech makers, publishers, writers, book designers, and more are invited to contribute and display their recent works. The communal architecture of this space was developed by Lorenzo Sandoval based on his Narrative Machine series.

For participation and further information please contact post@district-berlin.com.

Opening October 4th, 7pm
ARTIST SPEAKS: Artist Conversations, Film Screenings, Performances, Lectures and Music
18.10., 7 pm Erik Bünger; 25.10., 7 pm The Otolith Group, Falke Pisano; 10.11., 8 pm Discoteca Flaming Star, 10 pm Gewalt Disney

District Kunst- und Kulturförderung gGmbH
Bessemerstraße 2-14 - 12103 Berlin
Opening hours during the exhibition: Wednesday - Sunday 12 am - 6 pm

IN ARCHIVIO [2]
Roman Schramm and Paul Sochacki
dal 3/4/2013 al 24/5/2013

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