"Accented" Exhibition
BRIC
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With people, culture and information circulating globally at accelerating rates, it might be said, that our day-to-day interactions are increasingly accented. The accent is the surplus of such cross-cultural interactions. It lies beyond translation, which strives to find equivalences for a particular expression in the syntax of another linguistic or cultural system. It is what exceeds language, resists assimilation. It is how newness enters a language or culture. It is additive, a pronouncement that focuses attention and a flourish that distracts. As the aural component of language, it embellishes its script sonically. Yet it can also be visual. Accent marks, in particular, indicate how text is to be enunciated. An accent is also understood as a feature that contrasts with or complements a decorative style, the key element that makes an interior come to life or a fashion outfit come together. Inspired by the attention to issues of language and translation precipitated by postcolonial theory, this exhibition brings together recent work in video, painting and photography that examine the different ways in which accents might operate in our contemporary moment.
Murtaza Vali is the winter 2010 recipient of the Lori Ledis Emerging Curatorial Fellowship, a program to foster curatorial talent in contemporary art.
[Image: Angel Nevarez & Valerie Tevere "Touching From A Distance" (2008) Video still.]
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Schedule
from January 21, 2010 to March 06, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-01-20 from 19:00 to 21:00