Linguistic landscapes (how do we come together in our differences?), textile banners, 2 x 150cm x 350cm, 4x wearables 75x180cm, reader, 2023
Exhibition: Vielheit. Stories from the post -migrant society @kunstmeranoarte
Curated by Jörn Schafaff
I transferred a selection of answers to the questionnaires (see prev. post) onto two textile banners in the shape of tongues referring to the bilingualism and ongoing cultural and linguistic rupture in South Tyrol. Like the questionnaires the banners invite the viewer to think about their own answers, to change perspective and think about language differently, as the basis of post-migrant negotiation processes.
At the opening of the exhibition I conducted a mini version of the workshop I did with the pupils, exploring the questions further and connecting audience members with tongue-banners, in order to get into different dialogues on the basis of the questionnaires.
Photo 1: @ivocorra_fotografo