Imogen Stidworthy

Lingua Franca
During 2010, Arnolfini presents a series of exhibitions and events related to the idea of Lingua Franca: looking at intermediary language, linguistic translation and the subjectivity of language.

Arnolfini presents the first major survey exhibition in the UK of work by Imogen Stidworthy. She investigates the structure of language, the subjectivity and nuances of linguistic formation, and how languages can be used as a kind of defence mechanism.

Working predominantly with moving image and sound, the exhibition will present a survey of recent works, such as I Hate, originally commissioned for Documenta 12 in Germany, which shows photographer Edward Woodman relearning how to talk after losing his sense of speech following a cycling accident. Alongside this will be her recent works Get Here and Barrabackslarrabang, which looks at the modification of language, in this case by criminal gangs in Liverpool, in order to create a language barrier to protect themselves from the authorities.

Talks

Sat 27 Feb 2pm
Exhibition talk by researchers in the psychology of language from the University of Bristol, looking at language and personal identity.

Wed 24 March
Imogen Stidworthy will give a lecture about her practice, as part of the UWE Fine Arts Lecture series.

Downloads

Imogen Stidworthy exhibition guide (PDF document, 87Kb)

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