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How I talk about my work affects how the gallery discusses it, which affects how it is read and discussed by audience & critics.
If I use text within my work, the words have the meanings dictated by the dictionary... who wrote the dictionary? - See Urban Dictionary for new words/slang - expression of roots - childhood of mum and Nan using Cockney Rhyming Slang, everyday speech - dialect as a class signifier. Can I redefine words - misinterpretation as work - such as dictation - see previous post.
Gallery tend to exploit novelty – newness, & exaggerate the sensations, experiences, dramatizing, emphasizing. use of language is unique to gallery - institution uses different - not wot worry about this - only for exhibitions?
critics question the work, dependent on publication they may be more provocative or simply highlight key terms from press release. Try to be objective, mostly subjective, bias. Is all writing bias? Is all art bias? does it matter? YES - RELATES TO CLASS AND CATEGORISING< LEAVING OUT< EXCLUDING ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY
- so how do I include text within my work so it allows the work to be read with clarity – how does this relate to genre, story telling? Is it in danger of becoming a ‘branding’ exercise?
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Previous work including text - a lot of my older work had written messages embedded within in them, hidden under the layers of paint.
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