125 x 250 cm
hand-stitched appliqué (cotton)
SPOKEN, solo-exhibition at Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam (NL)
Novel Tongues, duo-exhibition at PARK, Tilburg (NL)
In the works I developed for Novel Tongues, I examine the bodily, physical aspects of language. They approach voices, mouths, lips, and tongues as carriers of words and language.
This specific work grew from a love for the double meaning of the word ‘spoken’ when translated between ENG and NL. In NL, the word means ‘ghosts’, which to me beautifully resonates with the image of a word that, after being said, hangs elusively in the air between the one who said it, and the one being spoken to.