The Language Lab
Program, P.2036
- Identifier
- P.2036
- Category
- Visual Arts
- Date
- October 18 – November 8, 2008
- Description
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Artist and publisher John Henry Blatter is obsessed by language. His installation at Open Space mimics an English-as-second-language lab. Each study cubicle in his Language Lab contains a unique lesson on CD and directions on how to begin. While each language CD begins as a traditional “learn conversational X”, they slowly digress into stories of displacement, longing and assimilation. Each language tape is edited and written, based on interviews with each of the performers, who are each living in the US for the first time and are learning English as a second or even third language.
The Language Lab has been presented in conjunction with Nhan Duc Nguyen’s interactive community project Lao Oi, Lao A... (O Ancient One...) opening Friday, October 17 at 7:30pm. John Henry Blatter and performance artist Camille Turner a.k.a. Miss Canadiana will be in attendance.