‘Limits of My Language’

‘Limits of My Language’ was published  in May 2021, as an exhibition publication, for the Kilkenny Arts Center. The exhibition was never seen by the public, due to Pandemic restrictions.

It was installed for 2 days; during which the Artists, Curator, Writer and Photographer were the only witnesses to its presence. The publication translates the embodied experience, of viewing the work in person into text.

It comprises of 6 postcards, inside a small black box. These publications were posted across Ireland and the UK, in a limited edition of 50. The exhibition explored, both our reliance on language and its limitations.

The works by Chloe Brennan, Elaine Granger and Johanna Nulty, begin an ‘alternative dialogue’ articulating  ‘intuitive knowledge, haptic memory and subconscious experience.’

The text begins with an experimental poem, using deconstructivist methods to remove the structures of language down to phonetics. Each following poem translates the experience of viewing the artwork in person, through a tactile, bodily way of writing.

The publication was a collaborative project between Curator Rachel Botha, Designers Models and Constructs and Writer Michaela Razafima. Nash.  Between the artworks and translators, a conversation began. The exhibition publication is a remnant of this dialogue.