Chukwudubem Ukaigwe – No Neutral Language, FEBRUARY 9–APRIL 14, 2023
Chukwudubem Ukaigwe, Kosisochukwu Nnebe No Neutral Language February 9–April 14, 2023
Artspeak, Vancouver, Canada
A critical duet and inquiry into the complex representation of “common ground” in communicative exchanges. The dialogical exhibition asserts a shared belief in the parallels of language as a tool of instruction, and the predisposition of constructing/deconstructing emergent collectives. In what ways does language confront its own historical and cultural image- assessing interpretations, rhetoric, metaphors, orientation, and power? How does the ideologies of vernacular influence/return our conceptions of placemaking and self-situ. Kosisochukwu Nnebe and Chukwudubem Ukaigwe explore the modalities of cultural translation—language as a “tender” for belonging, understanding and relationality. In conversation, their works Is language a flag? / what is a flag on stolen land? and Elegy of the Wind reveal the “interspaces” of language;
1. An imposition 2. A transformation of colonial legacy 3. A monument to solidarity 4. An extension of shared humanity 5. A witness to the ways we see and experience the world
