tongues

An exhibition about code-switching curated by Kundai Moyo and Chloë Reid

With work by

NOLAN OSWALD DENNIS
ADRIAN FORTUIN
NATHAN GATES
TZUNG-HUI LAUREN LEE
LEBOGANG MOGUL MABUSELA (monotypebabe)
NABEEHA MOHAMED
PEBOFATSO MOKOENA
PULE RATSOMA
SITAARA STODEL
XHANTI ZWELENDABA

tongues brings together the work of 10 artists to think through the process of alternating from one language or code to another.

Borne out of necessity and applied as a means of gaining visibility and recognition within a social, political or professional context, code-switching is also exercised to tactical and creative ends.

This exhibition considers the ways in which code-switching becomes a means of expressing multiple subjectivities, recognising the loaded significance that the term carries in relation to language, race and class, and the direct implications it has for self-expression, social acceptance and identity.

For more information, contact: info@gallerygallery.co.za

A catalogue of works can be found here.

tongues is a project by gallery, gallery.