The Language-Art Project explores the many facets of this beautiful, crazy, exasperating, subtle, potent and magical thing we call 'language'.
The project brings students together from across UAL to share and discuss all things linguistic – and to create language-themed art. This art has been produced collaboratively or as solo works, and in any viable medium. The first Language-Art exhibition was held at Central Saint Martins in December 2019. Since then, the transition to online (for joining up, meeting, collaborating and exhibiting) has presented not only the inevitable challenges, but also scope for adventure and experimentation. The range of media used in this year's exhibition is strikingly rich and varied.
The project is cross-college, cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural. It includes Home and International students, Undergraduate and Postgraduate, and encompasses a stunningly diverse range of inspirations, interests and expertise.
The poetry of combined language(s)
Laura Erviti
Eva Brá Barkardóttir
Francesca Barizza
Esmeralda Momferratou
Himarni Moonasinghe
Marine One
Débora Caro Reyes
Yulin Huang
Madina Masimova
Claudia Sambo
Jack Carr
Tanya Hlavatskykh.
Poetic Spaces by Madina Masimova
Language, space and place
Fatima Rodriguez Montañez
Madina Masimova
Yulin Huang
Yu Shao Lo.
Graffiti art: multi-layered, multi-vocal
Kuba Karczmarczyk
Aarony Bailey.
More than just meaning
Alberte Agerskov
Shivani Mathur
Nibras Al-Salman
Nina Żuk
Roberta Borroni.
Memory, storytelling, testimony
Alberte Agerskov
Ona Telos (Tanya Hlavatskykh/ Glavatskix)
Zichen Wang
Donna Poingdestre.
Accretion by Alberte Agerskov
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See highlights from previous exhibitions (PDF 4.5MB).
Acknowledgements
Thank you to the exhibiting artists for their enthusiasm, skill and imagination (and for being so generous with their time):
Aarony Bailey
Alberte Thorning Agerskov
Claudia Sambo
Débora Caro Reyes
Donna Poingdestre
Esmeralda Momferratou
Eva Brá Barkardóttir
Fatima Rodriguez Montañez
Francesca Barizza
Himarni Moonasinghe
Jack Carr
Kuba Karczmarczyk
Laura Erviti Estruch
Madina Masimova
Marine One
Nibras Al-Salman
Nina Żuk
Roberta Borroni
Shivani Mathur
Tanya Hlavatskykh
Yulin Huang
Yu-Shao Lo
Zichen Wang
…and thank you to all other students who joined our group, came to our virtual gatherings, shared knowledge and insights, and generally supported the project.
Karen Harris
Language Development Tutor /
Intercultural Communications Trainer
International Student Experience Programme