Graduation project Utrecht School of the Arts 2009
How simple is language really? How effective are words? What happens when you mistake a word? How does this affect the whole sentence?
Through a set of experiments in which Lewis Carroll’s Alice engages into a dialogue with philosophers and linguists like Lacan, Deleuze, Derrida, Kato and Wittgenstein and playwright and theater maker Samuel Beckett I challenge the functionality of language. The outcome is evidence that language as a system is full of flaws and paradoxes, which instead of being disappointing are surprisingly charming. These unexpected “mistakes” show to be poetic and create a new dynamic in their own right.
Four experiments were exhibited at the graduation showcase:
1. Alice tapes Beckett
2. Structure
3. Deconstructive Form
4. The Fold
Bags with Souvenirs from Woordenland were available at the end of the show.
Visual Essay
You can read the research and thesis for this project
Go to: The beauty of confusing words
