Saturday, May 10, 2025

The Word: Language As Material
Brewer Harris Projects

138 Bank Alley (University Building)
Syracuse

It is sometimes said that language makes the world. This idea, that the world was spoken into existence, appears in multiple creation myths. Language describes and proscribes who we are, where and how we live. The artists in this exhibition use language as raw material, bringing this seemingly intangible form to physical life. In the exhibition "The Word: Language as Material," multimedia artists Yto Barrada, Bettina, William Camargo, Lizania Cruz, Arnold J. Kemp, and Elodie Pong shape language into sculpture, photography, video and print. Their work proclaims, questions and challenges, bringing an embodied presence to the words that shape our lives.