Narrative Against Itself
Justine McDonnell
View this work
https://www.mcdonnelljustine.com/#/narrative-against-itself/
External links
Artist's biography
Contributors
Clare Gormley - Curator/Commissioner
Synopsis
'Narrative Against Itself' 2017, responds to the film 'We Speak Silent' (1975) written and performed by Avant-Garde & American poet Hannah Weiner. This work featured as part of 'We Speak Silent' Curated by Clare Gormley, an exhibition exploring the performative and political dimensions of speech and language.
Concept & Technique
'Narrative Against Itself' responds to the film We Speak Silent (1975) written and performed by Avant-Garde & American poet Hannah Weiner. Composing fictional dialogue scripts, I assume the position of Hannah in conversation with her former self whilst situating myself as the narrator. In some moments, the failings of language are made explicit, speech becomes broken, words malfunction, meaning is lost or hidden. The work was installed in Pssquared, Belfast gallery’s window space, with a black theatre curtain backdrop. The Tannoy speakers installed on the buildings external wall played out on to the street to test and rupture an everyday encounter with a public space.
Screenings
2017- Pssquared, Belfast
2020- Stabilimento Ostiense Festival, Rome
2020- Stabilimento Ostiense Festival, Rome
Details
Title
Narrative Against Itself
Year
2017
Genres
Autobiography
Topics
Arts
Key phrases
code, poems, speech, poetry, feminist, communication, language, rhythm, linguistic, forms, political, dimensions, performative
Language
English
Duration
10:29:00 (looped)
Original formats
HD
Screening formats
HD
Aspect ratio
16:9
Colour
Mixture
Sound
Yes
