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Model, Your Voices

This is a Model. It is dated 2022. Its medium is acrylic, filament, nylon thread, and led, recreated for exhibition; installed 2022, lincoln center plaza, new york, new york, usa . It is a part of the department.


“New York is the most linguistically diverse city on the planet, with 637 languages spoken by its inhabitants. Your Voices celebrated this diversity. Like a giant harp, the sculpture’s glowing arcs enveloped visitors and local choirs within an illuminated web. The piece rotated through a soundscape of languages from all over the city: from Arabic and Ashanti to Zapotec and Zulu. The strands spliced and framed the viewers’ perspectives, just as our perspectives are shifted when we learn to speak through the voices of others.”

It is credited Courtesy of Es Devlin.

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition An Atlas of Es Devlin.

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