Carey YoungEverything You've Heard is Wrong 1999

Everything You’ve Heard is Wrong is a video of a performance by the artist at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London. It shows Young, dressed in a smart business suit, ascending a small aluminium ladder as she takes up a position to deliver a speech in front of a crowd gathered around a gesticulating Muslim orator. She introduces herself to an imaginary audience and then delivers a presentation on successful corporate-style communication, from time to time referring to prompt cards and using her hands in the manner of a trained television presenter. As the subject of her presentation is presentation itself, and Young ably demonstrates the skills she is describing, the work creates a circular dynamic… (read more)