Amar Kanwar, still from A Night of Prophecy, 2002
Mithu Sen, excerpt from I am a Poet 2013
Anjali Monteiroand K P Jayasankar Still from Saacha (The Loom) 2001
Amar Kanwar, Still from A Night of Prophecy, 2002
Lawrence Abu Hamdan with Janna Ullrich Conflicted Phonemes 2012
Lawrence Abu Hamdan Conflicted Phonemes 2012
Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar still from Saacha (The Loom) 2001
Caroline Bergvall, Crop 2010
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, still from Arise 2013
Pallavi Paul Nayi Kheti (New Harvest) 2013
From a single utterance, to the pronunciation of a name and the declaration of an idea, the voice is a tool through which we assert our presence in the world. The use of the voice as a means of protest and as a metaphor for self-representation is central to this exhibition. By bringing together the work of Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Caroline Bergvall, Amar Kanwar, Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar, Pallavi Paul and Mithu Sen – including audio documentary, video, performance, text and sound – this exhibition takes a moment to listen to the harmony and dissonance of voices rising.
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen
Artist Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen presents a newly commissioned work that grounds the relevance of the voice – singular and collective, celebrated and silenced – in the localities neighbouring Tate Modern in London and Khoj, International Artists’ Association in New Delhi. Larsen encounters the lives of four young men, continents apart who show deep sadness, sheer belief and aspiration as they attempt to find expression and empowerment. United through hip-hop culture dance, rap and poetry become means to raise their voices in the face of adversity.
- 'What Kinda Life' by KEST. Download the soundtrack from Arise 2013 by Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen.
- Download the Word.Sound.Power booklet [PDF, 538 Kb]
Project Space: Word. Sound. Power. is curated by Loren Hansi Momodu at Tate Modern and Andi-Asmita Rangari, Khoj, International Artists’ Association, New Delhi. The curatorial exchange is organised with the collaboration of Gasworks.
The exhibition continues at Khoj, International Artists’ Association, New Delhi, 10 January – 08 February 2014. Free