Mind Your Language
‘In the exhibition Mind Your Language, 33 second-year students HKU Graphic invite you to join them in thinking about the role, influence and meaning of language. In recent months, they have been researching various aspects of this wide- ranging topic. This resulted in eleven collaborative projects using the diverse ways language is used to exchange information and give meaning. Many of the works in the exhibition highlight the complexities and sensitivities involved. What role does sound play in our use of language and what everyday problems do you encounter, for example, if you are low-literate? To what extent does language work as a unifying force and in what ways can it be a tool of power to exclude people? In Mind Your Language, students present a wide range of works that address these and other questions. In doing so, the exhibition offers surprising perspectives on language, translated into installations, video and print. In preparation for Mind Your Language, the students worked together on the concept, design and realisation of both the exhibition and additional communication.’/exhibition AG, collaboration, 2023
analog photography by Isa van Bussel
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"MORE MORE MORE" addresses the words used by people in politics. Beautiful words like 'now,''together,' or 'do' that are often intended solely to persuade you to vote for their party. On the posters,
a few of these words are displayed, repeated continuously, according to the creators of the posters,
without any real meaning."MORE MORE MORE" presents, in a series of thirty posters, the extremely
simple yet effective language used in political posters and campaigns. Words like 'now,' 'together,' or
'do' may seem appealing at first glance, but they are often only meant to entice the voter to support
the respective party. What do these words actually mean? Most of them are entirely interchangeable,
and voters cannot derive any meaningful content from them. The posters incorporate graphic elements
from the political domain, such as color and typography, while also providing the creators' own personal
interpretation. The goal of "MORE MORE MORE" is to make people more aware of this form of
manipulation through language in political campaign expressions.
