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Installation images are from the premiere exhibition of Every day, the first words at the Owens Art Gallery, curated by Linda Dornan, 2005
THE FIRST WORDS FOLLOW EACH OTHER AND THEN
EVERY DAY
THE FIRST WORDS OPEN EVERYTHING ELSE
In Every day, the first words, we look out over a landscape that is seen from the earth and the sky at the same time. Voices of an elderly couple (the Architects of Language), argue semantics, the pleasures of relationships and how long a minute is in a world where they will never see each other again.
Below the horizon, a pencil frantically rubs words into being, competing with the view and breaking into the conversation.