Place Name - 2014

Two microphones, each one fixed on a floor stand and positioned in opposition to the other, have a reversal of function. Given a voice, both microphones read names out in unison. Each ‘pair’ of names is the same person – one being their original ‘birth’ name and the other their new ‘anglicised’ name. As the microphones simultaneously list both names of prominent cultural figures, the installation traces different accents from around the globe. Mixed media and looped audio (approximate running time of each cycle 9 minutes).

Place Name, Morley Gallery, London, 2014.

Voices:

  • Pierre Alozie
  • Alisa Behan
  • Eleonora Bojakowska
  • Laura Daly
  • Colm Doyle
  • Robert Farquhar
  • Ash Fitzgerald
  • Bronagh Heaney
  • Matthew Johnson
  • Darius Kaminskas
  • Andrew Kidd
  • Petr Maslov
  • Johannes Maier
  • Sarina McCavana
  • Sarah Roesink
  • Sara Rohaly
  • Camilo Salazar
  • Andrea Simonutti
  • Peter Simor
  • Patrizia Sottile
  • Jennifer Talbot
  • Spyros Zevelakis