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