a few of my photos are going to be on display at studio couture gallery on woodward in downtown detroit as part of their new show, language and the city. the opening is this sat, jan 21st, and the show runs until feb 19th. check it out if you are around the D…
Our use of language influences the way we construct and engage with the built environment. Spoken and written language is explicit in our everyday world. We see it in our road signs, advertising, general signage, public announcements, and directions. We are particularly aware of language when, whether presented in text or verbally, it is misused or ambiguous. It is through these deviations and perversions that we form new relationships with built environment.
In these situations, many ideas and possibilities are suggested to us, expanding the use of language from a mere informational or persuasive role and into the delightful and layered realms of misdirection, onomatopoeia, malapropism, pun, opposition or inversion of meanings, haiku, surrealism, dada, and general absurdity.
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