Tate Modern | collaborative London - New Delhi art exhibition on the human voice

An international collaboration between artists and curators in London and New Delhi culminates in an art exhibition focused on the human voice, titled “Word. Sound. Power.” at Tate Modern’s Project Space in London from 12 July to 3 November 2013. New Delhi’s Khoj International Artists’ Association, in curatorial collaboration with the Tate Modern in London, is hosting the exhibition “Word. Sound. Power.” Curated by Khoj’s resident curator Andi-Asmita Rangari and Tate’s Loren Hansi Momudu, the exhibition takes place at Project Space Gallery, Tate Modern, London from 12 July to 3 November 2013 and will then travel to Khoj Studios, S-7, Khirkee Extension from 10 January to 8 February 2014. Exploring how the human voice in speech or song is either a tool of protest or sign of self, the curators chose artists who “elaborate on the dynamic created by the use of words in speech or text, sound as voice and sound as song, power as given and power as taken away” according to the curatorial statement. Works in the exhibition include audio documentary, video, performance, text and sound. Poetry and song are also important aspects of voice, and works by “documentary and experimental filmmakers focus our attention to the inherent privilege in being allowed to voice dissent, reflected in cultural echoes – through art, music and poetry” state the curators. Review from Art Radar Asia Image: Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, still from “Arise’, 2013. Photography by Jonas Mortensen. Image courtesy the artist.