The Union Flag collaged onto a white fabric, forms the background for the projection of words from the language of Brexit, interspersed with words in German from the period 1933-45.
190 x 80 cm approx; fabric, collage & light projection.
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Silhouettes of Johnson, Trump, Putin, their clothing collaged from the same Daily Mail front pages displayed in the Evidence Room.
90 x 80 cm approx; fabric and collage.
A quotation from German philologist, Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’ (below) written in German and English onto a maquette of the benches of the UK House of Commons and smeared with brown sauce.
‘I tried to get a grip on these models, a task which was in some respects extremely simple, since everything that was printed or spoken in Germany was standardized to conform to the official party line; anything which deviated in any way from the accepted pattern did not make it into the public domain; books, newspapers, official communications and forms issued by administrative departments all swam in the same brown sauce, and it was the absolute uniformity of the written language which explained the homogeneity of the spoken language’.
The faces of Johnson, Trump & Putin set in the colours of the flag of the Russian Federation. Set of nine 2” x 2” transparencies.
The face of Johnson with text from Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’ , smeared with brown sauce.
The face of Trump with text from Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’ , smeared with brown sauce.
The face of Putin with text from Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’, smeared with brown sauce.
The Union Flag collaged onto a white fabric, forms the background for the projection of words from the language of Brexit, interspersed with words in German from the period 1933-45.
190 x 80 cm approx; fabric, collage & light projection.
.
Silhouettes of Johnson, Trump, Putin, their clothing collaged from the same Daily Mail front pages displayed in the Evidence Room.
90 x 80 cm approx; fabric and collage.
A quotation from German philologist, Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’ (below) written in German and English onto a maquette of the benches of the UK House of Commons and smeared with brown sauce.
‘I tried to get a grip on these models, a task which was in some respects extremely simple, since everything that was printed or spoken in Germany was standardized to conform to the official party line; anything which deviated in any way from the accepted pattern did not make it into the public domain; books, newspapers, official communications and forms issued by administrative departments all swam in the same brown sauce, and it was the absolute uniformity of the written language which explained the homogeneity of the spoken language’.
The faces of Johnson, Trump & Putin set in the colours of the flag of the Russian Federation. Set of nine 2” x 2” transparencies.
The face of Johnson with text from Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’ , smeared with brown sauce.
The face of Trump with text from Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’ , smeared with brown sauce.
The face of Putin with text from Victor Klemperer’s ‘LTI (Lingua Tertii Imperii)’, smeared with brown sauce.