Barrio Linguistics
Installation abstract
An interactive video installation by Verbobala. Barrio Linguistics is an exploration of nomadic Spanish found in the linguistic landscape of Spanish Harlem, New York City through interactive video installation. Makes use of photography, animation, poetry, video projection and electroacoutic audio to incite dialog about the role of language and advertising in contemporary society. The piece is an experimental documentary of the linguistics of south-north migration and the changing face of urban semiotics.
The piece was created by sampling all publicly viewable Spanish language text within a five block radius in Spanish Harlem. Later, a poem was written using exclusively this vocabulary.
In the installation, the order of the videopoem is dictated by the user.
- Previous presentations of Barrio Linguistics
- 2007.07 Galería 321, Cuernavaca, Mor., Mexico
Installation space
Gallery, museum or warehouse space.
