Sophie Hope has started a new project on Mouthing Practices “exploring the sounds, speech, utterances and un-articulated moments in project meetings.”
In dialogue there’s non-verbal communication that affects the dialogue when it happens face to face or in person. Sophie’s project seems to be looking at the liminal space between dialogue (that is also part of it) and something that is perhaps much less conscious than the words we say.
“In socially engaged art practices we have to talk to each other, don’t we? My listening to your voice can result in ‘story theft’ – the taking of other people’s stories for my own self gain. Recording, capturing, reworking. A form of cultural embezzlement (Bourdieu) can take place. ‘Giving voice’ implies some people don’t have a voice and others have one to give. Everyone has a voice, it’s just that they aren’t listened to. Or their voices are not articulated in the way power understands.”
This week I have been making a conscious effort to use the word ‘glib’ in everyday conversation. I like the sound the word makes.
