Works

the voice as performance, act and body, 2007

VALIE EXPORT. La Biennale di Venezia 2007

The rebellious voice, the split voice

The voice is suture, the voice is seam, the voice is cut, the voice is tear, the voice is my identity, it is not body or spirit, it is not language or image, it is sign, it is a sign of the images, it is a sign of sensuality. It is a sign of symbols, it is boundary. It speaks the "split body," it is hidden in the clothing of the body, is it always somewhere else. The breath of life is its source.....

(c) VALIE EXPORT cutout from the spoken text, 2007
translation: Jennifer Taylor-Gaida, 2007

 

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