Language World, a project with students at Pacific Northwest College of Art whose first languages are language other than English. Quotations in that language are installed on the walls of the school to “flip the script” on English as the dominant language seen in signage or heard in passing. 2016
“It is important to represent students through their language, since it is a way of seeing the world, of understanding it and of relating to it.” Alejandra. 2016
“I love this language like I love my mother.” Choi. 2016
A collaborative project with students at Pacific Northwest College of Art who speak first languages other than English, to create space for their language on the walls of the school.
Challenging the assumed dominance of English as a world language, installation of public signage presents opportunities to experience language as it is seen in students’ home countries.
Contributed by artist from a world religious text (“Bible,” John 1:1), regarding the power of spoken and written languages. Language World is a collaborative project with students at Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2016 who speak languages other than English.
A viewer stops to engage with a Language World quotation in a stairwell at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR.