Katarina Zdjelar: Towards A Futher Word

Katarina Zdjelar’s video, sound, and text works all document a moment of physical expression, which takes on visual and audible form in the transition from speech to music. They show how historical and geopolitical forces impinge on individual or collective desires. Take, for example, The Perfect Sound (2009), in which the artist recorded a session conducted by an English speech therapist, as he helps an immigrant to lose his foreign accent using voice-training exercises specifically design...