Claude Labrèche-Lemay

Claude Labrèche-Lemay

Claude Labrèche-Lemay

Canada

Canada

Canada

Series: How does language function?

Series: How does language function?

Series: How does language function?

How does language function? is a photographic study based on the construction of language which explores its intersections with movement and translation. It started as a research on sign language, a form of speech that I saw as a dance choreographed by words. Failure to understand became the starting point; it can serve as an interesting detour offering room for new interpretations. And many interrogations emerged : What happens in cases of failure in the process of communication; what does it become? How can we translate a movement into a fixed state? This research brought me to wonder: how is language constructed, how does it work, how do we extract meaning from forms? this is where the project stands; it’s a visual response to questions running in my brain.

Forms de/constructing words 01
Forms de/constructing words 01
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Deconstructing Failure
Deconstructing Failure
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A pile of letters making no sense
A pile of letters making no sense
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Lines in half-buried in sand
Lines in half-buried in sand
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What-at is Langua-uage?
What-at is Langua-uage?
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Where molding fails the movement
Where molding fails the movement
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Untitled (Cluster)
Untitled (Cluster)
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Untitled (Webs)
Untitled (Webs)
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Forms de/constructing words 02
Forms de/constructing words 02
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