Ö (The Mutual Letter)
by Meriç Algün
Artist
Meriç Algün
(Turkiet, född 1983)
Alternate Title
- Ö (Den gemensamma bokstaven)
- Ö (Ortak harf)
Date2011
MediumSound installation, ca 2hrs loop Ed 1/2 + 1 AP and printed booklets (820 ex) - offset print on blue paper, staple bound in booklets (40 pages including cover). Booklets displayed on a wooden pallet.
Dimensions14,8 × 10,4 × 0,3 cm (each booklet)
120 x 79,5 x 14 (wooden pallet)
ClassificationInstallations, Audio Art
Credit LinePurchase 2013 with contribution from The Carl Friberg Foundation (Nordic Collection)
Object NumberMOM/2013/74
CollectionsNordic Collection
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkÖ (The Mutual Letter) is a dictionary and an audio work based on 1,270
words that are pronounced differently in Swedish and Turkish but are spelled
the same and have the same meaning. Meriç
Algün was raised in her native Turkey and
became a Swedish citizen in 2012. She has created a range of
works that discuss identity, cultures, languages and bureaucracies.
Selected exhibition history På väg mot en större värld (den 19 mars 2016 - den 16 oktober 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö Moment: Meriç Algün Ringborg (den 18 oktober 2014 - den 22 februari 2015) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Moment : Meriç Algün Ringborg : [Moderna Museet Stockholm 18/10/2014 - 11/01/2015]
Selected exhibition history På väg mot en större värld (den 19 mars 2016 - den 16 oktober 2016) Moderna Museet Malmö Moment: Meriç Algün Ringborg (den 18 oktober 2014 - den 22 februari 2015) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Moment : Meriç Algün Ringborg : [Moderna Museet Stockholm 18/10/2014 - 11/01/2015]