Anna Barham works with the function of language, the language of images, and the mutability of language and meaning. As a physical metaphor as well as the title of the lecture at the Künstlerhaus. Halle für Kunst und Medien, the squid represents the constant transformation and continual production of images, speech, and meaning. The artist will discuss her recent work on digital voice synthesis, computer-generated language, and the voice recognition software she has been using.
Anna Barham (b. 1974 in Sutton Coldfield) lives in London. Before her studies at the Slade School of Fine Art (1997 – 2001) she studied philosophy and math, two fields that characterize her dealings with language and images in art. Barham decodes information in her (linguistic) experiments with the aid of technological means. Layering information using voice recognition software, a QR code, or the ink jet printer, she challenges the linear understanding of language and images.