Laure Prouvost: This Means Love - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0947830782 ISBN 13: 9780947830786

Publisher: Lisson Gallery, 2021

Synopsis

<p><strong>An ingenious object alphabet designed to relearn human communication</strong></p><p>As an attempt to rediscover the basics of human connection in these isolated times, French artist Laure Prouvost (born 1978) has developed a new ideographic language called “Legsicon.” The aim of Prouvost’s project is to unlearn and relearn language and engage with new methods of communication and narrative storytelling. Challenging the conventional systems of linguistics and representation, Prouvost replaces emotive words and concepts with anthropomorphized objects which are then transcribed and translated into progressively complex lexical and linguistic tests and eventually entire narratives. Dubbed the “Re-dit-en-un-in-learning Center,” Prouvost’s installation based on Legsicon encouraged visitors to the Lisson Gallery in London to decode and reinterpret such narratives. This volume includes documentation of the installation and the watercolor illustrations used to demonstrate Prouvost’s object alphabet, as well as a series of new stories and texts written in Legsicon commissioned by the artist from various authors.</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Lisson Gallery
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0947830782
• ISBN 13: 9780947830786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160