'In her new work I Am a Poet(2013), Mithu Sen reclaims her ownership of language by levelling the playing field in a world dominated by the English language. Reading from a book of asemic text, Sen makes public performances which invite visitors to record their own readings from the text, throwing into focus the void between utterance and meaning. An acclaimed poet in her native language of Bengali, Sen has experienced a sense of disconnection with language since relocating to the largely Anglophone city of Delhi. In this work, she invites us to share in a language that mutually excludes and therefore includes us all.' —from Khoj International Artist’s Association Press Release
Access level
Onsite
publisher
Location code
MON.SEM
Language
Bengali,
English
Keywords
Publication/Creation date
2013
No of pages
25
ISBN / ISSN
Nil
No of copies
1
Content type
artist book,
artist monograph
Mithu Sen: I am a Poet
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