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Homophonia Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh “Girl Talk”

Homophonia Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh “Girl Talk”

Kay Rosen Homophonia Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh “Girl Talk” 2012 Handout for CAM exhibition, Raleigh, North Carolina Curated by Elysia Borowy

Image/paper size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Printed “Homophonia ©1989 Kay Rosen” lower right
(Inventory #33027)

“Homophonia” is a list of words identified by the artist that each contain a pair of identical looking and sounding letters, homophonic in other words. Just one letter away from homophobia, “Homophonia” is a verbal metaphor and short cut for the larger society, demonstrating the importance of like members to structure and meaning.
It has been distributed as a handout in many venues, bookended between “The Center Show” in 1989 at The Lesbian & Gay Community Services Center, New York City, and “Once Upon a Time and Now” in 2015 at The LGBT Community Center, New York.

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