Translations

he movement of global populations, and subsequently the task of translation, underlies contemporary culture: the intricacies of ancient and modern diaspora, generations of colonisation and the transportation of slaves are now superimposed by economic and environmental migration, forced political exiles and refugees. This timely anthology will consider translation’s ongoing role in cultural navigation and understanding, exploring the approaches of artists, poets and theorists in negotiating increasingly protean identities: from the intrinsic intimacy of language, to translation’s embedded structures of knowledge production and interaction, to its limitations of expression and, ultimately, its importance in a world of multiple perspectives.

Artists surveyed include Shahidul Alam, Meric Algün, Barby Asante, Geta Brătescu, Trisha Brown, Jesse Darling, Parastou Forouhar, Camille Henrot, Susan Hiller, Emily Jacir, Glenn Ligon, Taus Makhacheva, Shirin Neshat, Christian Nyampeta, Hélio Oiticica, Pratchaya Phinthong, Kurt Schwitters, Yinka Shonibare, Slavs and Tatars, Erika Tan, Jennifer Tee, Danh Vō, Wu Tsang, Katarina Zdjelar.

Writers include Kathy Acker, Hannah Arendt, Alice Becker-Ho, James Baldwin, Walter Benjamin, Judith Butler, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Frantz Fanon, Jean Fisher, Stuart Hall, bell hooks, Irena Klepfisz, Sarat Maharaj, Martha Rosler, Hito Steyerl, Lawrence Venuti, Miyó Vestrini.