Chitter-Chatter No 1

(2020)

Chitter-Chatter is a sound kinetic installation comprising used dental casts (accurate, three-dimensional replicas of patients’ teeth), Each dental cast is attached to a motor and set at different speeds animating different manners of speaking.  Chitter-Chatter orchestrates informal and inconsequential conversation that enquires the ongoing social struggle of speaking, creating the tension of hearing as well as of being heard.

First shown at Comma Space 逗号空间, 9 – 19 January 2020