ARTIST STATEMENT
The submitted work examines how language based technologies shape communication and misinterpretation in everyday life. Using an intersectional feminist and queer lens, I focus on tools like machine translation and speech recognition that promise clarity but often flatten culture and difference. These systems tend to center Eurocentric norms while often erasing nuance and context. In “Amigos Falsos, False Friends”, human and artificial voices speak words that appear shared between Spanish and English but carry different meanings. The work highlights how small linguistic slippages can lead to larger misunderstandings, especially when automated systems claim neutrality. “Chalk Tongues” turns speech into a physical act. Tongue-shaped chalk writes and wears down through use, emphasizing language as embodied and fragile.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kimberly Lyle is an artist and educator based in Atlanta, GA. Her work has been shown recently at ISEA (Gwangju, South Korea), Flux Factory (NY), Phoenix Art Museum (AZ), Mint Museum (NC), Moving Poets Novilla Berlin (Germany) and the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (Toluca, Mexico). She has received fellowships and residencies at Sculpture Space, Vermont Studio Center, Elsewhere Museum, and Mildred’s Lane. She holds an MFA in Intermedia from Arizona State University and a BA in Psychology. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor of Sculpture and Technologies at the University of Georgia.
© Kimberly Lyle