Prendre la parole

ongoing since 2022
Installation
Site specific dimensions and amount of objects
Installation view: 80 objects, dimensions: 3,5 x 8 x 3 meters
Megaphones from stoneware, high fired, partly engobed and glazed
The work is accompanied by multiple public debating sessions with pottery, écriture automatique and readings
Prendre la parole literally means to take the word or to take the speech. It is a notion I encountered during my studies in Marseille. I have made it the starting point for an auto-theoretical and impulsive research around finding my own ways of speaking: as a woman, as an artist, with my own story, in a world that is on fire.
Sculpture by artist Laura Mahnke
Sculptural installation Prendre la parole by artist Laura Mahnke
Sculptural installation Prendre la parole by artist Laura Mahnke
Two red creamic megaphones facing each other
Installation by artist Laura Mahnke
Detail of sculptural installation Prendre la parole by artist Laura Mahnke
Collection of black and white images showing workshops and readings by artist Laura Mahnke