Tag: LanguageS

  • The Exhibition Ends, the Archive Begins

    Today I dismantled my JamaicaFlux installations after a rewarding three-month run. I am deeply grateful to curator Heng-Gil Han for the opportunity to participate and for producing such an outstanding catalog documenting the exhibition. Shown here are the eight pages dedicated to my projects, along with the catalog cover and expanded flaps.

    Congratulations to all of the artists who participated. It was a pleasure getting to know your work and to see the remarkable range of projects represented in the publication.

    Special thanks to Juan López Espantaleón and Dom Sindayiganza, whose photographs greatly enhanced the presentation of my work in the catalog. I would also like to thank co-curator Kalia Brooks and the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning for their support, generosity, and commitment to making Jamaica Flux such a meaningful experience.

    While the installations have now been dismantled, the ideas, relationships, documentation, and projects that emerged from the residency continue to grow.

  • 100 Participants and Counting

    THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO at-home filming progress. We are nearly complete with our film’s first flagship segments SAYing, SINGing, SCEAMing Potato in different languages and accents from around the world.

    Today Juan and I filmed each other and our families for THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO and surpassed the 100 participants benchmark.

    Jeffrey Allen Price and Juan López Espantaleón filming one another during a 2019 recording session after surpassing 100 participants in the project.

    Related Projects:


    THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO (2016–Present)


    Related Timeline Entry:


    THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO 2016 – TPI Timeline Entry


    Film Coverage:


    2025 — The Spud Has Its Day in the Sun The East Hampton Star

    2024 — MainPotRe during Vidzeme Innovation Week 2024— Interreg Baltic Sea Region

    2019 — The Art of Collaboration — The Islip Bulletin [PDF]


    Project Archive:


    Official Facebook Page for THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO

  • Seeking New Ways to Say Potato

    I am excited to announce that we will be filming again for THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO during select times in conjunction with the “POTASIA: Potatoism in the East” exhibition at The Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University (thru June 15, 2018). First day of filming is March 30 (Good Friday) from 11am-3pm. Please schedule an appointment if you would like to participate. We are giving priority to languages and dialects we have not recorded yet, but anyone with a sense of humor or a love of potatoes will be considered. We are still looking to interview people that speak German, Dutch, Italian, Arabic, Thai, and many Asian and African languages.

    If you would like to participate please contact info@thinkpotatoinstitute.org.


    Related Projects:


    THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO (2016–Present)


    Related Timeline Entry:


    THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO 2016 – TPI Timeline Entry


    Project Archive:


    Official Facebook Page for THIS IS HOW I SAY POTATO