Moi Tran

The Text is Restless

An experiment in performing language at Leeds’ Art gallery.

A system of language communication exists in our every encounter. Yet do we question how this conditions us?

In this original text performance installation, multidisciplinary artist Moi Tran invites us into a process of unthinking our relationship to language, in both thought and form.

A large-scale text sculpture will fully occupy the Central Court at Leeds Art Gallery; this meditative, interactive work interrogates how meaning shifts when language structures are disrupted, gaps are nudged and text is reassembled. Over 9 days, activators are invited to engage in a process of deciphering clues sent directly from the artist to unlock the text, moving and shifting the text sculptures to reveal the message.

Join us at Leeds Art Gallery to witness this word experiment unfold

Produced/curated by Compass Live Art.

About the artist.

Moi Tran is an award-winning UK-based artist, designer, researcher and educator of Vietnamese and Chinese heritage. Her practice spans contemporary art installations and live performances, alongside prominent work as a set and costume designer for major theater, opera, and dance productions. This is the first iteration of The Text is Restless, and the first time Moi’s work has been displayed in Leeds.

Who is this for?

Art, sculpture and language lovers, wanting to slow down and reflect in a calm, yet provocative space.

“Text is restless.

Text is not a singular narrative, it is a compressed field of narrative potential.

Every text is a field of suspended possibilities.

It is material.

Nudge the structure, and the story loosens.”

Access.

The installation will be in Central Court on the first floor. Please see Leeds Art Gallery’s website for access info.