„glottis“, 2007 Loop, DVD Installation Performance VALIE EXPORT at 52nd Venice Biennale The glottis, the vocal cords, are symbols of the voice they divide two phenomena the voice inside, the breath and the voice outside the phenomenon of vocalization of speech formation. The echo of the hidden vocal cords speaks throught the visible lips of the mouth. Turbulences of breath formulate the expulsion of air that opens the glottis tears it apart bursts through it Turbulences that cut into the vocal cords that score the banks of the vocal orifice © VALIE EXPORT #biennalevenezia #galeriethaddaeus #taddaeusropac #contemporaryart #valieexport #glottis #valieexportcenter #feministartist #feministavantgarde