Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art

I'm Going To Tell You About My Life

With a spotlight in her face, Esther Ferrer, white woman in her 80s with grey short hair, is talking and gesticulating with her hands. She wears a grey sweater, a pearl necklace and a tartan black jacket with yellow, blue and pink lines.
Esther Ferrer, I'm Going To Tell You About My Life, 2018
Project Ability off-site at the McLeod Hall, Pearce Institute, Glasgow International 2018
Image: Celine Mcilmunn

Project Ability at the McLeod Hall, Pearce Institute

I’m Going To Tell You About My Life was a performative action conceived by Spanish artist Esther Ferrer. The piece brought together a group of volunteer signers and non-signers, speaking in sign language and in various spoken languages, who introduced themselves to an audience.

Taking a different meaning each time it was performed, the piece advocated for a pluralist society by presenting language as a palpable manifestation of diversity. “The less languages we are able to speak,” believes Ferrer, “the easier it will be to impose a single way of thinking”.

Supported by Glasgow International and the Office for Cultural and Scientific Affairs of the Embassy of Spain in London.