PRATA PRATA - SPEAK SILVER
2018-2019
Views from solo exhibition,
Sven and Ellida Hjort's Grant Exhibition,
at Skånes konstförening, Malmö.
Photo documentation by
Helena Olsson
Curated by Laura Hatfield and
Janneke Schoene
"Surprisingly, though our native languages come from opposite sides of Europe, there are an impressive amount of words that we have in common. But some words (...) read the same in both languages but carry very different meanings. Linguistically these words are called false friends, but we refer to these words that we have in common as Doubles. In Swedish Prata means to speak, in Portuguese it is the name for silver. What might begin as a mild miscommunication often gives rise to fruitful discussion. So it might be said that speaking is not gold, but silver is not without its value."
– LealVeileby
