Anthems - Amber Ablett (Lydgalleriet, 2019)

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Documentation from the exhibition Anthems by Amber Ablett at Lydgalleriet
08.11.19—01.12.19

In the Anthems project, Amber Ablett has been learning the national anthems of countries that people have asked her if she comes from. The project began in early 2017 when Ablett gathered a list of 12 countries that others had connected her with due to an assumption based on her appearance, and began learning these anthems; songs which were written to draw a picture of a nation and to evoke unity and pride.

The overall project of learning the national anthems seeks to raise the question of the assumed relationship between ethnicity and nationality, our outer appearances and our inner connections, how we see ourselves and how others see us. The attempt to learn the anthems is Ablett's attempt to connect with countries that she has no connection with, but that other people connected her with,– while also confronting this challenge to her sense of belonging. The exhibition at Lydgalleriet shares recordings and text works from this project within an archival structure.

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Lydgalleriet is an exhibition platform for sound art and sound related art practices, situated in Bergen, Norway. We explore today's plethora of experimental sound-based art practices and auditive cultures through gallery shows, multichannel concerts, discursive work and performativity.

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