Donna Conlon & Jonathan Harker | The Voice Adrift (Voz a la deriva)

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Aug 18 2018 - Jan 13 2019

In this video artwork by Donna Conlon and Jonathan Harker, an imperceptible message is spoken into an empty plastic water bottle and set adrift on the currents of runoff that form during a tropical downpour in Panama City. Swept away by the waters of chance and circumstance, the bottled message wanders and careens its way through a fleeting urban aquascape towards an unknown ear. Informed by the circular and episodic structure of Homer’s Odyssey, The Voice Adrift is a tale of alienation and communion, hope and despair and the frailty and resilience of human existence in the face of political, social and environmental crisis. 

While they also maintain individual practices, Donna Conlon and Jonathan Harker have collaborated since 2006. Their videos playfully explore the intrinsic properties of found objects to generate incisive and poetic social criticism.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website 

  • Multi-media / Digital / Video
  • American
  • Contemporary
  • Donna Conlon
  • Jonathan Harker

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