I speak beyond words at an other world project space in Rotterdam, 2023.
"In a society in which we put so much importance on labelling yourself and communicating who you are,
we often forget that it is not necessary to use words at all. I speak beyond words seeks alternative ways of expressing identity.
Inspired by the concept of black holes and their unknown properties, Zela Odessa Palmer explores what it means to accept
the undefined and unidentified. As a queer woman of colour, she knows all too well what it is like
to be underrepresented by language. When the existing lexicon is insufficient to describe our identity,
we must turn to something beyond words to communicate who we are.
In her most recent work, the artist experiments with language and its absence through writing and drawing.
The exhibition developed for an other world project space is Palmer’s first solo show."