How languages lose function

"Truth of Consequences'' (two channel video), by Furen Dai, in her show and artist residency, at Samson Projects, Boston, through November.

The gallery says: "Furen Dai spent years as a professional translator. Her history and interest in linguistic studies has guided her artistic practice since 2015 around the research and development of a nearly extinct language called NüShu. It is the world’s only known language created for and used solely by women. Through this language, the women of Hunan Province, China, managed to build their own secret society. Since her research trip to Jiang Yong, a small village where the language was still being spoken for the primary purpose of a museum attraction, Dai’s practice has focused largely on the economy of culture industry, and how languages lose function, usage, and history. Furen Dai’s hybrid art practice utilizes video, sound, sculpture, painting and collaboration.''