Nora Turato: Govern me Harder

Nora Turato: ‘Govern me Harder’ was published in occasion of the exhibition at 52 Walker. Throughout her oeuvre, which spans performance, video, graphic design, and wall work, Turato boldly deploys text in various permutations to alchemize the onslaught of language in our contemporary moment and to challenge the continued dominance of the modernist vernacular in visual culture.

Trained as a graphic designer, Turato utilizes the written word and speech to conceive her works. Seemingly free-associative but deliberately scripted, the artist’s endless snarl of words is culled from social media platforms, news headlines, exhibition press releases, and her own thoughts, among other sources. (The title of the exhibition, ‘govern me harder’, is taken from a sticker Turato came upon in a dog park in Amsterdam.)