A Lot of Things (single—channel video, 2012) On versatility and ambiguity of language on the example of the word ‘thing’. All the different words that appear in the five bodies of text — that are translated in the subtitles to ‘thing’ — are in fact synonyms of the term as yielded by a thesaurus. To further illustrate the malleability, the sentences in the texts are all taken from the dictionary entries of the synonyms to exemplify the use of the word. As a result, the texts becomes about a lot of things.
Sara Amido (born 1989 in Lisbon) — a Portuguese visual artist. She deals with language and text, interpretation and misinterpretation, mediation and translation. Resident of the RESORT project in Portsalon, Donegal (Ireland, 2012). Laureate of Student of the Year Award, NCAD (2011) and Commended Thesis, NCAD (2011). Her works were shown internationally at Digital Arts Studios in Belfast (2012), Terrace Studios and Gallery in London (2012), Irish Museum of Contemporary Art in Dublin (2010). She graduated from the Department of Fine Art of the National College of Art and Design in Dublin (2011).
