Bill Murray whispers something barely audible to Scarlett Johansson at the end of Lost in Translation. ‘I am blue’ takes inspiration from incomplete idioms and translated phrases, concentrating on the elements of language that distort, obscure, and redefine meaning. Moving through language to arrive at the visual, tracing how language slips and unravels through misquotes, typos, translation, and accidental turns of phrase. Disagreeing with the original meaning, or finding the opposite to be true for you personally. “I have to be leaving, but I won’t let that come between us. OK?”
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