The Grammar of Violence

The Grammar of Violence examines how political language functions as an infrastructure that enables, legitimises, and normalises violence in moments of global instability. Through the collision of archival photographs of authoritarian leaders with quoted political rhetoric and the artist's own textual interventions, the work traces recurring linguistic patterns through which aggression is framed as necessity, protection, or lawful action.

Rather than focusing on individual figures or historical comparison, the work investigates language itself – its capacity to erode established systems of security, responsibility, and international guarantees. By exposing how violence becomes acceptable once it is rhetorically authorised, the installation points to a critical risk of the contemporary world: the normalisation of destruction through words.

The work leaves an open question: what follows when violence is permitted and repeated – and how can systems of security, sustainability, and peace be preserved before collapse becomes irreversible?