Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle

You Can Say Anything You Want For As Long As You Want

You Can Say Anything You Want For As Long as You Want

The architect Hugh A. Stubbins saw his Kongresshalle, with the auditorium as its centerpiece, as the embodiment of freedom of speech and opinion. The theme of Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle’s installation is the influence of acoustic and spatial staging on the power of the spoken word. On the stage in the middle of the empty auditorium stands a microphone, accessible to all visitors. However, instead of amplifying, it absorbs speech and sends it unedited to an Internet archive which collects the plurality of voices to be publicly heard all over the world.