Rivane Neuenschwander STILL FROM LOVE LETTERING 2002 Courtesy Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

The complexities and shifting extremes of communication and migration in our increasingly global world are a central theme of the exhibition. For Eatable Alphabet (2001), Neuenschwander created a series of Scotch-tape drawings in subtle hues of yellow, purple, green by using an international array of spices--açafrâo, black pepper, colormfico. These simple condiments chart and order her own travels around the world as well as the ways that cultures and languages migrate, mutate, and inform one another at a seemingly chaotic pace in contemporary life. Andando em Circulos (Walking in Circles) (2000) only becomes visible as the circles of clear glue adhered to the floor record the dusty tracks of visitors' movements. For her 14-drawing series Carta Faminta (Starving Letters) (2000), the artist coaxed snails to eat through sheets of paper, leaving delicate topographies in their wake. Love Lettering, a new color video projection, explores the complex intersections of language and emotion. By attaching several fragments of a love letter to the tails of goldfish, unpredictable messages of love, desire, and loss swim in and out of the frame, charting the uncertainty and chance inherent in most human relationships.