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SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Nadya Tolokonnikova, closing statement during trial atKhamovnichesky Courthouse, Moscow, August 8, 2012. Usedwith permission of Pussy Riot.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Ri View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: Nadya Tolokonnikova, closing statement during trial atKhamovnichesky Courthouse, Moscow, August 8, 2012. Usedwith permission of Pussy Riot. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Defending Freedom ofExpression in the Written Word,” Tzedek Lecture, OregonHumanities Center, May 26, 2010. Used with permission of theauthor.
© 2022 Jenny View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Defending Freedom ofExpression in the Written Word,” Tzedek Lecture, OregonHumanities Center, May 26, 2010. Used with permission of theauthor. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Donika Kelly in “The PEN Ten: An Interview with DonikaKelly” by Gabriel Fine, © 2021 by Donkia Kelly and PENAmerica, from PEN America, May 6, 2021. Used withpermission of Donika View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: Donika Kelly in “The PEN Ten: An Interview with DonikaKelly” by Gabriel Fine, © 2021 by Donkia Kelly and PENAmerica, from PEN America, May 6, 2021. Used withpermission of Donika Kelly; “Henry Louis Gates Jr. on LiteraryFreedom as an Essential Human Right” by Henry Louis GatesJr, © 2021 by the author, from the New York Times, October 12,2021. Used with permission of the author. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “On Censorship” by Salman Rushdie, © 2012 by theauthor, from the New Yorker, May 11, 2012. Used withpermission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society ( View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: “On Censorship” by Salman Rushdie, © 2012 by theauthor, from the New Yorker, May 11, 2012. Used withpermission of the author. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “The Censor in Each of Us” by Colm Tóibín, © 2014 by theauthor, from the New Yorker, May 6, 2014. Used withpermission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights So View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: “The Censor in Each of Us” by Colm Tóibín, © 2014 by theauthor, from the New Yorker, May 6, 2014. Used withpermission of the author. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Ron Chernow, remarks at the White HouseCorrespondents Dinner, Washington, DC, April 27, 2019. Usedwith permission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Societ View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: Ron Chernow, remarks at the White HouseCorrespondents Dinner, Washington, DC, April 27, 2019. Usedwith permission of the author. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: S. A. Chakraborty in “On Magic, History, and Storytelling:The PEN Ten with S. A. Chakraborty” by Lily Philpott, © 2019 byS. A. Chakraborty and PEN America, from PEN America,Janua View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: S. A. Chakraborty in “On Magic, History, and Storytelling:The PEN Ten with S. A. Chakraborty” by Lily Philpott, © 2019 byS. A. Chakraborty and PEN America, from PEN America,January 10, 2019. Used with permission of S. A. Chakraborty. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “Boycotting Russian Culture Doesn’t Help Ukraine” bySuzanne Nossel, © 2022 by the author, from the Wall StreetJournal, March 10, 2022. Used with permission of the author.
© 2022 View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: “Boycotting Russian Culture Doesn’t Help Ukraine” bySuzanne Nossel, © 2022 by the author, from the Wall StreetJournal, March 10, 2022. Used with permission of the author. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “Writing in the Dark” by David Grossman, Englishtranslation by Orr Scharf, © 2007 by the author, from the NewYork Times, May 13, 2007. Used with permission of the author.
© 2022 View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: “Writing in the Dark” by David Grossman, Englishtranslation by Orr Scharf, © 2007 by the author, from the NewYork Times, May 13, 2007. Used with permission of the author. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Steve Reigns in “The PEN Ten: An Interview with StevenReigns,” © 2021 by Steve Reigns and PEN America, from PENAmerica, September 16, 2021. Used with permission of SteveReigns.
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SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: Steve Reigns in “The PEN Ten: An Interview with StevenReigns,” © 2021 by Steve Reigns and PEN America, from PENAmerica, September 16, 2021. Used with permission of SteveReigns. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NYPhoto: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Ava DuVernay, email to Jenny Holzer Studio, 2022. Usedwith permission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Photo: Filip Wolak View fullsize

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022 Light projection Rockefeller Center, New York Text: Ava DuVernay, email to Jenny Holzer Studio, 2022. Usedwith permission of the author. © 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo: Filip Wolak

SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Nadya Tolokonnikova, closing statement during trial atKhamovnichesky Courthouse, Moscow, August 8, 2012. Usedwith permission of Pussy Riot.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Ri
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Kwame Anthony Appiah, “Defending Freedom ofExpression in the Written Word,” Tzedek Lecture, OregonHumanities Center, May 26, 2010. Used with permission of theauthor.
© 2022 Jenny
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Donika Kelly in “The PEN Ten: An Interview with DonikaKelly” by Gabriel Fine, © 2021 by Donkia Kelly and PENAmerica, from PEN America, May 6, 2021. Used withpermission of Donika
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “On Censorship” by Salman Rushdie, © 2012 by theauthor, from the New Yorker, May 11, 2012. Used withpermission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “The Censor in Each of Us” by Colm Tóibín, © 2014 by theauthor, from the New Yorker, May 6, 2014. Used withpermission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights So
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Ron Chernow, remarks at the White HouseCorrespondents Dinner, Washington, DC, April 27, 2019. Usedwith permission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Societ
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: S. A. Chakraborty in “On Magic, History, and Storytelling:The PEN Ten with S. A. Chakraborty” by Lily Philpott, © 2019 byS. A. Chakraborty and PEN America, from PEN America,Janua
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “Boycotting Russian Culture Doesn’t Help Ukraine” bySuzanne Nossel, © 2022 by the author, from the Wall StreetJournal, March 10, 2022. Used with permission of the author.
© 2022
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: “Writing in the Dark” by David Grossman, Englishtranslation by Orr Scharf, © 2007 by the author, from the NewYork Times, May 13, 2007. Used with permission of the author.
© 2022
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Steve Reigns in “The PEN Ten: An Interview with StevenReigns,” © 2021 by Steve Reigns and PEN America, from PENAmerica, September 16, 2021. Used with permission of SteveReigns.
©
SPEECH ITSELF, 2022
Light projection
Rockefeller Center, New York
Text: Ava DuVernay, email to Jenny Holzer Studio, 2022. Usedwith permission of the author.
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
Photo: Filip Wolak