Dirty Words explores the power of linguistics within culture, and speaks specifically of the experience of gender.

Queer artist Sunny xo uses their own body along with short phrases and words that are often cutting and confronting. The artist challenges the viewer to consider the slippery nature of language. Words are subverted through isolation and repetition, and become visceral and personal.

Sunny xo’s practice is informed by their queer and non-binary identity. The body becomes a political device and words imply intimate meanings - Dirty words gleaned from the artist’s experiences simultaneously reference the self and comment on language within wider cultural contexts.