Etymologically, the English term “anger’ stems from the Latin “angor”, meaning a constriction of the throat, and hence anguish or trouble. The word is thus associated historically with distress, grief, pain, vexation, trouble, sorrow, suffering, agony, regret and constraint. Yet, in everyday language and literature today, it is used interchangeably with aggressivity, aggression, wrath, rage, fury, outrage, etc. In other words, more with the outward signs of anger and its expression. This causes confusion rather than clarification. What differentiates one from another? The level of intensity? The concept of anger as an emotion as opposed to a reaction? When does anger turn into explosive rage? 

Let’s talk about y/our anger considers anger as an emotion--indeed, the most commonly experienced emotion—and limits its scope to the psychological and sociocultural, focusing on the emotion of anger rather than its aggressive manifestations. Through the works of Marta Azparren, Franco Bellucci, Alejandro Cesarco, Meral Erten, Hassan Khan, Liz Magic Laser, Shaun Leonardo, Nascimento/Lovera, Sevi Algan/Leyla Postalcıoğlu/Mihran Tomasyan and Lu Yang, Let’s talk about y/our anger sets out to explore the diverse landscape of anger, taking advantage of the arts as a unique space for foregrounding the emotive force of our lives with all its passions and/or affects. While careful to avoid positing anger or any other emotion as a site of truth,1 the exhibition hopes to encourage reflection on the emotion in all of its glorious ambivalence, many dimensions and perhaps also its utility.