Joseph Kosuth's Exhibition at Casa dei Tre Oci Explores Language as a Perceptual Threshold

Joseph Kosuth's exhibition 'The-exchange-value-of-language-has-fallen-to-zero' at the Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice transforms the space into an unstable perceptual threshold where light from the lagoon and the arrangement of works guide the viewer's gaze before any theoretical reading. The show presents language as a problem of its cognitive and systemic functioning, not merely referring to meanings but also to the conditions that make them possible. The experience is not linear but an entry into a system of relations where works, walls, and linguistic surfaces redefine what we perceive as meaning. The exhibition does not limit itself to the presentation of works but engages the entire architectural setting.