slinko: NEOLOGISMS

slinko: NEOLOGISMS
August 28 – November 14, 2025

Opening: Thursday, Sept 4, 2025, 5 – 7 pm

NEOLOGISMS is a site-responsive installation in the Dodd’s Plaza Gallery inspired by a New York Times investigation into the disappearance of certain words from federal language. Addressing our cultural and political moment, slinko transforms this act of censorship into an opportunity to invent an entirely new vocabulary. Through simple rearrangement of letters, she remakes these banned terms into “neologisms.” Drawing on her background in graphic design, slinko references Illustrator and InDesign interfaces, using text boxes, highlighting, and overflow indicators to foreground how language can be manipulated, transformed, and reimagined.

About the Artist

Born in Ukraine, slinko is a multidisciplinary artist currently living in the US. While her practice is informed by scholarship on labor, ideology, and politics, her inspiration comes from interactions with ordinary people, localized contexts, and material culture. With a sharp eye for the personal and the anecdotal, slinko often zooms in on the micro within larger historical and political narratives, offering specific insights into the workings of power and its effects. slinko’s practice encompasses a wide range of media, including political satire, drawing, moving image, performance, printmaking, and graphic design. slinko often blends fieldwork research with dark humor to reflect on the broader forces that shape our lives.

For more information, contact Rachel Waldrop, Director and Curator, Dodd Galleries and Atheneum: rachel.waldrop@uga.edu. The Dodd Galleries are open M-Fri in the main Lamar Dodd School of Art building, from 9am-4:30pm. The Lamar Dodd School of Art is closed on weekends, University holidays, and home game days.

NEOLOGISMS is supported by UGA’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and The Lamar Dodd School of Art. For support opportunities, contact Grace Mercer, Development Associate: grace.mercer@uga.edu