UNFOLDING TONGUES, 2019.

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Lecture performance developed in the Imaginary Bauhaus Class with Dr Sabine Folie.

Collaboration with Ahram Chae, Adhika Ferdinand, Constanza Carvajal and Farzane Vaziritabar.

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The performance Unfolding Tongues aims at tracing and questioning multiple forms of communication and their link with the recognition of belonging. Out of four participants, one narrates a personally chosen text in their own mother tongue, while the other four simultaneously use the medium of paper to subversively translate the narration into a visual object. The performers use simple movements along with the art of folding paper to build these life-size structures that are related to memory and experience and are easily recognizable. The objects not only represent a tangible form of perceiving communication but also act as a metaphor for language and the traces it leaves behind. This arrangement continues until five texts in four languages have been heard and five sculptures are seen.

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Documentation by Minhee Ahn https://www.ahnminhee.com/