Foreign Language for Beginners

Foreign Language for Beginners

performance by Irina Gheorghe

29.3.2018

KUNCI Cultural Studies Centre

The l lies between the words and the worlds. Between the words lies the world. Between the worlds lies the word. The l between the words and the worlds lies. As anything placed in between, its character is ambiguous. The l lies between the words and the worlds. Between the words lies the world. Between the worlds lies the word. The l between the words and the worlds lies. As anything placed in between, its character is ambiguous. The uppercase of i overlaps the lowercase of L, creating an imprecise zone of contact between the upper and the lower. As above, so below.

Foreign Language for Beginners explores the dynamics of a hypothetical first contact, at the intersection of science and science fiction. It’s a guide of conversation with the world outside the word by way of word, sound and movement, inside a room.