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to tell[
tongue[
to tell tales[

and for a man
greater[

—Sappho, number 18, translated by Anne Carson

It has us at our throats: the tongue-bone. You could say we speak through it. The tongue-bone, or hyoid bone, named after its resemblance to the shape of the upsilon, the Greek letter Y. Giving us twists of words and accents, extending the meters of our lines and phonetics of our syllables.

The sixth season of VERSO / magnified and dismantled “terra lingua”, taking the tongue-bone at its starting point. Unfortunately, the season was cut short, first by a March storm, then by the coronavirus crisis which swept the world. What would have been the March show was turned into a film which aired live on YouTube in April. You can view it here.

Table of contents

Jan Adriaans
Jasper Albinus
Anna Arov
Lucia Dove
Megan M. Garr
Diego Grandry
Platy Helminth
Inner Galactic
Annika Kappner

VERSO / is a platform for emerging and seasoned practitioners, forming new spaces for the performance of literature and bringing otherwise static art, philosophy, or research to a live experience. It is a safe, open, and intimate environment for people to experiment with new work, perform for the first time, and create community with one another.