The Mother Tongue was born out of a search for the beings who are physically invisible, but are spiritually present in our lives. We connect to them through memories, emotions, the sense of smell, tactility, intuition. We search for them through sound. The sound of stories found in the clashes of the giant machine called industry, borders, politics, and system. This work explores their rhythm and how it dances through the stories of Kyrgyz factory workers – the rhythm of survival, the rhythm between birth and death, the rhythm of loss, love and finding happiness in between. This is the rhythm of their native tongue.
The work was created in collaboration with Davra Collective and Saodat Ismailova as part of her participation at documenta 15.
Part of 7th Berliner Herbstsalon ЯE:IMAGINE: THE RED HOUSE
