Hung Tongue by Slavs & Tatars

First commissioned in the frame of Scenes of (Un-)Translatability, Slavs and Tatars return to SİNEMA to present HUNG TONGUE. In this lecture-performance, the collective explores voice-over translations and what they can tell us about the performativity of language. With a rich history in the former socialist countries of Central and Eastern Europe, voice-over translation is often referred to as "poor man's dubbing". From action films to audiobooks and news reports, Slavs and Tatars challenges us to rethink notions of respect and disrespect in relation to text, speech and, in particular, speaking about others. (Slavs and Tatars)

Slavs and Tatars is an internationally renowned artist collective focusing on the area east of the Berlin Wall and west of the Great Wall of China, known as Eurasia.