Through music, poetry, performance, talks, live events and visual art, the festival brings together a remarkable line-up of artists whose work marks the vast impact art has on language and language has on art.
This is the first UK creative festival to celebrate the linguistic vitality of countries around the world, as well as the endangered languages and dialects that continue to thrive within the UK.
Co-curated by Sam Winston, an artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores language not only as a carrier of messages but also as a visual form in and of itself, and Chris McCabe, a poet, novelist, artist and librarian at the National Poetry Library, the festival promises to introduce audiences to new ways of thinking about and engaging with language.
The full line-up of events will be announced soon.
Lead artwork credit: Silent words that bounce around the mind bumping into organs, synthesisers, guitar chords, breaths-breathing, montenegrofisher, 2024.
