A Slip Of The Tongue
A Slip of The Tongue bye Feline Artz
Description
After the personal realisation that she unconsciously and unwillingly reproduced sexist patterns in the way she spoke and thought, Feline Artz initiated a project began as a series of consciousness-raising meetings about sexist language. Over time, the meetings themselves became part of the inquiry, and the project developed into an ongoing collection of speech tools and experimental methods. The cards support conversations around language and hierarchies, with the aim of revealing the often invisible power dynamics that influence conversations and encouraging a more conscious way of speaking.
Reflection
In Slip of the Tongue, Feline Artz considers tools to be open to revision and shaped by use and collective learning. She invites audiences to “not follow her plan blindly. Learning only happens when we continuously adapt and shift our tools and methods”. This invitation to adapt and remake the cards reflects the project's interest in practices that resist fixed categories and final solutions. It's the unstable character of the cards-as-cues that make the project infinitely applicable to different settings; audiences and disciplines.
Quote
"Language happens in conversation and linguistic practices contribute to broader systems of gendered oppression, so it should be addressed collectively through speech."
External references
Added on
13.10.26
