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100 microphones are suspended from the ceiling and reverse-wired to function as speakers. From each of it, recitals of a different poet’s verse emanate in a synchronised chorus. Below each microphone the corresponding verse is spiked on a stand. All of the writers who are represented, some living decades or decades ago, were imprisoned for their poetry or politics. The title is inspired by the work of 14th-century Azerbaijani poet Imadaddin Nasimi.

Shilpa Gupta - For, in your tongue, I cannot fit. 2017-2018, In: 58th Venice Biennale 2019, 2019

With the kind support of: Edinburgh Art Festival, Yarat Contemporary Art Space along with PEN International