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Ineffable Shape: The shape of language

Available online: 22/03/2025
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Director Emilia Tapprest & Miri Lee
Choreographer Miri Lee
Netherlands 2024
13 minutes
English
In the hum of the environment, two candidates train to become interpreters for the rhythms, patterns, and nuances of a nearby field sparrow. What begins as an exercise in empathy and attunement provokes unexpected realizations about the ‘shape’ of language.

Synopsis

In a world where translation is increasingly automated, what understanding can emerge from intuition, improvisation, and nonverbal bodily intelligence? Amid the hum of their environment, two candidates train to interpret the rhythms, patterns, and nuances of a nearby field sparrow. What starts as an exercise in empathy and attunement leads to unexpected realizations about the ‘shape’ of language.

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In a world where translation is increasingly automated, what understanding can emerge from intuition, improvisation, and nonverbal bodily intelligence? Amid the hum of their environment, two candidates train to interpret the rhythms, patterns, and nuances of a nearby field sparrow. What starts as an exercise in empathy and attunement leads to unexpected realizations about the ‘shape’ of language.

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Section
New Dutch
Director
Emilia Tapprest & Miri Lee
Choreographer
Miri Lee
Production countries
Netherlands
Production year
2024
Duration
13 minutes
Producer
Miri Lee

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