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FLER_SPRÅKIG TYSTNAD : MONI_KIELINEN HILJAISUUS : MULTI_LINGUAL SILENCE

Hamidi Isacson, Vanja (2026) In VIS Nordic Journal of Artistic Research
Abstract
This artistic research project introduces the concept of multilingual silence to describe the artificial monolingualism that characterizes many contexts in which national majority languages or English dominate, despite actual linguistic diversity. The exposition takes as its point of departure the development and staging of the performance SILENCE (Post Theatre Collective, Helsinki 2025), in which an international multilingual ensemble uses languages that are rarely heard on Nordic stages. Focusing on her own artistic process and linguistic repertoire as a Sweden-Finn, playwright Vanja Hamidi Isacson investigates how multilingual silence can be challenged through artistic practice. Through process texts, stage texts, a working diary, text... (More)
This artistic research project introduces the concept of multilingual silence to describe the artificial monolingualism that characterizes many contexts in which national majority languages or English dominate, despite actual linguistic diversity. The exposition takes as its point of departure the development and staging of the performance SILENCE (Post Theatre Collective, Helsinki 2025), in which an international multilingual ensemble uses languages that are rarely heard on Nordic stages. Focusing on her own artistic process and linguistic repertoire as a Sweden-Finn, playwright Vanja Hamidi Isacson investigates how multilingual silence can be challenged through artistic practice. Through process texts, stage texts, a working diary, text fragments, and reflections on language portraits, the exposition analyzes how the artistic process renegotiates language, identity, and voice. A theoretical discussion of monolingual and multilingual norms, linguistic repertoires, and polyvocality deepens and situates the concept of multilingual silence. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Detta konstnärliga forskningsprojekt introducerar begreppet flerspråkig tystnad för att beskriva den artificiella enspråkighet som präglar många sammanhang där nationella majoritetsspråk eller engelska dominerar, trots faktisk språklig mångfald. Expositionen tar sin utgångspunkt i utvecklingen och iscensättningen av föreställningen SILENCE (Post Theatre Collective, Helsingfors 2025), där en internationell flerspråkig ensemble använder språk som sällan hörs på nordiska scener. Med fokus på den egna konstnärliga processen och den språkliga repertoaren som sverigefinne undersöker dramatikern Vanja Hamidi Isacson hur flerspråkig tystnad kan utmanas genom scenkonstnärlig praktik. Genom processtexter, scentexter, arbetsdagbok, textfragment och... (More)
Detta konstnärliga forskningsprojekt introducerar begreppet flerspråkig tystnad för att beskriva den artificiella enspråkighet som präglar många sammanhang där nationella majoritetsspråk eller engelska dominerar, trots faktisk språklig mångfald. Expositionen tar sin utgångspunkt i utvecklingen och iscensättningen av föreställningen SILENCE (Post Theatre Collective, Helsingfors 2025), där en internationell flerspråkig ensemble använder språk som sällan hörs på nordiska scener. Med fokus på den egna konstnärliga processen och den språkliga repertoaren som sverigefinne undersöker dramatikern Vanja Hamidi Isacson hur flerspråkig tystnad kan utmanas genom scenkonstnärlig praktik. Genom processtexter, scentexter, arbetsdagbok, textfragment och reflektioner kring språkporträtt analyserar expositionen hur den konstnärliga processen omförhandlar språk, identitet och röst. En teoretisk diskussion om en- och flerspråkighetsnormer, språkliga repertoarer och polyvokalitet fördjupar och situerar begreppet flerspråkig tystnad. (Less)
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VIS Nordic Journal of Artistic Research
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Stockholm University of the Arts
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2003-024X
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10.22501/vis.3670871
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