Voiced: Barbican festival highlights endangered languages and their connection to art

By Jessica Mary Bradley, Senior Lecturer in Literacies and Language, University of Sheffield
Louise Atkinson, Artist Researcher, University of Leeds

Throughout October, the Barbican in London is hosting Voiced: The Festival for Endangered Languages. It’s the first UK festival for artists who create in indigenous languages and dialects. And it explores themes of art, language, the idea of home and belonging – including how all four intersect.

Festival events include The Creative Voice, a free exhibition with newly commissioned poems in endangered languages…

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