As non-native speakers we frequently uses words incorrectly, or use words that don’t exist, generating confusion and different interpretations of my verbal expressions. As scenographers and theatrical storytellers, we play with narratives that are mismatched with, or in active opposition to the environment in which they are situated, as a tool to create productive encounters that lead to a new understanding of space.

 “МИС”Translation is a live participatory event that explores an exchange between image and written language and embraces the creative possibilities of verbal and artistic mis-matches. The installation situates a mixture of misused words and nonsensical narratives in a spatial and visual context and invites the participants to engage in a back-and-forth of misused words and displaced narratives.

The first public work-in-progress presentation of “МИС”Translation” took place at Target Margin Theatre in Brooklyn, NY, on June 26, 2021.