Tongue: Archive of an Ambivalent Organ

A curious and vulnerable exploration of the cultural, medical, and religious history of the human tongue alongside a personal reckoning with speech and silence

“As I enquire into the hidden, the taboo, the absences, there is a kind of power in making this record, in choosing what gets stored and excluded.”

Deep in the archives at the University of Cambridge, Kathryn Crowcroft is intent on discovering the untold story of the human tongue, fascinated by its integral role in defining us as a spe...