The language of things

Hito Steyerl

Do things speak? And if so, who is going to translate them and into what? An investigation into the relationship of matter and language, practice and knowledge, representation and expression, force and power, using the documentary form as an example, but aiming for more general insights. And also a close reading of Walter Benjamins weirdest text ever: Über die Sprache überhaupt und über die Sprache des Menschen.