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hold yr tongue

(2017) 26-channels, digital video, sound, 15-minute loop

this video gives a quick glimpse at each channel of hold yr tongue

  1. find a guide to a well-ordered universe
  2. learn to become a person of letters
  3. suffer violations at their lips and hips
  4. find them in your mouth when you are finding your way
  5. learn to talk around it

A character attempts to talk around a traumatic experience. A character attempts to talk around an object in their mouth. The trauma and the objects are forced into alphabetical order, as no logical order could be found.

  1. hold yr tongue with an abcedarian film
  2. hold yr tongue between books
  3. hold yr tongue with a c clamp
  4. hold yr tongue a donut
  5. hold yr tongue with an envelope
  6. hold yr tongue with a fake fern frond
  7. hold yr tongue with gloves
  8. hold yr tongue with a hair clip
  9. hold yr tongue on ice
  10. hold yr tongue with Jackson 5
  11. hold yr tongue with Kleenex
  12. hold yr tongue lightly
  13. hold yr tongue with a music box
  14. hold yr tongue with a nipple clamp
  15. hold yr tongue with an oven mit
  16. hold yr tongue with pens (15)
  17. hold yr tongue with q-tip
  18. hold yr tongue with a ring
  19. hold yr tongue with scissors
  20. hold yr tongue with teeth
  21. (U) hold my tongue
  22. hold yr tongue in a vehicle
  23. hold yr tongue to its word
  24. hold yr tongue with a xylophone
  25. hold yr tongue with a yoyo
  26. hold yr tongue with a zipper

  1. for LR
  2. to AH
  3. to MY
  4. for JH
  5. to WIMC
  6. to BW
  7. for SM
  8. to IM
  9. for TE
  10. for SVS
  11. for DAG
  12. to KC
  13. for AC
  14. to NFP
  15. for KG
  16. to em
  17. to EK
  18. for EE
  19. for RF
  20. to DG
  21. to DG
  22. for ABM
  23. to AO
  24. for CS
  25. for 44
  26. for AW