What’s Mine is Yours

Contemplations on language, repetition and love

Echo, a childlike mountain nymph, had her witty tongue cursed to only ever repeat the last words spoken to her. Starting from this ancient myth, this lecture-performance explores effects of repetition in language and communication.

performed together with LYU KE

A long time ago, my father took me hiking to the mountains.

We arrived at a place, stone walls towering over a lake.

“It’s a good spot to hear an echo”, he said, “so shout something!” 

What was I calling against the wall? Maybe „Hello“, maybe my name or maybe a kind of primordial scream.

My father called „Echo“ and „Echo“ reflected back from the walls.