LIBRETTO

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The Modern Language Experiment (2026)


Published as part of WHAT IS AN ART BOOK? Volume 4 following exhibition at Super Book Weekend, Space N.N. Munich (2025)

This libretto was first presented in an alternative opera for cinema. A choreography of white type on black screen – each phrase, word or letter meticulously timed to the rhythms and details across the music.

Here it has been newly designed for the print medium.

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36 pages

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Written and typeset by
Rose Biggin & Keir Cooper

Cover image by Eleonora Prignano

Published by The Modern Language Experiment


Supported by
* Superbook Sunday, Munich
* Landeshauptstadt
München Kulturreferat
* Arts Council England
* Help Musicians
& Discus Music


Text first presented for screen 2024 at The Castle Cinema, London.

Music Released by Discus Music 2024

Events
Oct 24th-26th 2025
The Modern Language Experiment
Super Book Weekend,
Space N.N. Munich

Sep 26th 2024
Motion in Frame with
Petra Haller, Chisenhale Dance Space
(excerpt)

Sep 19th 2024
Tête-à-Tête Opera Festival
Cockpit Theatre, London

July 23rd 2024
Castle Cinema, Hackney, London




WHAT IS AN ART BOOK Vol.4
Contributors

Alexander Scharf
Andreas Bergen
Andrew Mottershead
Aren Larcher
Axel Liebler
Benjamin Retif
Cathy Lomax
Charlotte Warne Thomas
Christine Maitrentse
DJ Roberts
Erno Vroonen
Florian Köhler
Gallery Heckenhuer
Geraldine O’Rilley
Hilal Biçakci
James Scott Brooks
Jeanine Woollard
Jennie Bates
Joe Banks
Judith Neunhäuserer
Julius Mutschler
Justin Gainan
Kate Pickering
Keh Ng
Maike Köhler
Manfred Brey
Mark Jackson
Matthew Stock
Moritz Holfelder
Nina Anabelle Mark
Paul and Bada
Peter Neusser
Richard Ducker
Robert Good
Rose Biggin & Keir Cooper
Sarah Ludemann
Sebastian May
Shane Charles
Stefan Brand-Stifter
Stephen Harwood
Teodora Kuneva
Thibaut de Wolf
Tina Hage
Tina Herde
Tom Motley
Viola Meggle and Clara Zahn
Warren Garland
Yutaro Ishikawa