A selection of books that explore the functions of language, sound, and noisemaking that shape the architectures—both physical and conceptual, relational—of our world. Includes concrete poetry, doom soundscapes on vinyl, a history of black feminist music, experiments in translation, and more.

To accompany Swiss Institute’s exhibition Beneath Tongues , curated by Sable Elyse Smith. Beneath Tongues is SI’s sixth edition of their Architecture and Design Series. This table also includes two books by Smith—_Mirror/Echo/Tilt_ and …In That Empire.

Beneath Tongues is on view January 21, 2022 to April 17, 2022. A newly commissioned book of essays in conversation with the exhibition, Duets, will be released Saturday February 26, and will be available at Printed Matter / St Marks at Swiss Institute free of charge.