By rewriting already existing instructions for the use of medicine, Wordpharmacy playfully intertwines the structure of language with the healing principles of various medicaments. Like pills, language is something to be consumed by the body, and in turn it does not only affect our conceptions of things, but it also comes to designate our very corporal movability in the world. Consequently, words are not only something we consume, they are refractory entities that in turn define and consume us. Wordpharmacy can be seen as a poetical gesture endeavouring to let words work their magic from within the body itself.
 

Morten Søndergaard’s (born 1964) debut collection of poetry, Sahara i mine hænder (Sahara In My Hands) from 1992 has been followed by a succession of works which have won him both critical acclaim and a number of literary awards. He was twice nominated for the Nordic Council Prize for Literature, and his books have been translated many languages. Constantly exploring new ways to present language, Morten Søndergaard has produced musical and dramatic works and in recordings, exhibitions and installations centred on language, sound and movement.

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Ordapotek (2011)

Wordpharmacy (2012)

Wortapotheke (2012)

So far Wordpharmacy is translated into three languages. We continiously seek partners to exhibit, translate, publish and sell.

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INFORMATION

Wordpharmacy consists of ten medicine boxes, each representing one of the ten word-groups. Each box contains a leaflet that functions as an instructional poem, guiding the reader’s ingestion of the given word group.

Wordpharmacy is written and produced by Morten Søndergaard.

Wordpharmacy is translated by Barbara Haveland and designed by Christian Ramsø.

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In this presentation these languages appear in the following order:

English, Albanian, Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Korean, Finnish, French,

Italian, Japanese, Malaysian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Chinese, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, German and Vietnamese.

Animation by Chris Gosling.

Wordpharmacy is a concrete poetical work, which playfully equates the structure of language with pharmaceutical products.