Trumpetopia / Continuing Programme

AfterTongue

后舌

A continuing public programme that translates poetry through performance, sound, movement and other artistic media.一个通过表演、声音、动作与其他艺术媒介持续转译诗歌的公共项目。

Programme Rationale项目宗旨

A Cycle of Translation转译的循环

AfterTongue treats poetry not as a fixed literary object, but as material that can continue to be translated through other media. Each edition begins with a poem. Artists from different disciplines respond to the text through live improvisation in their own media. The poet then answers the performances that have just taken place, after which the audience enters the sequence through an open mic, sharing poems or other responses shaped by the event. Rather than a series of isolated presentations, these exchanges form a progressive, interlocking cycle: text becomes sound, movement, image and action, before returning to language through another body and another voice. In this shared field of improvisation, text, language, body and sensory perception are activated together, and each response becomes material for the next.后舌不把诗歌视为固定的文学对象，而将诗歌文本作为可被不同媒介继续转译的“原料”。每一期从一首诗开始：不同媒介的艺术家以各自的创作方式，在现场即兴回应诗歌；诗人再即兴回应刚刚发生的艺术家表演；随后，观众通过开放麦进入这一传递链条，分享自己的诗歌或对整个现场的回应。它不是彼此孤立的节目拼接，而是一个层层递进、环环相扣的有机循环：文本转化为声音、动作、影像与行动，又通过另一具身体、另一种声音重新回到语言。在这个共同生成的即兴现场中，文本、语言、身体与感官被同时调动，每一次回应也成为下一次回应的材料。

Source poem诗歌原料文本

Artists translate it live through their own media多媒介艺术家以自身媒介现场转译

The poet improvises a response to the performances诗人即兴回应刚刚发生的表演

The audience responds through an open mic观众通过开放麦回应整个现场

April · Count the Almonds四月·数杏仁

In collaboration with Goethe-Institut / German Cultural Centre, Beijing合作：北京歌德学院（德国文化中心）
4 April 2026 · 16:00–18:00 · Goethe-Institut, Beijing北京歌德学院德国文化中心

A live experiment in textual translation and cross-disciplinary improvisation, developed from Paul Celan’s poem Count the Almonds.一场以保罗·策兰的诗作《数数杏仁》为公共文本，结合文本转译与跨媒介即兴的现场实验。

AfterTongue / 后舌 — April · Count the Almonds / 四月·数杏仁

Poster, AfterTongue April Count the Almonds — Poster, AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁海报，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds performance documentation — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds documentation 1 — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds documentation 2 — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds documentation 3 — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds documentation 4 — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds documentation 5 — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds documentation 6 — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

AfterTongue April Count the Almonds documentation 7 — AfterTongue: April · Count the Almonds, Goethe-Institut Beijing, 2026后舌：四月·数杏仁，北京歌德学院，2026

August · A Throw of the Dice八月·骰子一掷

In collaboration with 莫须有工厂合作：莫须有工厂
16 August 2026 · 16:00–21:30 · 莫须有工厂, 798 Art District, Beijing莫须有工厂，北京 798 艺术区

An edition developed around Mallarmé’s A Throw of the Dice Will Never Abolish Chance, combining a subcultural market, a photography workshop, performances and open-mic participation.一版围绕马拉美《骰子一掷永远改变不了偶然》展开的项目，结合亚文化市集、摄影工作坊、现场表演与开放麦。

Poster, AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice — Poster, AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷海报，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice performance documentation — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 2 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 3 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 4 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 5 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 6 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 7 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 8 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 9 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 10 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 11 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

AfterTongue August A Throw of the Dice documentation 12 — AfterTongue: August · A Throw of the Dice, collaboration with 莫须有工厂, 2026后舌：八月·骰子一掷，与莫须有工厂合作，2026

May · Wood and Horsehair五月·木头与马尾

Co-organised with Peking University May Fourth Literary Society合作：北大五四文学社
23 May 2026 · 20:00 · Trumpetopia Hutong

A university collaboration edition of AfterTongue bringing poetry and live interdisciplinary presentation into a shared public setting.后舌与高校文学社群合作的一版项目，将诗歌与跨媒介现场呈现带入共同的公共空间。