Exhibitors
rile* books
Brussels, Belgium
rile* is a bookshop and project space for publication and performance. It celebrates poetry, theory, choreography, artist writing and other text-based experiments, organising performances, launches and recitals along the way. rile* is the base word for silence in Láadan, a feminist constructed language developed by Suzette Haden Elgin in 1982 and included in her science fiction series Native Tongue. Láadan contains several words that are used to make unambiguous statements which include how one feels about what one is saying. According to Elgin, this is designed to counter the inherent limitations of language on those who are forced to respond: “I know I said that, but I meant this”.