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Universal Tongue

Universal Tongue is a multifaceted art project by Dutch artist Anouk Kruithof based on found footage of diverse dance styles from across the globe, collected from the Internet.

The project encompasses an 8-channel video installation, a book publication, a website with an online database, and a single-channel video edition. Universal Tongue was presented at over 30 international exhibitions, including solo shows of the artist and belongs to several museum collections.^[1]

About the Project

Universal Tongue was created through an extensive research of dance found footage conducted by Anouk Kruithof along with an international team of 52 researchers.^[2] For the project’s purposes 8 800 videos were collected from YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, summing up to 250 hours of video material presenting a variety of dance videos from different social and cultural contexts of the globe, showcasing viral phenomena and social media trends. The collected footage has been described by each researcher, who categorised in total over 1000 dance styles from all 196 countries of the world.^[3]

Universal Tongue was set as an art project, which highlights fluidity, hybridity and interconnectedness of the modern digital era while honouring and celebrating the diverse historical and cultural backgrounds of the researched dances. In 2018, Kruithof created the centerpiece of Universal Tongue - an 8-channel video installation, presented at Medialab during the Cinekid Festival in Amsterdam commissioned by the curator Ward Janssen^[4]. The installation is rhythmically arranged using a unified soundtrack remixed with music samples from the found footage, creating an immersive audiovisual environment for the audience of four hours duration. The videos create an ongoing dance flow of looped moving images, where dance is presented as a form of an embodied knowledge of cultural identity, self-expression, fun and empowerment.^[5] Art work's immersive character is said to invoke a blur between categories of the world order, such as country, continent or culture of dance contexts - highlighting global interconnectedness of human expression and digital culture.^[6]^[7]^[8] The installation displays over 1,000 dance styles, comprising 32 hours of footage in total.^[9] In addition to the 8-channel installation, Universal Tongue also exists as a single-channel video edition created in 2022.^[10]^[11]

In 2021, Anouk Kruithof published the book UNIVERSAL TONGUE, with a second edition following in 2022.^[12]^[13] The book documents and describes all the dance styles categorised during the project’s research, accompanied by screenshot images from the found footage videos.^[14] The book is playfully described by the author as a “DANCYCLOPEDIA through the Jungle of Internet”, which pays tribute to the diversity and complexity of dance as global cultural phenomenon.^[5]^[6]

The project's findings are also presented in an online database, accessible at https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-styles-az. This database categorises and provides detailed information on the various dance styles identified, making the research publicly available.

Disclaimer

Universal Tongue was created with footage that is published online under the Creative Common License.

Exhibitions and Collections

Universal Tongue been exhibited at over 30 international venues and it is part of the permanent collection of, among others:

Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany,
Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands
Collection Josselin Souris in Tunis, Tunisia and Paris, France.
Collection Museum Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands (single-channel video)
Collection Frac Alsace, Alsace, France (single-channel video)
Collection De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), Amsterdam, The Netherlands (single-channel video)
Collection BERG contemporary / Ingibjôrg Jonsdottir, Reykjavík, Island (single-channel video)

Solo exhibitions

2024: Universal Tongue, Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2024. (8-channels installation)
2024: solo Universal Tongue, Mercerie, Brussels, Belgium, 2024. (single-channel installation)
2023: Universal Tongue, Nocturnes with Anouk Kruithof, Cloud Seven, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Anouk Kruithof, Tentacle Togetherness, Centre Photographique d’Île-de-France Ile-de-France 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Universal Tongue, Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Universal Tongue, Galerie Valeria Cetraro, Paris, France, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2022/2023: Universal Tongue, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Universal Tongue, Cite des Arts, Paris, France, 2022. (single-channel installation)
2022: Universal Tongue, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Universal Tongue Kunstmin, Energiehuis, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Universal Tongue, Museum Voorlinden, Wassenaar, The Netherlands, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2021: Universal Tongue, Viernulvier (formerly called Vooruit), Ghent, Belgium, 2021.(8-channels installation)

As part of group exhibitions and festivals

2024/ 2025: Part of group exhibition Tanzwelten, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, 2024/2025. (8-channels installation)
2024: Part of Art & Sport, curated by Fabien Danesi, GrandPalais RMN, Grenoble, France, 2024. (single-channel installation)
2024: Part of a group exhibition Can’t we all just get along?, Stevenson, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2024. (single-channel installation)
2023: Part of group exhibition Uit het donker V, Warande Winter Warm: De Hoge Rielen,
Kasterlee, Belgium, 2023. (8-channels installation)
2023: Part of festival ASVOFF, Paris, France, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Part of Robot Festival, Bologna, Italy, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Part of group exhibition De-mold, Contemporaryistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Part of festival schrit_tmacher Just Dance, Schunck Glass Palace, Heerlen, The Netherlands, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Part of group exhibition A field guide to getting lost, Het Nieuwe Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Part of the festival Un Été Au Havre, Le Havre, France, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2023: Part of festival Phest, Monopoli, Italy, 2023. (single-channel installation)
2022: Part of festival Chroniques, Biennale of Digital Imagination, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France, 2022. (single-channel installation)
2022: Part of KIKK festival Tales of Togetherness, Namur, Belgium, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Part of Tulca Festival of Visual Arts, Columban Hall, Galway, Ireland, 2022. (single-channel installation)
2022: Part of group exhibition Big DaDa, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2022. (single-channel installation)
2022: Part of group exhibition I can live forever, Gallery Sofie Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium, 2022. (single-channel installation)
2022: Part of WHOLE United Queer festival, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Orangerie, Ferropolis, Germany, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Part of group exhibition From where I stand, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Port 25, Mannheim, Germany, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2022: Part of group exhibition Folkwang and the City, Club Naked, Essen, Germany, 2022. (8-channels installation)
2021: Part of festival Noorderzon, Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2021.(8-channels installation)
2021: Part of fotofestival, Stadhuiszolder, Naarden, The Netherlands, 2021. (8-channels installation)
2021: Part of group exhibition Global Groove, 2021, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2021.^[15] (8-channels installation)
2020: Part of Manifesta 13, Parallel Du Sud Program (#coronacancelled), Le Ballet National, Marseille, France, 2020. (8-channels installation)
2018: Part of Cinekid Medialab, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2018. (8-channels installation)

Awards

Universal Tongue was shortlisted for Lumen Prize Moving Image Category, 2018, Golden Lion, Cinekid Festival, 2018, and long-listed for the The Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, 2021.

External links & Press

Official website

Project's Team

Official artist's website

Anouk Kruithof - Museum Tinguely, Switzerland - video interview

Universal Tongue at Kunsthale Rotterdam - video documentation

Universal Tongue at Vooruit, Ghent - video documentation

Universal Tongue at Mercerie, Brussels - video documentation

Universal Tongue - book publication video

Museum Tinguely: Universal Tongue - Announcements - e-flux

Folkwang Museum: Global Groove - Announcements - e-flux

Folkwang Museum: Global Groove - press material

TOGETHER WE DANCE, DIVIDED WE FALL. On Anouk Kruithof, ARTS OF THE WORKING CLASS

Kummer Stella, Liefde als politieke remedie – ‘Can’t We All Just Get Along?’ bij galerie Stevenson in Amsterdam, Metropolism

Fijen Charlotte, Van folklore tot lap dance – MOVE! Body Politics in Motion bij MU, Metropolism

Nooit Meer Slapen: Anouk Kruithof (beeldend kunstenaar), vpro

Leu De Nick, Babystapjes, De Standaard

Somviele De Charlotte, Dans in een digitaal doolhof, De Standaard

AVS bezoekt ‘Universal Tongue’ door Anouk Kruithof, Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER

Metz Tracy, Dans is overal anders, en tegelijk een universele taal, NRC

Soundtrack links

Soundtrack for Anouk Kruithof: Universal Tongue Video Edition 2022, Karoliina Pärnänen, 2022.

Universal Tongue Soundtrack Hour 1 by Koen Nutters, 2018.

Universal Tongue Soundtrack Hour 2 by Koen Nutters, 2018.

Universal Tongue Soundtrack Hour 3 by Koen Nutters, 2018.

Universal Tongue Soundtrack Hour 4 by Koen Nutters, 2018.

^ see "Exhibitions and Collections" sections of the article
^ The dance-researchers of Universal Tongue: Abhinaya Penneswaran, Alba Zari, Albert Allgaier, Alejandra Huerta Ramos, Alexandra Koumantaki, Anikó Antalfi, Anouk Kruithof, Ashiq Jahan Khondker, Assem A. Hendawi, Bob Civil, Chikara Umihara, Christiaan Kritzinger, Clarisse Mekongo aka Kirii’ah, Daleen Bloemers & Selma Hengeveld, Darcy Moore, David Kinyanjui, Duygu Atceken, Džejlana Prušević & Miona Bogović, Faouzia Haidara, Francesca Seravalle, Gina Maree DeNaia, Ginta Vasermane, Guergana Tzatchkova, Harald Smart, Jihad Yagoubi, Kalinca Susin, Keazia King, Keren Shavit, Kolbrún Lilja Torfadóttir, Ksenia Kirsta, Laetitia Jeurissen, Leo Caobelli, Liao Lihong, Maria Isabel Arango, Miia Auti, Moana J. Packo, Nina Suramelashvili, Pablo Cianca, Paola Paleari, Peter Hübert, Priscila Gómez, Resi Bender, Saman P., Samara Mitri, Ula Kahul, Vendula Knopová, Victoire Eouzan, Voin de Voin, Walter Shintani & XLE.LIFE. source: https://www.universaltongue.com/researchers
^ "Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue". Voorlinden. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ "wardjanssen". wardjanssen.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ ^a ^b "Anouk Kruithof / Universal Tongue". artpapereditions.org. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ ^a ^b "Arts of the Working Class, issue 18 September 2021" (PDF).
^ "Universal Tongue at Museum Tinguely, Basel".
^ "Anouk Kruithof / Universal Tongue". artpapereditions.org. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
^ "Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue". Voorlinden. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ "Exhibitions". Universal Tongue. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ The project is accompanied by visual identity created in 2023 by Peter van Langen, using thin stripes from screenshots of 1,000 dance styles showcased on its website and in the accompanying book. The visuals create abstract images, which contain fragmented dance imagery, ordered by each letter of the alphabet and the "#" symbol representing the number of dance-style screenshot. For more, see: https://www.universaltongue.com/team
^ "UNIVERSAL TONGUE (second edition) – Anouk Kruithof". Retrieved 2024-07-05.
^ Kruithof, Anouk (2021). Universal Tongue (first ed.). Ghent, Belgium: Art Paper Editions in Ghent Belgium. ISBN 9789493146686.
^ The dance styles were described by the project’s researchers and Internet fact-checked with the support of a cultural anthropologist Ula Kahul. https://www.universaltongue.com/team
^ "Press material, Global Groove, Museum Folwang" (PDF).

[1] see "Exhibitions and Collections" sections of the article

[2] The dance-researchers of Universal Tongue: Abhinaya Penneswaran, Alba Zari, Albert Allgaier, Alejandra Huerta Ramos, Alexandra Koumantaki, Anikó Antalfi, Anouk Kruithof, Ashiq Jahan Khondker, Assem A. Hendawi, Bob Civil, Chikara Umihara, Christiaan Kritzinger, Clarisse Mekongo aka Kirii’ah, Daleen Bloemers & Selma Hengeveld, Darcy Moore, David Kinyanjui, Duygu Atceken, Džejlana Prušević & Miona Bogović, Faouzia Haidara, Francesca Seravalle, Gina Maree DeNaia, Ginta Vasermane, Guergana Tzatchkova, Harald Smart, Jihad Yagoubi, Kalinca Susin, Keazia King, Keren Shavit, Kolbrún Lilja Torfadóttir, Ksenia Kirsta, Laetitia Jeurissen, Leo Caobelli, Liao Lihong, Maria Isabel Arango, Miia Auti, Moana J. Packo, Nina Suramelashvili, Pablo Cianca, Paola Paleari, Peter Hübert, Priscila Gómez, Resi Bender, Saman P., Samara Mitri, Ula Kahul, Vendula Knopová, Victoire Eouzan, Voin de Voin, Walter Shintani & XLE.LIFE. source: https://www.universaltongue.com/researchers

[3] "Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue". Voorlinden. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[4] "wardjanssen". wardjanssen.com. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[:0-5] "Anouk Kruithof / Universal Tongue". artpapereditions.org. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[:1-6] "Arts of the Working Class, issue 18 September 2021" (PDF).

[7] "Universal Tongue at Museum Tinguely, Basel".

[8] "Anouk Kruithof / Universal Tongue". artpapereditions.org. Retrieved 2024-07-06.

[9] "Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue". Voorlinden. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[10] "Exhibitions". Universal Tongue. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[11] The project is accompanied by visual identity created in 2023 by Peter van Langen, using thin stripes from screenshots of 1,000 dance styles showcased on its website and in the accompanying book. The visuals create abstract images, which contain fragmented dance imagery, ordered by each letter of the alphabet and the "#" symbol representing the number of dance-style screenshot. For more, see: https://www.universaltongue.com/team

[12] "UNIVERSAL TONGUE (second edition) – Anouk Kruithof". Retrieved 2024-07-05.

[13] Kruithof, Anouk (2021). Universal Tongue (first ed.). Ghent, Belgium: Art Paper Editions in Ghent Belgium. ISBN 9789493146686.

[14] The dance styles were described by the project’s researchers and Internet fact-checked with the support of a cultural anthropologist Ula Kahul. https://www.universaltongue.com/team

[15] "Press material, Global Groove, Museum Folwang" (PDF).

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 == About the Project ==
+[[File:Universal Tongue exhibition at Museum Voorlinden, The Netherlands, February 2022.jpg|thumb|Universal Tongue exhibition at Museum Voorlinden, The Netherlands, 2022.]]
-''Universal Tongue'' was created through an extensive research of dance [[Found footage (appropriation)|found footage]] conducted by [[Anouk Kruithof]] along with an international team of 52 researchers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Researchers |url=https://www.universaltongue.com/researchers |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Universal Tongue |language=en-US}}</ref> For the project’s purposes 8 800 videos were collected from [[YouTube (YouTube channel)|YouTube]], [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]], summing up to 250 hours of video material presenting a variety of dance videos from different social and cultural contexts of the globe, showcasing [[Viral video|viral]] phenomena and social media trends. The collected footage has been described by each researcher, who categorised in total over 1000 dance styles from all 196 [[List of countries and dependencies by area|countries of the world.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue |url=https://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue/?lang=en |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Voorlinden |language=en-US}}</ref>
+''Universal Tongue'' was created through an extensive research of dance [[Found footage (appropriation)|found footage]] conducted by [[Anouk Kruithof]] along with an international team of 52 researchers.<ref>The dance-researchers of ''Universal Tongue'': Abhinaya Penneswaran, Alba Zari, Albert Allgaier, Alejandra Huerta Ramos, Alexandra Koumantaki, Anikó Antalfi, Anouk Kruithof, Ashiq Jahan Khondker, Assem A. Hendawi, Bob Civil, Chikara Umihara, Christiaan Kritzinger, Clarisse Mekongo aka Kirii’ah, Daleen Bloemers & Selma Hengeveld, Darcy Moore, David Kinyanjui, Duygu Atceken, Džejlana Prušević & Miona Bogović, Faouzia Haidara, Francesca Seravalle, Gina Maree DeNaia, Ginta Vasermane, Guergana Tzatchkova, Harald Smart, Jihad Yagoubi, Kalinca Susin, Keazia King, Keren Shavit, Kolbrún Lilja Torfadóttir, Ksenia Kirsta, Laetitia Jeurissen, Leo Caobelli, Liao Lihong, Maria Isabel Arango, Miia Auti, Moana J. Packo, Nina Suramelashvili, Pablo Cianca, Paola Paleari, Peter Hübert, Priscila Gómez, Resi Bender, Saman P., Samara Mitri, Ula Kahul, Vendula Knopová, Victoire Eouzan, Voin de Voin, Walter Shintani & XLE.LIFE.
+source: https://www.universaltongue.com/researchers</ref> For the project’s purposes 8 800 videos were collected from [[YouTube (YouTube channel)|YouTube]], [[Facebook]] and [[Instagram]], summing up to 250 hours of video material presenting a variety of dance videos from different social and cultural contexts of the globe, showcasing [[Viral video|viral]] phenomena and social media trends. The collected footage has been described by each researcher, who categorised in total over 1000 dance styles from all 196 [[List of countries and dependencies by area|countries of the world.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue |url=https://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue/?lang=en |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Voorlinden |language=en-US}}</ref>
-''Universal Tongue'' was set as an art project, which highlights an era of fluidity, hybridity and interconnectedness of the modern digital era while honouring and celebrating the diverse historical and cultural backgrounds of the researched dances. In 2018, [[Anouk Kruithof|Kruithof]] created the centerpiece of ''Universal Tongue'' - an 8-channel video installation, presented at Medialab during the [[Cinekid Festival]] in Amsterdam commissioned by the curator Ward Janssen<ref>{{Cite web |title=wardjanssen |url=https://wardjanssen.com/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=wardjanssen.com}}</ref>. The installation is rhythmically arranged using a unified soundtrack remixed with music samples from the found footage, creating an immersive audiovisual environment for the audience of four hours duration. The videos create an ongoing dance flow of looped moving images, loosening categories of the world order, such as country, continent or culture. The installation displays over 1,000 dance styles, comprising 32 hours of footage in total.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue |url=https://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue/?lang=en |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Voorlinden |language=en-US}}</ref> In addition to the 8-channel installation, ''Universal Tongue'' also exists as a single-channel video edition created in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibitions |url=https://www.universaltongue.com/exhibitions |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Universal Tongue |language=en-US}}</ref>
-In 2021, [[Anouk Kruithof]] published the book ''UNIVERSAL TONGUE'', with a second edition following in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNIVERSAL TONGUE (second edition) – Anouk Kruithof |url=https://anoukkruithof.com/?product=universal-tongue |access-date=2024-07-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kruithof |first=Anouk |title=Universal Tongue |date=05.07.2024 |publisher=Art Paper Editions in Ghent Belgium |year=2021 |isbn=9789493146686 |edition=first |location=Ghent, Belgium |publication-date=May 2021 |language=English}}</ref> The book documents and describes all the dance styles categorized during the project’s research, accompanied by screenshot images from the found footage videos.<ref>The dance styles were described by the project’s researchers and [https://artpapereditions.org/products/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue Internet fact-checked with the support of a cultural anthropologist Ula Kahul]. </ref> The book is playfully described by the author as a “''DANCYCLOPEDIA through the Jungle of Internet”,'' in which dance is presented as a form of an embodied knowledge of cultural identity, self-expression, fun and empowerment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anouk Kruithof / Universal Tongue |url=https://artpapereditions.org/products/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=artpapereditions.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Arts of the Working Class, issue 18 September 2021 |url=https://anoukkruithof.com/wp-content/uploads/NOW/UT-text-anouk_18-web-low-64_compressed.pdf}}</ref>
+''Universal Tongue'' was set as an art project, which highlights fluidity, hybridity and interconnectedness of the modern digital era while honouring and celebrating the diverse historical and cultural backgrounds of the researched dances. In 2018, [[Anouk Kruithof|Kruithof]] created the centerpiece of ''Universal Tongue'' - an 8-channel video installation, presented at Medialab during the [[Cinekid Festival]] in Amsterdam commissioned by the curator Ward Janssen<ref>{{Cite web |title=wardjanssen |url=https://wardjanssen.com/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=wardjanssen.com}}</ref>. The installation is rhythmically arranged using a unified soundtrack remixed with music samples from the found footage, creating an immersive audiovisual environment for the audience of four hours duration. The videos create an ongoing dance flow of looped moving images, where dance is presented as a form of an embodied knowledge of cultural identity, self-expression, fun and empowerment.<ref name=":0" /> Art work's immersive character is said to invoke a blur between categories of the world order, such as country, continent or culture of dance contexts - highlighting [[Globalization|global]] interconnectedness of human expression and [[digital culture]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Universal Tongue at Museum Tinguely, Basel |url=https://www.tinguely.ch/en/exhibitions/exhibitions/2022/anouk-kruithof.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anouk Kruithof / Universal Tongue |url=https://artpapereditions.org/products/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=artpapereditions.org |language=en}}</ref> The installation displays over 1,000 dance styles, comprising 32 hours of footage in total.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anouk Kruithof - Universal Tongue |url=https://www.voorlinden.nl/exhibition/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue/?lang=en |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Voorlinden |language=en-US}}</ref> In addition to the 8-channel installation, ''Universal Tongue'' also exists as a single-channel video edition created in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibitions |url=https://www.universaltongue.com/exhibitions |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Universal Tongue |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>The project is accompanied by visual identity created in 2023 by Peter van Langen, using thin stripes from screenshots of 1,000 dance styles showcased on its website and in the accompanying book. The visuals create abstract images, which contain fragmented dance imagery, ordered by each letter of the alphabet and the "#" symbol representing the number of dance-style screenshot. For more, see: https://www.universaltongue.com/team</ref>
-The project's findings are also presented in an online database, accessible at https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-styles-az. This database categorises and provides detailed information on the various dance styles identified, making the research publicly available.
+In 2021, [[Anouk Kruithof]] published the book ''UNIVERSAL TONGUE'', with a second edition following in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNIVERSAL TONGUE (second edition) – Anouk Kruithof |url=https://anoukkruithof.com/?product=universal-tongue |access-date=2024-07-05 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Kruithof |first=Anouk |title=Universal Tongue |publisher=Art Paper Editions in Ghent Belgium |year=2021 |isbn=9789493146686 |edition=first |location=Ghent, Belgium |language=English}}</ref> The book documents and describes all the dance styles categorised during the project’s research, accompanied by screenshot images from the found footage videos.<ref>The dance styles were described by the project’s researchers and [https://artpapereditions.org/products/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue Internet fact-checked with the support of a cultural anthropologist Ula Kahul].
-Through its various components, ''Universal Tongue'' is a comprehensive and immersive exploration of global dance, reflecting the rich tapestry of human expression and connectivity in the digital age.
+https://www.universaltongue.com/team </ref> The book is playfully described by the author as a “''DANCYCLOPEDIA through the Jungle of Internet”,'' which pays tribute to the diversity and complexity of dance as global cultural phenomenon.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Anouk Kruithof / Universal Tongue |url=https://artpapereditions.org/products/anouk-kruithof-universal-tongue |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=artpapereditions.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Arts of the Working Class, issue 18 September 2021 |url=https://anoukkruithof.com/wp-content/uploads/NOW/UT-text-anouk_18-web-low-64_compressed.pdf}}</ref>
+The project's findings are also presented in an online database, accessible at https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-styles-az. This database categorises and provides detailed information on the various dance styles identified, making the research publicly available.
 == Disclaimer ==
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 * 2021: Part of festival Noorderzon, Vera, Groningen, The Netherlands, 2021.(8-channels installation)
 * 2021: [https://www.fotofestivalnaarden.nl/nl/photographer/Anouk Part of fotofestival, Stadhuiszolder, Naarden, The Netherlands, 2021.] (8-channels installation)
-* 2021: Part of group exhibition ''[https://www.museum-folkwang.de/en/press/dance-museum-folkwang-global-groove-exhibition-presents-120-years-dance-and-art-history Global Groove],'' 2021, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2021. (8-channels installation)
+* 2021: Part of group exhibition ''[https://www.museum-folkwang.de/en/press/dance-museum-folkwang-global-groove-exhibition-presents-120-years-dance-and-art-history Global Groove],'' 2021, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press material, Global Groove, Museum Folwang |url=https://www.museum-folkwang.de/sites/default/files/document/MFolkwang_Global_Groove_Press_Material.pdf}}</ref> (8-channels installation)
 * 2020: [https://manifesta13.org/fr/projects/universal-tongue/index.html Part of Manifesta 13, Parallel Du Sud Program (#coronacancelled), Le Ballet National, Marseille, France, 2020.] (8-channels installation)
 * 2018: [https://filmkrant.nl/artikel/25-jaar-cinekid-medialab/ Part of Cinekid Medialab, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2018.] (8-channels installation)
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 == External links & Press ==
 [https://www.universaltongue.com Official website]
+[https://www.universaltongue.com/team Project's Team]
 [https://anoukkruithof.com Official artist's website]
-[https://vimeo.com/701613769 Video interview at Museum Tinguely, Switzerland]
+[https://vimeo.com/701613769 Anouk Kruithof - Museum Tinguely, Switzerland - video interview]
-[https://vimeo.com/547959890 ''Universal Tongue'' publication video]
+[https://vimeo.com/978966066 ''Universal Tongue'' at Kunsthale Rotterdam - video documentation]
-[https://vimeo.com/961029015?share=copy Video documentation ''Universal Tongue'' at Mercerie, Brussels]
+[https://vimeo.com/507001872 ''Universal Tongue'' at Vooruit, Ghent - video documentation]
-[https://vimeo.com/961029015?share=copy][https://vimeo.com/507001872 Video documentation ''Universal Tongue'' at Vooruit, Brussels]
+[https://vimeo.com/961029015?share=copy ''Universal Tongue'' at Mercerie, Brussels - video documentation]
+[https://vimeo.com/547959890 ''Universal Tongue'' - book publication video]
-[https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/472087/folkwang-and-the-city/ ''Folkwang and the City - Announcements -'' e-flux]
+[https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/446088/anouk-kruithofuniversal-tongue/ Museum Tinguely: ''Universal Tongue'' - Announcements - e-flux]
+[https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/367539/global-groove/ Folkwang Museum: ''Global Groove'' - Announcements - e-flux]
+[https://www.museum-folkwang.de/sites/default/files/document/MFolkwang_Global_Groove_Press_Material.pdf Folkwang Museum: Global Groove - press material]
 [https://artsoftheworkingclass.org/text/together-we-dance-divided-we-fall ''TOGETHER WE DANCE, DIVIDED WE FALL. On Anouk Kruithof,'' ARTS OF THE WORKING CLASS]
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 [https://metropolism.com/nl/recensie/47584_van_folklore_tot_lap_dance_move_body_politics_in_motion_bij_mu/ Fijen Charlotte, ''Van folklore tot lap dance – MOVE! Body Politics in Motion bij MU,'' Metropolism]
-[https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/ben-van-der-burg/10472115/opinie-de-tango-als-tegengif Burg van der Ben, ''Opinie | De Tango als tegengif,'' BNR]
-[https://www.gooisemerennieuws.nl/cultureel/cultureel/214405/-universal-tongue-een-van-de-hoogtepunten-bij-fotofestival-naar ''‘Universal Tongue’ een van de hoogtepunten bij FotoFestival Naarden,'' Gooisemerennieuws]
 [https://www.vpro.nl/nooitmeerslapen/speel~PREPR_VPRO_16523659~nooit-meer-slapen-anouk-kruithof-beeldend-kunstenaar~.html Nooit Meer Slapen: Anouk Kruithof (beeldend kunstenaar), vpro]
-[https://www.gooisemerennieuws.nl/cultureel/cultureel/221786/fotofestival-naarden-feestelijk-geopend-met-spektakelstuk-unive ''FotoFestival Naarden feestelijk geopend met spektakelstuk ‘Universal Tongue’',''  Gooisemerennieuws]
 [https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210314_97935808?articlehash=58ADB53A654A254E13A13C7FC245CBB8146C9C67317E22A553F47226C1AF7E5A6F77D636364E2C397E624CEB19BDB582194BBB497B710C6C93860D5F56FAE344 Leu De Nick, ''Babystapjes,'' De Standaard]