The Swedish artist Saskia Holmkvist works with issues relating to communication, language and speech. How does language makes mutual understanding and interaction possible? The work explores the complexities and consequences of professional translators representing asylum seekers or politicians. The publication includes a conversation between Saskia Holmkvist, Tone Hansen and Maria Lind and essays by Peter Amdam and Chus Martinez.This catalogue is the first retrospective presentation of Holmkvists