This exhibition thesis explores how artists Evgenia Mikhaylova, Ivetta Sunyoung Kang, and Jasmine Liaw use sound and movement to foster embodied connections across linguistic divides. Working from diasporic positionalities, the artists devise strategies to communicate between languages, using the body to convey feelings and experiences that exceed the spoken and written word. Their artworks are discussed in dialogue with other artists and theorists in order to demonstrate how linguistic restrictions can be probed, challenged, and expanded through creative interventions employing sound and movement. These methods are designed with the intention of deconstructing the social hierarchies defined and enacted through language. Instead, they aim to support more equitable relations which are capable of honouring linguistic differences. Mikaylova, Kang, and Liaw reorganize how information is shared to create more intimate methods of communication. These efforts are carried through the curatorial thesis, which writes alongside the works by highlighting their sensory effects. What Passes Unspoken attends to the somatic and sonic aspects of interpersonal encounters.