Exhibition | Art and Signs. Deaf Culture / Hearing Culture

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“Diverse As We Are” – International Festival of Inclusive Culture (DAWA) presents:

Exhibition

Art and Signs.

Deaf Culture / Hearing Culture

Dates: September 10 to October 9, 2022, 10:00–18:00 (Closed on Mondays)

Venue: Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art (No. 27, Duolun Road)

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Organizers: Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General Shanghai

Supported by: Shanghai International Culture Association, European Spaces of Culture, EU National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), Pro Helvetia, Shanghai Swiss Arts Council, Consulate General of Finland in Shanghai, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Porsche (China) Motors Limited and OATLY

Curator: Dr. An Paenhuysen

Deaf Culture Advisor: Alice Hu

Artists: Cai Rui (China), Yunjoo Kwak (Korea), Gunter Trube (Germany), Zione Hong (U.S.), Hu Xiaoshu and Pu Wenyuan (China), Christine Sun Kim (U.S.), Youmee Lee (U.S.), Roman Signer (Switzerland), soundpocket (Wayne Choi, Joseph Yiu, Wai Lun Hsu, Lai Ping So, and So Wai-Lam) (China), Ming Wong (Singapore), Wolfgang Müller (Germany), Signmark (Finland), Xu Min (China), Yang Jianhua (China), Zhang Zhuoling (China), Die Tödliche Doris (Germany)

About the exhibition

Greetings from the Curator

Presented in collaboration between Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art and Department of Culture and Education of the German Consulate General Shanghai, Art and Signs. Deaf Culture / Hearing Culture will be on view at Duolun Museum of Modern Art from September 10 to October 9, 2022. The exhibition is curated by Dr. An Paenhuysen. As a part of 2022 DAWA, International Festival of Inclusive Culture,Sixteen artists/artist collectives from China, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Singapore, Korea and the United States are featured in the exhibition, presenting works in the forms of video, sound, photography, installation and performance.

Wayne Choi & Joseph Yiu, Wai Lun Hsu & Lai Ping So, and So Wai-Lam (China), Pocket book of sound series, published by soundpocket, Hong Kong, China, 2021 © artists

Cai Rui (China), Deaf Café, Painting, Giclee, 2022 © artists

Zione Hong (U.S.), Classical Dog and Rocking Mouse, Video, Sound, 1’38’’, 2020 © artists

Art and Signs. Deaf Culture / Hearing Culture presents art forms operating at the interface of deaf culture and hearing culture. It showcases works by artists who take as their point of departure various systems of language and communication, consciously working with their differences, similarities and specificities. Concealing neither their own perspective nor the limitations thereof, the artists seek to open up new possibilities within existing boundaries.

Yunjoo Kwak (Korea), Inverted Odyssee, Video, Sound, 6’30’’, 2009 / 2022, © artist

Youmee Lee (U.S.), ASL Face Zoetrope, Silent Video, 00’01’’, 2021 © artist

Xu Min (China), Lonely Warrior, Video, Sound, 4’28’’, 2022 © artist

The works represented in the exhibition are by artists whose practices revolve around sound, music, speech, sign language, signs, written language and their inherent artistic potential. Through their diverse and inspiring practices the boundaries between dance, performance, music, language, literature and painting begin to shift. Art and Signs raises the question of connections and intersections between deaf culture and hearing culture. In the process, social, cultural and political hierarchies become visible.

Signmark (Finland), Viva La Parola, Video, Sound, 2’57’’, 2021 © artist

Ming Wong (Singapore), The Love I Man, Silent Video, 2’49’’, 2012 © artist

Gunter Trube (Germany), Red Roses, Video, Sound, 1’20’’, 1980, Bayerischer Rundfunk: Sehen statt Hören, s.d.

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