Mains

On June 8, 2023 at 7 pm
— Facebook event

As part of the dv_vd series, Vidéographe and Dazibao dedicate an entire evening to Hodan Youssouf, who took part of the research residency aimed at D/deaf artists, researchers, and curators at Vidéographe. 

Without sound, speech, or translator, Youssouf’s piece presents a compilation of photos of hands, sign poetry excerpts, images, and phrases focused on the theme of hearing. While the narrative refers to the sometimes oppressive experience of difference, the artist's goal is to put deaf and hearing people on the same level in front of the work in order to value the democratic role of hands. The hands are capable of everything, notably of a diversity of meanings.

The screening will be preceded by a conference by Hodan Youssouf with a LSQ interpreter on site. 

Program

JOY — 1 min. 50 sec.

My hands and eyes are creative tools, which implies a lot of daily creation. I'm a black woman, a deaf artist.

MAIN — 3 min. 47 sec. 

The music is signed in sign language (LSQ), as words and visual sounds are expressed through the hands in the lives of Deaf people and signers. Hands act as a “jack-of-all-trades”. All too often, society imposes spoken language and auditory sounds on Deaf people. Take a good look at their hands! They're essential.

Mains de langue — 58 sec.

True and pure Québec sign language.

Mer de mains — 59 sec.

The sea of hands visually translates the musical flow of hands.