Deaf Explorer
Presents Square-Eye Online Festival | 3-6 December 2020 | Watch on Facebook LIVE & ZOOM
Category: Combined Arts
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This opportunity is for deaf and hard of hearing emerging artists, new collaborations, and established practitioners wanting to work outdoors, try out new ideas, or translate existing work to an outdoor space. Applications are accepted from artists around the UK! The priority is to develop a new piece for a first showing at Basingstoke Festival…
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In January 2022, Deaf Explorer organised a week of Research and Development at Attenborough Arts Centre. Maral decided to use this time to develop her own story through movement and jewellery with a professional dancer and choreographer. Maral’s artwork is about the loss of freedom amongst women in oppressive regimes. At Attenborough Arts Centre Maral…
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Deaf Explorer are pleased to have supported Deaf artist, musician, sign language user and Artistic Director of Audiovisability, Ruth Montgomery, who brings together music, technology, performance, and the visual arts in her practice. Deaf Explorer helped produce Audiovisability’s Two Hearts – a specially designed performance challenging the myths around deafness and music. Click here to…
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Watch the 1 minute promo with Dame Evelyn Glennie, describing why this Arts Council England funded initive by Ruth Montgomery and produced by Deaf Explorer could change audiences expectation of a live performance by classically trained musicians, and make music more accessible. Arranged by Audiovisability Artistic Director, Ruth Montgomery featuring virtuoso percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie. Streamed…
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On 18th September 2021, Jewellery maker and visual artist Maral, invited all to Runcorn Hill Park to decorate her giant lantern with biodegradable materials, as part of the Liberty Festival 2021. During the lantern making, Maral used this space to discuss identity, intersectionality and our relationship with the natural world, and reflect on how the…
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For Square Eye Festival in April 2021; Deaf Explorer commissioned artists to make short films for two day online festival. Funded by Culture Recovery Fund Arts Council England
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In August 2021, Maral was invited to have a two week residency at Level Centre to explore Tale of Tresses, alongside developing her artistic practice. Week One was a virtual residency and Maral spent the week exploring a new series of jewellery, developing the jewellery and artistic polemic developed during her MA studies at…
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Deaf Explorer were delighted that Maral was invited to be part of the Shape Arts Exhibition in 2020 – The Future Is Loading. ‘Samin’ from ‘Tale of Tresses’ by Maral. Image courtesy of the artist. The Future Is Loading: About The Exhibition Maral’s section of the exhibition Maral’s Artist Profile
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In December 2020 MENA Arts UK invited artists and filmmakers across the UK to conceive a new one-minute film, exploring the question: How should the MENA+ arts community celebrate what we have in common? The result was eight enchanting, joyful, and thought-provoking films spanning animation, music, poetry, dance, installation and comedy. Maral Mamaghanizadeh was one…
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Deaf Explorer invites deaf people from Pakistan and Britain for a discussion about photography. On Deaf explorer’s Facebook page the post has reached over 21,000 people have visited the post with 146 reactions and 169 comments. Link to Facebook post Rinkoo Barpaga @rinkoo_street_photo (UK theatre-maker & street photographer) worked with Ali Noonari @deafcommunity_signlanguage (expert in Pakistan Sign…
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