Deaf Explorer
Presents Square-Eye Online Festival | 3-6 December 2020 | Watch on Facebook LIVE & ZOOM
Category: New Work
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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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Asnath Losala will be presenting her Midlands Made Screen dance commission “Natal” as part of the Birmingham International Dance Festival. Thursday 3rd June: 7:30pm Watch live here: https://bidf.zootv.live Natal by Asnath Losala A snapshot of the filmmaker’s experience as a Deaf migrant to Birmingham from the Congo, fusing British Sign language and hip hop street…
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‘Paper, Rock, Scissors’, book in your diary for Friday 28th and Saturday 29th May at 7pm. Go to https://www.facebook.com/deafexplorers/ Find about Deafinitely Theatre freelance bursaries and apply for the second round. Deadline 29 May 2021 https://www.deafinitelytheatre.co.uk/deaf-freelancers-bursary
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Delighted that Duffy made this work for Square Eye Festival in May 2022.
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Deaf Explorer delighted to commission a team of Deaf Creatives to open Square Eye Festival – Asnath Lasala, Troi Lee, and Chris Fonseca As a practitioner, Asnath executes her movement /dance skills superbly as seen recently in her ‘it gets lighter from here’ dance film, titled, “Conquérir”. Asnath has the qualities to excel with the…
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Billy Read Received an Arts Council England DYCP to develop his International networks, Square Eye Festival commissioned new work form these innovative dancers. https://vimeo.com/542606940
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China Plate and Deaf Explorer commissioned four films by Deaf artists to celebrate the winter solstice. Deaf Explorer were delighted to co-commission Maral, Rinkoo Barpaga, Asnath Mokeka Losala and Ishtiaq Hussian. Each clip was to last no longer than 60 seconds and was the artist’s response to the statement; “It gets lighter from here”. More…
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Dadafest The video work by the Deaf Explorer collective, interrogates the authority and power of translation, revealing that interpretation can not match the rich visual language of the artists and marginalises the complexity of deaf identity. Translation is a territory that Deaf artists occupy. “Permission to speak” is a new work for playback on digital…
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During these difficult times, Rinkoo Barpaga received a commission from Creative Black Country to represent the unique cultural perspective of Deaf people living in the Black Country that is embedded in our language of BSL. Tanvir: “My experience of the coronavirus lockdown has been that it has completely changed my life.” Michael: “During lockdown I…
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On Saturday 23 November 2019 a totally unique performance by Deaf dance artist Billy Read of We are the Revolution based on a series of workshops, in collaboration with Deborah Pugh, a Movement artist. Billy and his team will transform the Doncaster Minster into a night club and create an atmosphere for their street dance performance.…
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