Deaf Explorer
Presents Square-Eye Online Festival | 3-6 December 2020 | Watch on Facebook LIVE & ZOOM
Category: Square-Eye-Festival
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7pm Thursday 3rd December 2020 Meet the Deaf Explorer CIC Directors. Maral Mamaghanizadeh (Jewellery/visual artist and assistant producer), Rinkoo Barpaga (Theatre and filmmaker), Billy Read (Choreographer and street dancer), Alan McLean (Producer), Rachael Veazey (Producer & Access Manager.) Who is Deaf Explorer and what do we do? How can you get involved? The team would like…
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SQUARE-EYE FESTIVAL 8.15 pm Thu, 3 Dec 2020 A recording of Rinkoo’s live performance from Crystal Palace Festival 2020 will be broadcast on Deaf Explorer’s facebook and youtube channel. Rinkoo creates solo performances, exploring identity, Deafness and racism. He incorporates a very physical style of storytelling, embodying over 50 different characters in each show. His…
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Street dance theatre work in progress. Billy is developing a new work for Deaf teenagers with long term collaborators, Ariel Fung and Chris Fonseca. Watch the work in progress Billy’s ambition with Sign Criminal, was for the story, sign language and digital media to be pinned to the choreography, blending the art forms in a…
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Part One: Deaf Ecosystem Deaf Explorer commissioned Rinkoo Barpaga and Zoe McWhinney to make a series of four programmes, talking about original topics relevant to the Deaf community. Make a cuppa and put your feet up to watch their conversation and share your thoughts with us by posting on social media. This film will be…
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ISHTIAG HUSSAIN New VV Coronavirus Ishtiaq is a performance artist specialising in Visual Vernacular (VV), an art form pioneered by Deaf artists that uses movements to communicate a story as a universal form of communication. Ishtiaq has been performing and running workshops across the UK since 2011. He also set up his company Deafscope in 2018…
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Commissioned by DaDa festival International, Deaf Explorer commissioned 6 Deaf artists to talk about discrimination and privilege. Comedy writer & actor, Ben Rufus Green, provides a translation for each Deaf artist. The work shows the ‘Deaf Explorer’ collective’s beliefs that “Deaf artists are not just one homogeneous Deaf culture, they always intersect with other kinds…
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Jean is the Deaf communities’ national treasure. A professional Deaf actor with over 48 years in the business, Jean is also a busy writer for TV and film. Find out about Jean’s lockdown experiences, her digital work and her future plans. This event is live on zoom with audience Q&A. BSL Interpreted
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PART TWO: SIGN LANGUAGE Deaf Explorer commissioned Rinkoo Barpaga and Zoe McWhinney to make a series of four programmes, talking about original topics relevant to the Deaf community. Make a cuppa and put your feet up to watch their conversation and share your thoughts with us by posting on social media. This film will be broadcasted…
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Ruth Montgomery will talk about her work ‘Audiovisibility’ and how to make music accessible for Deaf audiences. using performance and visual art. Deaf Explorer is excited to invite Ruth to present her work and past projects and to talk about her next big projects: Calypso and Two Hearts, The Ballet of Dressage and Music. 2021…
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Deaf Explorer will screen a recording of Mark Smith’s Progress score with his ensemble, Deaf Men Dancing. Performed at the Greenwich Performs Festival in 2019 with original music composed by Chris Bartholomew (Ad Infinitum, Deafinatly Theatre). The Progress Score 25 mins 1.15 PM, SAT 5 DEC, SQUARE-EYE FESTIVAL Also at 7.30 PM, SUN 6 DEC, Mark…
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