in 2021 Ishtiaq Hussain will be working with Creative Black Country and Deaf Explorer to create an inclusive performance and short films of Visual Vernacular (V V) and spoken word poetry. A project for Deaf and hearing people based in the West Midlands, join our zoom session and find out about the project and watch…

Part Three: Privilege 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 on…

A live zoom session with Zoe and Rinkoo about their project, The Armchair Commentators. Rinkoo and Zoe are ready to answer your questions about the series. Have you watched their broadcasts? Enjoyed it? Join us and let us hear your thoughts and your questions and maybe you have an idea for a future episode to…

ISHTIAG HUSSAIN Live New VV Performance 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…

SQUARE-EYE FESTIVAL 1.30 pm Sun, 6 Dec 2020 Join visual artists; Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq, Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings, Maral Mamaghanizadeh and Rauridh Lever-Hogg for conversation about Deaf visual art and how to work in the mainstream. This event is for anyone who wants to be a professional artist. This event will be hosted by Ruth Montgomery. Artwork: Artist:…

Donna Mullings will host a panel discussion with Chisato Minamimura with guest appearance using pre recored video by Chris Fonseca, Mark Smith, Billy Read and  Ariel Fung. Find out about what’s happening in the arts from the perspective of leading Deaf dancers. Photo Deaf Men Dancing, Joshua Cantril & Joseph Fletcher at Bird College Theatre…

SQUARE-EYE FESTIVAL Sun, 6 Dec 2020 16:30 – 17:30 Matthew Gurney recently wowed audiences at AD Infinitum’s online festival: This Is Where We Are, with his short film, ‘Dr. Voxoff’s Sign Language School for Hearing Children’ made completely on his iPhone. Matthew will lead a workshop on film making on your mobile and talk about…

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 7.30 PM, SUN 6 DEC, SQUARE-EYE FESTIVAL Mark Smith “There is a generation of deaf…