"Voir ou apercevoir", work by Mélanie Joseph, performance by Manon Cappato
Performance
Voir ou apercevoir (Seeing or Noticing) is a series of videos linked to artist Mélanie Joseph’s research-creation thesis treating of on-screen representations of Deaf people and their social invisibilisation.
Exploring and using the archives of the Institut National Audiovisuel, she attempts to highlight the oppression and repression mechanisms that affect Deaf people in the television realm.
On that medium, how are Deaf people, their words and their bodies considered? Do others speak for them? What is said about them, and what words are used to designate them?
Does sign language have its place? Mélanie Joseph chooses to reverse the relationship with French Sign Language and its interpretation, favouring performed activation of her videos instead of subtitling.
Exhibition spaces.
For everyone.
« “Having no space in which to speak is a form of violence. Forcing Deaf children to conform to hearing norms at all costs is a form of violence. In the archives, one notices that the Deaf subject has no presence, instead playing the role of subordinate.” Mélanie Joseph .»
Activations :
- by Mélanie Joseph 4 October, from 6.30p.m. during the opening of the exhibition and 5 October at 2.30pm and 3.30pm ;
- by Manon Cappato (artist and president of L’Ampoule Fertile) 13, 20 et 27 October, 3 November, 1st, 15 and 29 December, 5 January, at 2.30pm and 3.30pm.
Exhibition spaces.
For everyone.
Picture : Mélanie Joseph, Vidéogramme, Sans titre, Vidéo-élicitation à Paris, mars 2022.
Date: Sunday 15 December
Time: at 2.30pm and 3.30pm
Location:
Crac Occitanie - 26, quai Aspirant Herber
34200 Sète (Hérault)
Crac Occitanie, Centre régional d'art contemporain
Free event
Audience: Tout public
