BSL Tour of Being Human with Chisato Minamimura

Join Deaf performance artist and BSL art guide Chisato Minamimura for a tour of ‘Being Human’.

Experience this thought-provoking space from a Deaf perspective and uncover unique perspectives of what it means to be human.

Chisato will guide you through the exhibition, introducing objects that spark conversations about identity, medical ethics, the future of humanity, and our search for perfection. Together, we’ll explore how ideas about health, science and the body shape our understanding of ourselves and each other.

The tour will consider how diseases and treatments are experienced across the world, and how our responses to illness and protection can differ – even when they look the same.

It will invite reflection on the many ways we define humanity and remind us that, ultimately, we have more in common that we might think.

We’ll be in the ‘Being Human’ gallery, which you can find by taking the stairs or the lift to level 1.

Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

This event will be delivered in British Sign Language.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at [email protected] or call 020 7611 2222.

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Chisato is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer and BSL art guide based in London, whose work explores the visualisation of sound and music through dance and digital media. Her work has been supported by Arts Council England, British Council, Unlimited and Wellcome, and she has performed at events including London’s 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony and Rio’s 2016 Cultural Olympiad.

Image credit`: Chisato Minamura, Photo: Steven Pocock. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, United Kingdom

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