About this Event
COLOURS OF HUMANITY – COMMUNITY PITCH PROJECTS
Growing Closer: Seeding Stories through Silence
Evelyn Kwok and Arthur Lewis Thompson(in collaboration with The Hong Kong Sign Language Association & Brainfood Hong Kong)
Sunday 30 November 4.30 – 7.30pm
Terrible Baby Music Room, Eaton HK
Documentary film: ‘Bridge of Signs’ (70’, 2024)
Languages: English and Chinese subtitles / Hong Kong Sign Language bubble
Workshop
English / Hong Kong Sign Language (with bilingual interpretation) This workshop brings together members of Hong Kong’s Deaf culture with hearing participants to foster a sense of empathetic insight into the Deaf way of being in the world and reframe familiar places from a different sensorial perspective.
The event will begin with the screening of ‘Bridge of Signs’ (2024), a feature-length documentary film directed by workshop facilitator Arthur Lewis Thompson that tells the story of three Hong Kongers who grew up in households with Deaf parents.
In the second part of the workshop, elderly Deaf participants will connect with hearing participants by creating visual stories that explore Hong Kong identity through decks of cards. This interactive exercise gives hearing participants the opportunity to communicate in the visual modality only, demonstrating that in the absence of sign language, hearing people can take steps and leave their audio-centric comfort zones to communicate effectively with Deaf people of Hong Kong society.
About the facilitators
Evelyn Kwok is an interdisciplinary researcher, educator, designer and facilitator. With a background in spatial design and urban studies, her research focuses on how marginalized communities in Hong Kong engage in creative practices to cultivate a sense of belonging, home and community.
Arthur Lewis Thompson is a linguist, filmmaker, and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the intersections of language, identity, and cultural expression and is the co-founder of a lab dedicated to Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL).
Supporting organisations: The Hong Kong Sign Language AssociationBrainfood Hong Kong
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Terrible Baby, Music Room, 4/F Eaton HK, 380 Nathan Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)
HKD 0.00
