Chelle Destefano
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Multidisciplinary artist Melbourne, Australia

Textile installation of Deaf Voices textile poem

I wrote a poem on audism and how it affects us Deaf people in the community and I performed it in Auslan. I used the sheer sheet of fabric as a veil at the start of the performance as a metaphor for the block audism creates between the Deaf community and the world, like a veil. After the performance, I sewed the poem into the veil sheet, creating a poetry textile and installed it from the roof. A projector projected the video performance onto the poetry textile, giving a powerful effect on the work to inform of the ongoing issue we deal with on a daily basis with audism and oppressive attitudes. I chose not to caption this performance to give Hearing communities insight into what it is like for us all the time when a TV show, movie, video, webinar or live stream is not captioned. This artwork was a finalist in the Incinerator Art Award 2020 and then shown in Zero O'Clock exhibition at CoVA in Melbourne Uni.
Video projection on textile poem with light on. Projection was done at the best of ability that was available in a room at home due to the COVID.
Poetry Textile installation
Close up detail of sewn poem in textile.
Projection of video installation on poetry textile installation in dark without lights, in room with limited space due to COVID.

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