Song Without Words is a 15 minute film by Deaf musician and filmmaker Olivia Ting, which figured in her installation at Experiments in Art, Access & Technology, or E.A.A.T. SADC audio described the film for the installation and for the exhibition online. As an experimental art film with meaningful silences, the work would have been poorly served by conventional AD, playing only in parallel. The AD written and narrated by Oliver includes a three-minute “pre-show” or audio introduction. The described film is viewable on YouTube.
Blind QC: Nefertiti Matos Olivares. Audio editor: Thomas Reid. AD Project Lead Cheryl Green.
From the exhibition website: “The E.A.A.T. exhibition introduces methods in art and technology that arise from—and viscerally embody—lived experiences of disability. meesh fradkin, Carmen Papalia, Josephine Sales, Andy Slater, and Olivia Ting premiere new work developed in the Leonardo CripTech Incubator an art and technology fellowship for disability innovation. These works span spatial audio, surveillance technologies, gaming, haptics and auditory prostheses.”
Cheryl also created sound descriptions for Meesh Fradkin’s installation, captioned Carmen Papalia’s videos, and supported Josephine Sales’ creative sound art transcription and image descriptions.
Exhibition organized by Leonardo/ISAST. Curated by Vanessa Chang and Lindsey D. Felt. Program curated by Claudia Alick.
The E.A.A.T. exhibition runs September 30, 2023 through January 14, 2024.
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