Emily Akerman

I Hang Out With Mouths

Illustration

2026

Risograph Print, Plywood

5.25 x 5.25

OCAD Major Works Exhibition, Toronto

I Hang Out With Mouths is a physical flipbook animation in which Poofy tumbles through a world of mouths. Surrounded on all sides, it captures the constant, consuming presence of lips that must always be watched, followed, and understood.

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2026, GradEX 111

OCAD University

Work by

Emily Akerman aka. Poofy

Illustration, Visual Storytelling, Deaf Visual Image Art (De'VIA)

“Beyond Hearing is series of works exploring the Deaf experience and an individual’s agency in a hearing-centered world. ...” [More]

Emily Akerman

I Hang Out With Mouths

Illustration

I Hang Out With Mouths is a physical flipbook animation in which Poofy tumbles through a world of mouths. Surrounded on all sides, it captures the constant, consuming presence of lips that must always be watched, followed, and understood.

Share with someone

2026, GradEX 111

OCAD University

Work by

Emily Akerman aka. Poofy

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