Emily Akerman

Mouths Move, Access Denied

Illustration
2026
Acrylic and Gouache
5 x 7
OCAD Major Works Exhibition, Toronto
Mouths Move, Access Denied depicts a familiar frustration for Poofy, a night at the movie theatre, caption device in hand, only for it to glitch and drop words. The mouths on screen keep moving, but the access does not keep up. Something as beloved as Forrest Gump becomes a puzzle, its meaning lost in the gaps left behind.

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Mouths Move, Access Denied
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2026, GradEX 111
OCAD University

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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]