Faculty of Design
Illustration
Emily Akerman
Mouths Move, Access Denied
Illustration
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.
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]
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