I hear in another language, yours. Tty me —  by Gerard Pas 2016

This photograph is inspired after one of my paintings in the series "The Saints" 1998-1999.
That series can be found by clicking here: The Saints

It was exhibited at Museum London in 2001, for my exhibition "hEaVEN and eARTh"

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Carolyn Bell —

Saint with Hearing Aid in Tdd - Tty Symbols
Subtitle: I speak another language, sign!
by Gerard PaS 1998
oil on canvas - 61 X 61 cm

To view the painting which inspired this series of photographs please click on the above image.

In 1998 in my series “The Saints”, I painted an oil painting of a “Saint with Hearing Aid in Tdd – Tty Symbols” subtitled “I speak another language, sign!” In this painting I used the international symbol for hearing loss and also an archival image I had of Vancouver Artist John Anderson producer of The Gina Show as the model.

I decided to revisit this entire body of work “The Saints” as a photographic series. I took my original painting and combined the image of “hearing loss symbol” from it with this portrait of Carolyn Bell. I wanted the direct reference to the earlier work and this is why I elected to leave the Celtic knots from that original painting instead of just using the generic graphic blue and white “hearing loss” symbol in this new piece.
I’ve learned a whole new level of respect for the “Deaf and Hard of Hearing. As a cultural minority” since teaching at Fanshawe College - Fine Art and having deaf students and translators in my daily teaching life. I started asking questions about dreams and sounds if you had never heard a sound.
I realize that my simple photo and painting are meager contributions but they are a minimal salute, honouring a struggle for those of us who hear to open our minds and provide accessibility particularly in the Arts...

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Date: 06/03/2016 15:21 hr
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