Expression in the Absence of Dialogue

Expression in the Absence of Dialogue

Autograph

Artform: Visual arts
Event date: Wed, 6th May 2026
Remote

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 "> published -

Event Summary

How can creative practice honour lived experience and build spaces where multiple forms of expression are not only welcomed, but valued?

Event Description

Language is central to how we share and understand our experiences. This conversation explores how artists draw on different forms of creative expression to amplify histories. Here, communication is a relational act shaped by access, memory and care. Through her photographic practice, Nhu Xuan Hua's exhibition at Autograph reflects on communication across generations. Her father, who is oral-deaf, communicates in spoken Vietnamese and a self-taught form of French Sign Language he learned after arriving in Paris in the late 1970s. The absence of a shared dialogue within her household profoundly influenced Hua's artistic practice. With digitally altered archival images, she visualises how memory can fragment and communicate over time. Hua will be joined by interdisciplinary artist, designer, educator and sign language access advocate Nic Annette Miller. Together, they will consider the ways we can connect with one another beyond speech. Moving past the limitations of spoken language, they explore signs, image, observation, and embodied expression as powerful tools for storytelling.

Event Overview

  • Event Title: Expression in the Absence of Dialogue
  • Type: Webinar
  • Date: Wed, 6th May 2026
  • Location: Remote

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