Work Description

Deafening Silence is a collaborative video work by the artist Seo Hye Lee that arose in exchange with d/Deaf communities in Düsseldorf and further cities. The work investigates how sound in urban spaces can be interpreted, imagined, and accessed using visual cues.

The work takes as its starting point the phrase “deafening silence,” reframing and reinterpreting it from d/Deaf perspectives. Through short, silent videos and their poetic, humorous, and at times disconcerting captions, the work explores the meanings ascribed to sound in urban spaces, and how this process of ascription plays out through interactions between perception, context, and expectation.

The captioned videos can be found on various screens in public space. In this way, the urban context itself becomes a site for reflecting on how sound is experienced, described, and interpreted, as well as which perspectives are brought to the fore in the process. 

This newly commissioned work is the result of an open call and was selected by a jury consisting of Joshua Pesch-Ulonska, Siegfried Saerberg, and Linnea Semmerling.

Bio

The artist Seo Hye Lee (*1990 in Seoul, South Korea) lives in Somerset, England. In her artistic practice, she investigates the social and cultural dimensions of sound from a deaf perspective. She deconstructs the politics around sound, questioning how societal structures shape modes of perception and communication. In doing so, she works with multi-sensorial installations, drawings, and video.

Venue

Storage Museum
Himmelgeister Str. 107
40225 Düsseldorf

Thu – Sun, 2 – 6 PM

The entry is free.
Registration is not required, but welcome.

Videos on Screens in Public Space 

LED Screen on Parking Garage at Carlsplatz (Ruhrkraft)
Benrather Str. 7B
40213 Düsseldorf
continuous loop, approx. every 8 minutes

64 Roadside Screens (STRÖER)
List of all addresses
Continuous loop, approx. every 8 minutes 

Accessibilty

• Artistic captions in German and English

• Assistant dogs are welcome

• The Storage Museum is fully accessible at ground level. Parking is available on-site, and assistance can be provided. Part of the path is cobblestone. The museum has a wheelchair-accessible, gender-neutral restroom. More information:  https://storagemuseum.org/kontakt