Date and Time
- Thursday, Aug 28, 2025 6pm - 7:30pm
Location
SFMOMA
151 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Details
In this lecture-performance, artist Christine Sun Kim uses the frequent smartphone auto correction of “Deaf” to “death” as a point of departure. From this linguistic coincidence, she draws out a media study of representations of Deaf culture across film while weaving in her observations on disability signage, Deaf history, and much more. Through images, humor, and incisive commentary, Deaf Death questions what defines disability, ingrained cultural desires that visualize the elimination of Deaf culture, and how different definitions reflect fears and hopes for the future. The lecture-performance will be followed by a conversation with Alice Wong.
