3. Seeing Sound
The ability to hear is taken for granted by most people and sound is everywhere. Professor Tom Shakespeare explores the dominance of sound through the work of deaf artists.
Professor Tom Shakespeare explores the dominance of sound through the work of deaf artists. He meets Chisato Minamimura, a deaf performance artist, choreographer and British Sigh Language art guide, and experiences the work of Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq, a London-based British Muslim artist.
Tom is a sociologist and ethicist who collaboratively researches with disabled people, and thinks a lot about the role of disability in culture, including the arts. He is Professor of Disability Research at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Over three episodes in Start Making Sense, Tom explores the role of the senses through the work of disabled artists, past and present. He covers sight, touch and pain, and hearing.
Presenter: Tom Shakespeare
Producer: Emily Uchida Finch
Exec Producer: Mark Rickards
Sound Design: Brian Mc Namara
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- Tue 17 Nov 202616:00BBC Radio 4
