Flashlight project [FP] addresses a need to reconfigure conversation models in order to consider individuals with differing levels of sensory ability. Join us in a ‘conversation’ that is organized around a gesture of visibility and identification. FP is interested in how exploring the intersection of learned systems of body and language disrupts systems of normativity. Participants come away from an fp workshop questioning normative modes of communication design and pay specific attention to the demarcation between the private body and the social body, one that is predicated upon compulsory able-bodiedness. How are subjectivities shaped by systems of meaning and access? How can they be used to create space for others?

Flashlight Project at John Hansard Gallery

Flashlight Project at John Hansard Gallery

Flashlight Project artifact from the Max Wasserman Forum at MIT

Flashlight Project ‘French Class’ at Weisman Art Museum

Flashlight Project ‘Excerpt Video’

Flashlight Project ‘Excerpt Video’

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Flashlight Project for Heavy Breathing at Land and Sea Gallery

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Flashlight Project for Heavy Breathing at Land and Sea Gallery

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Flashlight Project for Heavy Breathing at Land and Sea Gallery

Flashlight Project Booklet, 2020

Risograph Print on 67 lb. Paper

8.5” x 11”

12 Page Booklet