Saturday, 28 February at 3.00 pm, Diana Anselmo presents his installation in Italian Sign Language (LIS), part of the exhibition R.S.V.P. Résonnez, S’il Vous Plaît. This will be followed by a guided tour of the exhibition with cultural mediation by Scuola Piccola Zattere and LIS interpretation.

As part of the exhibition, the artist reconfigures Pas Moi, his most recent theatrical lecture-performance, co-produced by Scuola Piccola Zattere, in an installation format.
The work presents an articulated research process that moves through minor archives, counter-histories, and situated forms of knowledge, bringing to light a silent historical thread that connects the emergence of the first sound recording and reproduction devices—such as the microphone, telephone, and gramophone—to attempts to “cure” deafness, historically understood as a condition to be corrected and eradicated from the hearing world.
Speaking from a Deaf and signing perspective, Anselmo invites viewers to overturn the phono-centric hierarchy and the ableist bias on which it is founded, opening up a broader recognition of the value of different forms of listening, expression, and relation.