ALISON O'DANIEL:
ARE YOU LISTENING?
~ The Tuba Thieves (2023) ~ Compensation (1999) [16MM] ~ Code Unknown [Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages] (2000) ~
March 29 - April 20 @ Walker Art Center
Filmmaker and artist Alison O’Daniel’s debut feature film The Tuba Thieves stems from a radical inquiry into what it means to listen. As a d/Deaf/hard of hearing artist, O’Daniel’s practice moves across film, sculpture, and performance to investigate how we hear, experience, and understand sound.
In conjunction with the release of her film, the Walker invited O’Daniel to embark on a long-form cinema residency. Marking its first stage, the cinema series Alison O’Daniel: Are You Listening? O’Daniel utilizes the Walker Cinema as a space to further the inquiries she began with The Tuba Thieves. Her feature was made within and collaborating with a d/Deaf community; this series, however, examines films made by hearing filmmakers that prominently feature d/Deaf actors and characters in their story lines. Together, these engagements ask the question: “What does a d/Deaf Cinema sound like?”