Commissioned by Unlimited in partnership with British Council.
Night Bloom is an immersive audio-visual artwork that highlights the resilience of the global deaf community through the metaphor of biodiversity.
While storms and wilting flowers reflect the systematic discrimination and erasure faced by deaf people around the world, abundant landscapes filled with birds and insects offer a symbol of hope and future growth for all.
A looped film features three dancers, whose movements incorporate signs drawn from Visual Vernacular and traditional Chinese (CSL) sign languages. Signs drawn from nature are commonplace across international sign languages. The roots shooting from the hands of dancers represent the mycorrhizal networks through which plants and fungi communicate across species.
This work shares the power of embodied forms of communication, across difference, and advocates for an inclusive climate transition.
