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An endless project — Exhibitions over time.

"Spoken Portraits" is not a single exhibition: it is an open, evolving project without an end point. Each country, each city, each Deaf community it passes through lays down a new series of portraits.

From June 2016 in Cairo to the most recent shows, here are the milestones of this travelling journey.

"I Understand. Do you?"
أنا أفهمكم. هل تفهمونني؟

Medrar Art Space · Bureau of the International Cooperation Embassy · Garden City, Cairo, Egypt

First exhibition of the project. Portraits were shown at Medrar Art Space and along the exterior walls of the Bureau of the International Cooperation Embassy in Garden City.

Cairo 2016 — exhibition wall
Cairo — exhibition wall, 2016

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GRPS · Boutique-Hôtel · Martigny, Valais, Switzerland

Exhibition in Valais, at the invitation of GRPS — first step of the project in French-speaking Switzerland.

"Retratos Hablados"

Sagunto · Valencia, Spain

Exhibition accompanied by "Sólidos sensibles", sound installation by Pierre Dunand Filliol, and a poetic reading by Philippe Constantin, with Spanish sign language interpretation.

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"Retratos Hablados"

Caixa Popular · Valencia, Spain

New Valencian step, at Caixa Popular.

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Bains des Pâquis · Geneva, Switzerland

Exhibition accompanied by "Solides sensibles", sound installation by Pierre Dunand Filliol and Yannick Jakob. Two highlights: a philosophy café and a poetic reading, both interpreted in French Sign Language.

Geneva — Bains des Pâquis, 2023
Geneva — Bains des Pâquis, 2023

September 24 — Philosophy café Denis Ponté & Jaime Barria · LSF interpretation · theme: "Is sign language in Geneva constantly evolving?"
September 23 — Reading Philippe Constantin · Francesco Bartoletti (cello) · LSF interpretation

"Retratos Hablados"

Caxa Bancaja · Alcoi, Valencia, Spain

New Valencian exhibition, in Alcoi (Caxa Bancaja).

Alcoi 2024 — Spoken Portraits
Alcoi — Caxa Bancaja, 2024

The project goes on.
More cities, more faces, more sign languages — to come.

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