Technology for Talking

Jemima Hughes

| United Kingdom

| 00:05:23

Saturday 22 June 10:15 AM

Technology for Talking is a bright cut out animation which introduces voice output communication aids and explains how and why some people talk using assistive technology. Using the electronic voice and perspective of its disabled filmmaker, it challenges stereotypes about what non-speaking disabled people can do and raises awareness of their contribution to society.

Programme

Crip/Mad Archive Dances

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Picturing Wonderland

Picturing Wonderland reflects a collaboration between the filmmakers and Maud Rowell, an experimental snapshot of the experience of living with a degenerative blindness. The film explores Maud's fascinating relationship with the colours of the world around her as well...

IN THE SEA

A professor travels to swim for 8km in Rio de Janeiro. He narrates the sensations of spending hours alone in the sea, unveiling issues such as the autonomy of the use of his body, the ableist discourse of overcoming, and racial inequality in his country.

Trust Us, Conversations on M*therhood, Care and Working in the Arts

A documented conversation between 4 artists who are m*thers and are also either care-receivers or care-givers.â€‹ Developed from conversations had during the m*ther-artists talk programme.

In My World, In Your Eyes

Join Elena, an 11-year-old autistic girl, on her journey through a mainstream school. Through sensory simulations and narration, experience how individuals with autism perceive the world. Elena's fantastical imagination simplifies autism for all audiences, and sheds...

Social media

An insight into social mediaâ€™s effect on mental health