Une parcelle de moi [A Glimpse Of Me]: Screening and In Conversation

THIS DIGITAL PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS A MULTIMEDIA THEATRE PERFORMANCE AND DOCUMENTARY INSTALLATION BY TIPHAINE GIRAULT AND PAULA BATH IN THE EXHIBITION 리듬풍경 ׀ RHYTHMSCAPE, CURRENTLY INSTALLED AT THE OTTAWA ART GALLERY. ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA, THE EXHIBITION FEATURES A VARIETY OF CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC STRATEGIES THAT MEASURE THE PULSE OF LIFE, SOCIETY AND WORK.

Now on view in the Ottawa Art Gallery’s current exhibition 리듬풍경RhythmScape, Une Parcelle de Moi [A Glimpse of Me] (2014), is a multimedia theatre performance and documentary installation by Tiphaine Girault and Paula Bath that offers a unique understanding of the experience of immigrants to Canada from international Deaf communities. Highlighting their diverse linguistic strategies, it is performed by three people: Peter Owusu-Ansah, Ali Saeedi and Tiphaine Girault, who grew up in Ghana, Iran and France respectively. Using a cascade of overlapping language, together they weave the stories of their joys and sorrows, successes and failures, and their varying paths as immigrants with disabilities. Presented in American Sign Language (ASL), Iranian Sign Language, Québec Sign Language (LSQ), English and French, the work demonstrates the beauty of finding commonality amidst difference.

Discover this work and learn more about its performance in this virtual program. Here, a screening of Une Parcelle de Moi [A Glimpse of Me] (20 min) is followed by a panel discussion between Catherine Sinclair (OAG Deputy Director and Chief Curator), and those who worked collaboratively on the works’ creation: artists Tiphaine Girault and Paula Bath, actors Peter Owusu-Ansah and Ali Saeedi, and co- director, Andrea Donaldson. Please note this panel discussion took place in English and ASL.

This work will be on view in 리듬풍경RhythmScape at the OAG until January 3, 2021. 리듬풍경RhythmScape is presented in partnership with the Embassy of the Republic of South Korea to Canada, the Korean Cultural Centre Canada, through the support of the Korean Foundation for International Culture Exchange.