The first word that comes to mind for me is Fascinating.
Christine Sun Kim’s work feels urgent and a breath of fresh air on the reflection on disability, this notion of ownership of the sound or the idea of what sound is – good sound – bad sound – annoying sound -pleasant sound etc…
There is in this work a sense of disturbing the order and power of own the sound and its functionality in our “able” world.
The idea is that sound belongs to all and can be felt beyond the hierarchy of senses, through the whole of the body besides the only organ it’s traditionally involved.
The understanding is that we sense the physical world differently and that there is a consensus on how to feel this world as a singular definition marginalizing and other any different version.
This work defies this order of things and the term “able”, and that is something I am aiming to reflect on and how to incorporate into my practice.
To quote the artist: let’s look at the bigger picture.