𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery ! Hug u there ❤️🩹
i woke up thinking of gratitude a thought that used to lead me to text Judith Judy was one of the first, older disability activists to feel like family. After a long conversation on disability advocacy, I asked her what made her happy. She said out of the hundreds of interviews she has done, she was never asked that. Since that day, every now and then (out of the blue), I would text her five things that I was grateful for that day. And she would, send hers back. Sometimes we wouldn’t say anything more. That was enough. Because to be disabled and joyful in this world is worth celebrating. I still miss her smile. I still miss her care. I never got to tell her I finally tried Junior’s cheesecake. Perpetually learning how grief shows up for me. Yet, rewatching this archived moment of us holding space together has seemed to slightly fill some kind of hole for the time being. Maybe I just needed to hear her tell me in some way that she loves me.. Rest in power, Judy. Thank you for everything.
ǝsuǝS ǝʞɐW o⊥ ǝʌɐH ʇ’usǝoᗡ ʇI Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery! Hug you there ❤️🩹 “As a Deaf individual, my daily drawing practice taught me that the fluidity of lines can free me from the constraints of language. Within this space of safety and freedom, there was no deprivation, creating control over canvas taught me what abundance could feel like. Continuously curious, my practice has since expanded to include performance, sculpture, film, writing, and installation that address my experiences as a trans, disabled, biracial person. With each artistic output, I grieve and rejoice what a mind and body can and cannot hold.” @hannahtraoregallery: “Growing up in a conservative town in central Pennsylvania–attending schools where creative expression was not prioritized–Man’s first encounter with artmaking was through the pen and paper on his desk. Before Man had the language to articulate his experience of living as a disabled, queer, person of color, drawing became a fluid vocabulary that gave voice to the confusion, abstraction, intuition, identity, and self-love he was, and continues to be, in pursuit of. From a young age, Man’s drawings have always been composed in black ink—bold, breathing lines that conjure connections to the Chinese calligraphy his grandfather created throughout his life. Never making a plan before embarking on a blank page, he celebrates the intimacy small-scale sketchbooks offer, encouraging his line to wander and intersect freely as he connects thoughts, figures, and shadows. That he discovers infinite possibilities for expression in the simplicity of black and white composition speaks to his ability to recognize multitudes in binary systems. For Man, the dynamic and amorphous space beyond binaries is a continuum. His line does not measure or mimic, but manifests its own course, snaking about the page with an independence that makes it impossible to comprehend where his drawing begins and ends. “
ǝsuǝS ǝʞɐW o⊥ ǝʌɐH ʇ’usǝoᗡ ʇI Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery! Hug you there ❤️🩹 “As a Deaf individual, my daily drawing practice taught me that the fluidity of lines can free me from the constraints of language. Within this space of safety and freedom, there was no deprivation, creating control over canvas taught me what abundance could feel like. Continuously curious, my practice has since expanded to include performance, sculpture, film, writing, and installation that address my experiences as a trans, disabled, biracial person. With each artistic output, I grieve and rejoice what a mind and body can and cannot hold.” @hannahtraoregallery: “Growing up in a conservative town in central Pennsylvania–attending schools where creative expression was not prioritized–Man’s first encounter with artmaking was through the pen and paper on his desk. Before Man had the language to articulate his experience of living as a disabled, queer, person of color, drawing became a fluid vocabulary that gave voice to the confusion, abstraction, intuition, identity, and self-love he was, and continues to be, in pursuit of. From a young age, Man’s drawings have always been composed in black ink—bold, breathing lines that conjure connections to the Chinese calligraphy his grandfather created throughout his life. Never making a plan before embarking on a blank page, he celebrates the intimacy small-scale sketchbooks offer, encouraging his line to wander and intersect freely as he connects thoughts, figures, and shadows. That he discovers infinite possibilities for expression in the simplicity of black and white composition speaks to his ability to recognize multitudes in binary systems. For Man, the dynamic and amorphous space beyond binaries is a continuum. His line does not measure or mimic, but manifests its own course, snaking about the page with an independence that makes it impossible to comprehend where his drawing begins and ends. “
ǝsuǝS ǝʞɐW o⊥ ǝʌɐH ʇ’usǝoᗡ ʇI Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery! Hug you there ❤️🩹 “As a Deaf individual, my daily drawing practice taught me that the fluidity of lines can free me from the constraints of language. Within this space of safety and freedom, there was no deprivation, creating control over canvas taught me what abundance could feel like. Continuously curious, my practice has since expanded to include performance, sculpture, film, writing, and installation that address my experiences as a trans, disabled, biracial person. With each artistic output, I grieve and rejoice what a mind and body can and cannot hold.” @hannahtraoregallery: “Growing up in a conservative town in central Pennsylvania–attending schools where creative expression was not prioritized–Man’s first encounter with artmaking was through the pen and paper on his desk. Before Man had the language to articulate his experience of living as a disabled, queer, person of color, drawing became a fluid vocabulary that gave voice to the confusion, abstraction, intuition, identity, and self-love he was, and continues to be, in pursuit of. From a young age, Man’s drawings have always been composed in black ink—bold, breathing lines that conjure connections to the Chinese calligraphy his grandfather created throughout his life. Never making a plan before embarking on a blank page, he celebrates the intimacy small-scale sketchbooks offer, encouraging his line to wander and intersect freely as he connects thoughts, figures, and shadows. That he discovers infinite possibilities for expression in the simplicity of black and white composition speaks to his ability to recognize multitudes in binary systems. For Man, the dynamic and amorphous space beyond binaries is a continuum. His line does not measure or mimic, but manifests its own course, snaking about the page with an independence that makes it impossible to comprehend where his drawing begins and ends. “
ǝsuǝS ǝʞɐW o⊥ ǝʌɐH ʇ’usǝoᗡ ʇI Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery! Hug you there ❤️🩹 “As a Deaf individual, my daily drawing practice taught me that the fluidity of lines can free me from the constraints of language. Within this space of safety and freedom, there was no deprivation, creating control over canvas taught me what abundance could feel like. Continuously curious, my practice has since expanded to include performance, sculpture, film, writing, and installation that address my experiences as a trans, disabled, biracial person. With each artistic output, I grieve and rejoice what a mind and body can and cannot hold.” @hannahtraoregallery: “Growing up in a conservative town in central Pennsylvania–attending schools where creative expression was not prioritized–Man’s first encounter with artmaking was through the pen and paper on his desk. Before Man had the language to articulate his experience of living as a disabled, queer, person of color, drawing became a fluid vocabulary that gave voice to the confusion, abstraction, intuition, identity, and self-love he was, and continues to be, in pursuit of. From a young age, Man’s drawings have always been composed in black ink—bold, breathing lines that conjure connections to the Chinese calligraphy his grandfather created throughout his life. Never making a plan before embarking on a blank page, he celebrates the intimacy small-scale sketchbooks offer, encouraging his line to wander and intersect freely as he connects thoughts, figures, and shadows. That he discovers infinite possibilities for expression in the simplicity of black and white composition speaks to his ability to recognize multitudes in binary systems. For Man, the dynamic and amorphous space beyond binaries is a continuum. His line does not measure or mimic, but manifests its own course, snaking about the page with an independence that makes it impossible to comprehend where his drawing begins and ends. “
ǝsuǝS ǝʞɐW o⊥ ǝʌɐH ʇ’usǝoᗡ ʇI Opening February 8th at @hannahtraoregallery! Hug you there ❤️🩹 “As a Deaf individual, my daily drawing practice taught me that the fluidity of lines can free me from the constraints of language. Within this space of safety and freedom, there was no deprivation, creating control over canvas taught me what abundance could feel like. Continuously curious, my practice has since expanded to include performance, sculpture, film, writing, and installation that address my experiences as a trans, disabled, biracial person. With each artistic output, I grieve and rejoice what a mind and body can and cannot hold.” @hannahtraoregallery: “Growing up in a conservative town in central Pennsylvania–attending schools where creative expression was not prioritized–Man’s first encounter with artmaking was through the pen and paper on his desk. Before Man had the language to articulate his experience of living as a disabled, queer, person of color, drawing became a fluid vocabulary that gave voice to the confusion, abstraction, intuition, identity, and self-love he was, and continues to be, in pursuit of. From a young age, Man’s drawings have always been composed in black ink—bold, breathing lines that conjure connections to the Chinese calligraphy his grandfather created throughout his life. Never making a plan before embarking on a blank page, he celebrates the intimacy small-scale sketchbooks offer, encouraging his line to wander and intersect freely as he connects thoughts, figures, and shadows. That he discovers infinite possibilities for expression in the simplicity of black and white composition speaks to his ability to recognize multitudes in binary systems. For Man, the dynamic and amorphous space beyond binaries is a continuum. His line does not measure or mimic, but manifests its own course, snaking about the page with an independence that makes it impossible to comprehend where his drawing begins and ends. “
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th with @hannahtraoregallery. This has been such a labor of love. Can’t wait to share it with you all! Big love to @hannahtraore xoxoxo!!
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th with @hannahtraoregallery. This has been such a labor of love. Can’t wait to share it with you all! Big love to @hannahtraore xoxoxo!!
𝙄𝙩 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣’𝙩 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 Opening February 8th with @hannahtraoregallery. This has been such a labor of love. Can’t wait to share it with you all! Big love to @hannahtraore xoxoxo!!
Nine festivals and counting ! Woowowowowowow. This film is a pocket of deaf euphoria for me. The overwhelming support and understanding it has received has honestly blown me away. Delighted to share: ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄʏʙᴏʀɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ was selected as a semi-finalist in the Paris International Short Film Festival and nominated for Best Artistic Short Film at the Deaffest 2024 Film & TV Gala Awards! Honored to have also been shortlisted for Best Director at Deafest. Thank you all so much. Truly. Deeply. Always. Highlighting my wonderful team for this film again below! 🧸 DP: @leroy_farrell DP2: @dqcamera AC: @danbrauchli.film Co-Producer: @tonyzfilms Cast: @sammysinsss , @joyinbrooklyn , @deaf_ripper , @jacindanoinsta92 Katie Man, Jon Man, Johnathan Man, Meg Man, Melissa E. Heche BTS Videographer: @thisisyasminj BTS Photographer: @general.tau Co-editor: @eric__barr PA: @kumari_seshasai ASL interpreter: @alisinkakisinka
Nine festivals and counting ! Woowowowowowow. This film is a pocket of deaf euphoria for me. The overwhelming support and understanding it has received has honestly blown me away. Delighted to share: ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄʏʙᴏʀɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ was selected as a semi-finalist in the Paris International Short Film Festival and nominated for Best Artistic Short Film at the Deaffest 2024 Film & TV Gala Awards! Honored to have also been shortlisted for Best Director at Deafest. Thank you all so much. Truly. Deeply. Always. Highlighting my wonderful team for this film again below! 🧸 DP: @leroy_farrell DP2: @dqcamera AC: @danbrauchli.film Co-Producer: @tonyzfilms Cast: @sammysinsss , @joyinbrooklyn , @deaf_ripper , @jacindanoinsta92 Katie Man, Jon Man, Johnathan Man, Meg Man, Melissa E. Heche BTS Videographer: @thisisyasminj BTS Photographer: @general.tau Co-editor: @eric__barr PA: @kumari_seshasai ASL interpreter: @alisinkakisinka
Nine festivals and counting ! Woowowowowowow. This film is a pocket of deaf euphoria for me. The overwhelming support and understanding it has received has honestly blown me away. Delighted to share: ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄʏʙᴏʀɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ was selected as a semi-finalist in the Paris International Short Film Festival and nominated for Best Artistic Short Film at the Deaffest 2024 Film & TV Gala Awards! Honored to have also been shortlisted for Best Director at Deafest. Thank you all so much. Truly. Deeply. Always. Highlighting my wonderful team for this film again below! 🧸 DP: @leroy_farrell DP2: @dqcamera AC: @danbrauchli.film Co-Producer: @tonyzfilms Cast: @sammysinsss , @joyinbrooklyn , @deaf_ripper , @jacindanoinsta92 Katie Man, Jon Man, Johnathan Man, Meg Man, Melissa E. Heche BTS Videographer: @thisisyasminj BTS Photographer: @general.tau Co-editor: @eric__barr PA: @kumari_seshasai ASL interpreter: @alisinkakisinka
Nine festivals and counting ! Woowowowowowow. This film is a pocket of deaf euphoria for me. The overwhelming support and understanding it has received has honestly blown me away. Delighted to share: ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄʏʙᴏʀɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ʏᴇᴀʀ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ was selected as a semi-finalist in the Paris International Short Film Festival and nominated for Best Artistic Short Film at the Deaffest 2024 Film & TV Gala Awards! Honored to have also been shortlisted for Best Director at Deafest. Thank you all so much. Truly. Deeply. Always. Highlighting my wonderful team for this film again below! 🧸 DP: @leroy_farrell DP2: @dqcamera AC: @danbrauchli.film Co-Producer: @tonyzfilms Cast: @sammysinsss , @joyinbrooklyn , @deaf_ripper , @jacindanoinsta92 Katie Man, Jon Man, Johnathan Man, Meg Man, Melissa E. Heche BTS Videographer: @thisisyasminj BTS Photographer: @general.tau Co-editor: @eric__barr PA: @kumari_seshasai ASL interpreter: @alisinkakisinka
Florent Barbier, 2024. A continuation of sharing more of my portraits. We worked on a set together only to discover we’ve been going to the same gym for years and never met. He goes every morning; I go at night.
