FILM

A multi-layered exploration of sign language; a language which, like the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, links the symbolic terminology of words with the mimetic and analogous representations of graphic gestures. Soberly constructed scenes depict how notions like “shark”, “widow”, “Marilyn Monroe”, a James Bond movie sequence, a Viennese song or the story of two travellers treasure-hunting in Egypt are expressed in sign language. An introduction to an unfamiliar way to experience the world, in which sounds are seen but not heard.