contra* podcast

I had the honor of speaking with Aimi Hamraie for their contra* podcast. You can read the transcript of listen to our discussion HERE.

INTRODUCTION TO PODCAST EPISODE: Image description is a practice that is often associated with creating accessibility for blind people. While, according to some people, image descriptions are supposed to be objective accounts of what is happening in a photo or film, some disabled artists are using image descriptions to critique other forms of inaccessibility. On this episode of Contra*, I talk to hard-of-hearing artist Liza Sylvestre about her work, which draws on methods of image description and film captioning to critique popular films, and with them, the broader culture of audism, which assumes that everyone has equal access to hearing sound.