DIALOGUE IN SILENCE

Dialogue in Silence

By Andreas Heinecke and Orna Cohen

»The only way to learn is through encounters«
Martin Buber, I and Thou - Practicing Living Dialogue

Dialogue in Silence is an exhibition which invites into a completely different world, a world of silence. Other forms of expression are used here and language has to be visible in order to be understood. Deaf persons guide the visitors in small groups through the exhibition which is totally soundproof. In this exhibition a reversion of roles is created: hearing people are torn out of social routine and familiar reception. They discover their repertoire of nonverbal expression in order to communicate creatively by mime, gesture and body language. Deaf people, who by virtue of their experience and ability to sign are more competent, support them and become ambassadors of a world without sound which is no way poorer – but different.