Jaimeson Pleasants

Space

This installation aims to redefine space through hand shapes used in American Sign Language (ASL). Enticed to interact with the series of hand forms, the viewer is guided to play and interact with the moment of each gesture through touch and movement. Careful consideration has been made to meaningfully abstract ASL signs in order to convey a larger, more expressive narrative, in line with how Deaf people "play" with ASL through Sign Poetry. This tactile installation provides a unique opportunity to amplify the important influence Deaf people and Deaf culture has had on RIT, and in the greater Rochester community. View student's work HERE.