This 8-minute video captures pairs of Deaf signers, engaged in a playful guessing game of iconic signs—gestures that visually resemble their meaning, such as mimicking drinking from a cup. The...
This 8-minute video captures pairs of Deaf signers, engaged in a playful guessing game of iconic signs—gestures that visually resemble their meaning, such as mimicking drinking from a cup. The game explores how understanding can cross language boundaries through shared visual intuition, highlighting the role of iconicity in sign languages. A voice-over narrates a text about iconicity, but as the guessing game unfolds, the narrator becomes increasingly distracted, drawn into the playful tension of the players.
Uta Eisenreich, What you sea is what you wet, 2024
