Point Line Mean

2023 ~

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Collaborative Project

Deaf artists X Hearing artists

Hong Kong

Point Line Mean (PLM) is an art collective (founded 2023) comprised of six Hong Kong-based artists, two of us are Deaf, one of us belongs to Hong Kong’s traditionally recognized ethnic minorities, and two of us are queer. Among us we have seven languages, including Hong Kong Sign Language (endangered). We are Art Hur, KWKIKI (“KK”), Toi-Yee Doris Ng, Nora Fong Bao, Sharu Binnong Sikdar, and Jen Yoohyun Lee.

 

 PLM’s primary goal is to explore different dimensions of communication and inquire into how understandings are reached. We use art as a communicative tool in order to foster a sense of commonality and intimacy despite diversity and, in doing so, to overcome language barriers, particularly those between the Hearing and Deaf worlds, while raising awareness about Hong Kong Sign Language Deaf culture, and linguistic identities. We work with a range of art media, e.g., performance, installation, painting, drawing, and video.  

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The PLM’s inaugural show in March 2024 was a culmination of a year-long series of 1-on-1 encounters between Deaf and Hearing artists, consisting of four pieces.

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