Liesbeth:
Good afternoon to you all. This will be the second interview that we have about your exhibition plans. Can you tell us what happened since the last interview? What are you working on now?
Daniele:
Yes, we've conducted quite a few interviews for our exhibition now and we've also seen that through the interviews, they've brought some information about people that we thought was really interesting. So because we wanted to follow those up. We did have four themes that we wanted to add to the exhibition, but we've decided to reduce that to two themes.
So that's been a big change.
With regards to the content of the interviews, it's been very interesting and thanks to the content of those interviews, that has definitely informed the type of questions we ask. So that has also improved. So it's been a good process.
Liesbeth:
Another question: you said before that the Hands-On! exhibition is maybe mostly for hearing people. What about this exhibition that you're making now. It seems to be more for deaf people? And if it is, let me just add on the second half of the question.
Will it be just for people in Vienna or Austria or would international visitors be able to enjoy it too?
Who wants to start?
Daniele:
Yes, the exhibition and the project is targeted at the Austrian Deaf community, but it's definitely open to the international community. The exhibition will be focusing on Austrian Deaf history, but it will definitely be open and we hope that people can access it in different ways. So our goal is that it's open for everyone, but it'll be about the Deaf Austrian community.
Joanna:
Also Hands-up! itself is bilingual, I should say trilingual. Within the exhibition only sign language is used, nothing else. All of the exhibits have written German and English descriptions. I should know, because I helped with a lot of the translation at the time when we were setting it up. So the exhibition itself is international, for an international public.
Liesbeth:
Yes, I think it's important that it is international too, because that is the European spirit: that we can learn from each other, but also learn the differences between countries.
I'm sure that Deaf people would love to visit it, I mean Deaf tourists from other countries.
One last question for today. What is the story that you want to tell?
What is the message? Did you decide on a main takeaway? People come to your exhibition, they enjoy it, they step outside. And then what do they remember? What do you want them to remember?
Daniele:
I think after they've seen the exhibition, what we want them to remember, is what did the Austrian Deaf life look like in the past, what does it look like now? If we look at even 150 years ago, that's very different than today. They came together in cafés, they wore those very fancy dresses, and how they signed.
We have beautiful drawings that picture all this, and so I'd like people to take this away: that the Deaf Austrian community looked very different 150 years ago, and that we have a way to really cherish our Austrian Deaf heritage, actually to be honest.
Liesbeth:
Well that was really interesting, and I look forward to seeing what you're developing and your ongoing process. And definitely the end product. So we'll all come and visit to see what you've done.
Joanna:
You're very welcome.
Liesbeth:
Thank you for now. Is there anything else you want to add?
Joanna:
I think, thank you very much for the interview.
Daniele:
Thank you for letting us reflect on our process and to see how it has evolved. It's also really nice to get a glimpse of the other partners through these interviews.
So thank you so much for thinking about producing these interviews. We literally get a bird's-eye view and a peek into everyone's process. It's great yeah. I think.
Thank you for now.
Thank you and bye bye.