メトロポリタン美術館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (メトロポリタン美術館Instagram)「This month in honor of the 30th anniversary of the #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct, we're inviting disabled artists to respond to a work from the #MetCollection that sparks their curiosity or inspires them. Today, Christine Sun Kim (@chrisunkim) shares her thoughts on this limestone votive ear from the 4th–3rd century B.C. "Votive offerings are generally presented to gods, out of gratitude, or to seek a cure. This limestone votive ear from Cyprus has four syllabic signs on its lobe that read 'I belong to a deaf person.' It is very likely that that person was asking for a cure as there is a long, long history of people trying to fix deafness. I like how the inscription on the ear was there to state that the ear 'belonged' to 'a deaf person.' It makes me think of a few Deaf friends of mine who have small tattoos behind their ears: 'Sound off,' 'Mic Off,' 'Deaf Power,' etc. I, another Deaf person, like to think of this as a kind of beautiful declaration to the gods and a sort of twisted continuation of the votive motive: 'Deafness is mine. Thank you.'” 🎨 Cypriot. Limestone votive ear, 4th–3rd century B.C. #MetAccess #ADA30 #DisabilitySolidarity #ChristineSunKim [Image description: A right ear carved from limestone. Four syllabic signs can be seen on its lobe.]」7月13日 21時56分