Verbal Description: Screen Real Estate for ASL Interpreters, 2022

Narrator: Screen Real Estate for ASL Interpreters is a charcoal drawing on paper. This drawing is a square, measuring about 45 inches on each side. On the top left of this work, Kim has written the title in bold, uppercase letters. The composition is dominated by a series of rectangles of varying sizes, each representing the amount of screen space allocated to American Sign Language interpreters in different scenarios. The lines of both the text and rectangles are slightly uneven, and the charcoal used in this drawing has left faint, wispy gray smudges in the negative space of this work. The rectangles are labeled with handwritten descriptions, offering specific examples of events or contexts where interpreters were allotted these portions of screen "real estate." One small rectangle, in the top right corner of the paper, is labeled “NYC MAYOR DE BLASIO ON TWITTER”. Some of these rectangles overlap with each other, perhaps suggesting where the interpreters are positioned on a screen. On the left side of the paper, a long rectangle labeled “BLM PRESS CONFERENCES ON TV AND TWITTER” is partially obscured by another rectangle of a similar size, which seems to extend off the page. This rectangle is labeled “COVID PRESS CONFERENCE ON TV AND TWITTER”. At the bottom of the page, three distinct phrases appear in parentheses, slightly staggered. They read: “(2-10 SECONDS OF SELF-CONGRATULATORY FOR BEING ACCESSIBLE),” “(SEPARATE ASL FEED),” and “(‘WE FORGOT’ OFF-SCREEN)”. These represent responses Deaf people might encounter when trying to access American Sign Language interpretation, if any is given at all.