Interview [Kenny Lerner]

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Identifier: ds_0027_lernerinterview_cap_01.mp4

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"Interview [Kenny Lerner]" on RIT Digital Collections

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Dates

Creation: 2007

Creator

Lerner, Kenneth (Person)

Summary

Part of a collection of interviews made for a film on ASL poetry, "The Heart of the Hydrogen Jukebox." In this interview, Kenny Lerner, the hearing half of the ASL/spoken word poetry duo the Flying Words Project, discusses his work and how it fits within the ASL poetry movement.

Extent

1,008.07 Megabytes (mp4)

Language

Sign Languages

English

Additional Description

General Note

This material was digitized as part of a CLIR Hidden Collections grant: "Sculptures in the Air: An Accessible Online Video Repository of the American Sign Language (ASL) Poetry and Literature Collections at the RIT/NTID Deaf Studies Archive (RIT/NTID DSA) in Rochester, NY." Original VHS recordings were transferred to mp4 format, captioned, and voiced, by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf Production Services department.

Processing Information

Dr. Joan Naturale, NTID Librarian, provided accurate sign language transcriptions of this video; voicing from ASL into English was provided by Miriam Lerner, performing arts interpreter. Dr. Naturale also prepared the description, abstract, and notes.