I AM is I AM

Abstract

In the 1960's, people in the public have stopped and stared at this small innocent deaf child who wore a hearing aid device with a long twined thick wire down to the front. This child was taught to accept with pride. I Am is I AM.

Creator

Delora Bertsch

Title

I AM is I AM

Date

2018

Medium

Ceramic and copper wires

Description

A black metallic color 3-D ceramic child face surrounded with wildly twisted hair strips, a hearing aid device on the right ear with a long twined thick blacken copper wire down to the front, the head is on a free standing on a podium.

Citation

Delora Bertsch, “I AM is I AM,” RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center , accessed April 19, 2024, https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/597.