The piece takes the form of a narrative, a physical, face-to-face interaction, which aims to amplify and give space to the intrinsic possibilities of sign language.

Long marginalised and alienated by phonocentric power structures that have sought to abolish it throughout history, LIS is a human, living, physical language; it speaks not of margins but of new forms.

Monumentum DA explores the relationship between language (signs) and expression (dance), observing the blurring of boundaries between these two semantic realms. LIS and Diana’s body form an archive of documents in constant transformation; we might call them ‘linguistic monuments’ that weave a narrative in which the politics of a body converge in a vital impulse – and thus reconnect with the shared history of a fleeting community.

It is therefore a matter of reconsidering the expressive potential of all bodies and opening up a space in which diversity is a pure expansion of possibilities.

The performance is designed to be accessible from the outset, its form allowing it to be enjoyed by both a deaf and a hearing audience.