Deaf Anthropologist & Jerry Lim

Deaf Anthropologist is the project of Gaetano Rago, a Hamburg-based artist working across sound, design, and text. With a background in interdisciplinary anthropology and a lifelong sensorineural hearing loss, Rago explores how auditory perception shapes reality. His work frequently centers on auditory pareidolia, the tension between familiarity and estrangement, and the dynamics of immersion and dispersion. He has collaborated with dancers, designers, and installation artists in a range of interdisciplinary contexts.

Jerry Lim is a Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist and visual artist, focused on guitar and kayagum. His practice spans experimental music performance and improvisation, often centered around custom-built microtonal instruments and altered tuning systems. He has performed at venues including Roulette, The Stone, and Carnegie Hall, and has collaborated with artists across a wide range of disciplines, including Joe McPhee, Sang-Won Park, Sean Meehan, and Martha Colburn. In addition to his musical work, Lim is also active as a visual artist, primarily working in photography.