Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This shade of green is supposed to be calming for hospital patients - but for the Deaf community, it can come to mean something very different.
In this reel, Christine Sun Kim - one of the artists behind our exhibition 1880 THAT - explores how the experience of Deaf people in medical settings can give complicated meanings to a colour.
1880 THAT is free and open at Wellcome Collection until April 2026.
Alt text: This reel shows the two artists Christine and Thomas Mader inside the 1880 THAT gallery space at Wellcome Collection. They stand in front of a red brick wall, and we're also shown some of the artworks in the show which feature the very specific shade of 'hospital green'.
This shade of green is supposed to be calming for hospital patients - but for the Deaf community, it can come to mean something very different.
In this reel, Christine Sun Kim - one of the artists behind our exhibition 1880 THAT - explores how the experience of Deaf people in medical settings can give complicated meanings to a colour.
1880 THAT is free and open at Wellcome Collection until April 2026.
Alt text: This reel shows the two artists Christine and Thomas Mader inside the 1880 THAT gallery space at Wellcome Collection. They stand in front of a red brick wall, and we're also shown some of the artworks in the show which feature the very specific shade of 'hospital green'.
