![]() “First and foremost, ‘Probable Normal Hearing’ is an exhibition for the deaf,” he said. This space between cultures frames the arc of his CAM installation, which he designed to inspire dialogue with visitors. “I have one leg in one and one leg in the other.” “Deaf culture and hearing culture - I don’t belong to either of those,” he said. Lifetimeīut only now, at the age of 33, is the former NC State professor beginning to reckon with his identity as a deaf person. Justin LeBlanc presents his collection at New York Fashion Week during the 2013 season he appeared on “Project Runway.” He has his own clothing label and also competed on “Project Runway All Stars” in 2014. He competed on “Project Runway All Stars” in 2014 and came in seventh place. He studied architecture, found his calling in fashion design, met great success on the 2013 season of “Project Runway,” coming in third place, and launched his own clothing label. LeBlanc, who grew up in Raleigh, received a cochlear implant at the age of 18, which provided an artificial semblance of sound. In retrospect, LeBlanc says, “I tried to be normal for so long that I forgot what it was like to be deaf.” The last note scribbled on his medical chart before his doctor realized the diagnosis was “probable normal hearing.” That prominent and unreachable word so long at the top of his audiology charts - “normal” - haunted his early years. LeBlanc was born deaf, though it wasn’t discovered for several years. ![]() “Probable Normal Hearing,” strikes that balance, telling a story that’s challenging, vulnerable and intensely personal. It’s likely an unfamiliar story - disorienting, surreal, even haunting - unless you’re part of the 5 percent of the population that is deaf.īut good storytelling can disorient and reorient, create distance from its audience and inspire empathy. Step into Justin LeBlanc’s new exhibition at CAM Raleigh, “Probable Normal Hearing,” and you step into a story. ![]()
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