Visual, Sound, and Language Artist Christine Sun Kim in the New York Times

The New York Times profiles artist Christine Sun Kim, whose charcoal drawings depicting the rage allotted to experiencing life as a deaf person are currently on view in the Whitney Biennial. "Channeling her experiences into images of geometric angles, musical notes and meme-like pie charts, Kim playfully combines different sign systems to create what she calls a 'common language that all people can connect to,'" writes Anna Furman, who spoke with the artist. More:

 When did you first feel comfortable saying you’re a professional artist?

When people started paying me to speak at colleges, give talks about my work and to perform — that’s when I felt legit. Like in 2013, I gave a talk at MoMA for the sound exhibition “Soundings.”

What’s your worst habit?

Taking forever to answer long emails. When I see that long body of text, I just — can’t. I have emails that I haven’t responded to for a year.

What are you reading right now?

Maggie Nelson’s “The Art of Cruelty” and W.E.B. Du Bois’s “Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America.” I’m really into depictions of data. Du Bois’s book is a series of hand drawings and data graphs that visualize America. It’s just beautiful.

What embarrasses you?

When I’m not being voiced properly.

Read on at the NYT.