EL ALTO

The publication is anchored in the words of UK artist Yinka Shonibare’s bold declaration that disability arts is the last Avant-Garde arts movement.

d/Deaf and disability arts / Arte, Discapacidad y Culturas Sordas d/Deaf and disability arts / Arte, Discapacidad y Culturas Sordas

Definitions are provided in both English and Spanish with some consideration of the different cultural contexts in which the words are used.

Profile - Edu O. - Brazil

In an open letter, Edu O. defines bipedalism, outlines the collective experience of the ageing body, and calls for a disability-led paradigm shift.

Profile - British Council

Looking back at the partnership between Unlimited and the British Council - a joint venture that brought disability arts to a global stage

Profile - Elian Chali - Argentina

Argentine artist Elian Chali, reflects on his approach to the urban world through the production of a politically-committed art that generates questions, rather than answers.

Profile - Vanessa Dion Fletcher - Canada

Vanessa Dion Fletcher discusses work highlighting an important juncture of disability and indigeneity in her practice.

Profile - Eliza Chandler & Elwood Jimmy - Canada

A push for a different relationship with time, temporality and ‘acces(sen)sibility’

Profile - Fabiola Zérega - Venezuela

Fabiola Zérega shares her experience as a dancer, an advocate of disability rights, and the producer of Am Danza de Habilidades Mixtas.

Profile - Amanda Cachia - USA

Amanda Cachia argues for curatorial practices that embody a “creative access” framework which centers considerations of access in the art-object, the exhibit, and the artist-curator relationship.

Profile - Critical Design Lab - USA

Contra* is a podcast hosted by Aimi Hamraie and produced by the Critical Design Lab.

Profile - Bubulina - Colombia

Art-ivism is resistance.

Profile - Alex Bulmer - Canada

This glimpse into the lives of artists from around the globe, is sometimes quirky, sometimes heart-wrenching, often unexpected, always genuine.

Profile - Victor H, Mariana Tirado Martin, Gina Rubio, y Diego Lamas Encabo - Mexico

Artists Víctor H., Mariana Tirado Martin, Gina Rubio, and Diego Lamas Encabo share their relationship to their art, body, and interior world.

Profile - Marcos Antonio Guerrero Herrera - Cuba

An introduction to the work and life of the artist, Marcos Antonio Guerrero, who depicts close encounters with galactic realities from a paranoid schizophrenic worldview.

Profile - British Council

An Arts and Disability programme that has accompanied the development of the movement and its cultural agents.

Profile - Deaf Interiors - Canada

The theme of Deaf joy flows through the culmination of a three-month digital artist incubator, presenting the multi-disciplinary works of six Deaf Canadian artists.

Profile - British Council

Exploring accessibility in the Canadian theatre landscape through the implementation of the Relaxed Performances framework.

Profile - Centro Gabriel Mistral - Chile

Art as a vehicle for social transformation

Profile - Teatro La Plaza - Peru

The collaborative work between the actors and the production team of Hamlet at Teatro La Plaza represented an achievement not only on stage, but above all on a personal level.

Profile - Discreantes - Mexico

Discreantes: an alternative way of assuming precariousness

Profile - Alejandra D'Elia - Argentina

Alejandrina D’Elia explores past and present accessibility initiatives by various theatres, projects and cultural centres located in Argentina, Chile, and Peru.

Profile - Aimi Hamraie & Floyd Morris - USA & Jamaica

A discussion on Jamaica’s resilience against inaccessible infrastructure created by colonialism and the creation of the Morris scale.