
INTRODUCTION
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.
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.
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 - 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.