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Michelle Peek Photography, courtesy of Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology & Access to Life, Re•Vision: The Centre for Art & Social Justice at the University of Guelph This week I sat down virtually with Sean Lee, Director of Programming at Tangled Art + Disability, to talk about radically accessible curation, the transformative possibilities of disability as disruption, and the exciting work of Tangled and Bodies in Translation. So many links! To learn more about Tangled Art + Disability, check out recent exhibits like “Body Farm” and “HIDDEN”You can read the Canadian Art review of “HIDDEN” here and watch this video to learn more about Gloria Swain’s workCheck out the work of Bodies in Translation: Activist Art, Technology & Access, including their Cripping the Arts symposium and their Vital Practices in the Arts resource guide!Here are some other references Sean made:Yinka Shonibare on disability as the last avant-gardeEliza Chandler on “Cripping Community” (with bonus references to Kelly Fritsch’s understanding of cripping as “open[ing] up desire for what disability disrupts”)José Esteban Muñoz on “Queerness as Horizon”Amanda Cachia on “the politics of creative access”The Smithsonian’s guidelines for accessible exhibition designAn FAQ on relaxed performances from Tourettes Hero aka Jessica ThomSean Lee talking about resisting the art therapy model Tobin Siebers on disability aestheticsMia Mingus defining disability justiceAbleism as defined by Talila A. Lewis and Dustin GibsonThe new and improved Creative Users websiteAnd a few things I talked aboutThe Festival of Literary Diversity’s Amanda Leduc on virtual events as as an opportunity for accessibilitySome reading on the intersections of COVID-19 and anti-Black racismWhat the fuck is up with J.K. RowlingFinally, if you’d like to donate, may I recommend the Black in BC Community Support Fund for COVID-19 Read the Transcript The podcast theme song is “Mesh Shirt” by Mom Jeans off their album “Chub Rub.” Listen to the whole album here or learn more about them here. Sean’s theme song was “It’s Gonna Be Okay, Baby” by MUNA. Secret Feminist Agenda is recorded and produced by Hannah McGregor on the traditional and unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
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