Blog - Performing Arts
hyena in petticoats
November 16, 2020 - by gobscureonline exhibition / screening / album - from 19 nov, 7pm commissioned by together 2020 disability history month festival - film, online exhibition, e-zine of art / writing / activities because mary wollstonecraft wz bad, rad, bi, mutha, internationalist, feminist before the word, a writer & mad - she, disabilities included ...
yu cant start revolutions sitting on yr arse
October 28, 2020 - by gobscureyu can't start revolutions sitting on yr arse bilingual film (BSL and english) written by gobscure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McpCrI7SjqI us on homelessness, love&rage
different battle same war 4: learning to soar with Dave Toole
October 19, 2020 - by gobscureDisability Arts Online · different battle same war 4: learning to soar with Dave Toole we had intended to record a ...
Tribute to the legendary Geof Armstrong
October 7, 2020 - by Colin HambrookI am deeply saddened by the recent news of the death of Geof Armstrong. I first met him in the mid-1990s ... it was very shortly before he left London and headed back to his home city of Newcastle. I was an intern at London Disability Arts Forum working ...
‘moving, powerful, eloquent’
October 2, 2020 - by gobscurewhat slung low said of the premiere in leeds of gobscures latest solo show 'provoked to madness by the brutality of wealth.' the art and album (gobscure is a multiaward winning sound artist too thanks to 2 awards from sound&music) was previously seen in art of protest group exhibition organised ...
Section 136 applied to the Department of Work and Pensions
September 23, 2020 - by Dolly SenToday I assessed & sectioned the DWP head office, Caxton House, Tothill Street, Westminster, London - dressed in a doctor’s coat, armed with a large prescription for compassion, with friends. I checked if the DWP has a heartbeat and couldn't find one. I then prescribed the DWP a prescription with a ...
different battle same war, the third
September 23, 2020 - by gobscureDisability Arts Online · different battle same war the third this text is adapted from what we wrote for the zine thats part of our show ...
Communicating with the Tesco Delivery Man, nearly in the dark
September 22, 2020 - by Liz BentleyThe nights are drawing in and so are our liberties, freedoms, human rights. I feel like I'm living in a dictatorship, not a pandemic. All these RULES, I don't understand, and can't keep up with. The rule of 6? I think Doris must have spelt it wrong and meant the ...
I Cannot Stand By and Watch this Happen Any More. How Can I Make Them See?
September 15, 2020 - by Magical WomenNeurodivergent and Magical Women artist, Gemma Abbott calls for an end to ableism towards Neurodivergent artists. The Effect of Lockdown on Worldwide Communities 2020 has been an interesting year so far. And watching from a distance, from within the walls of our houses, has helped to clarify some things. It has ...
3 countries, 3 timelines, 5 studios, 5 creatives, just exactly how are we creating Deluge?
September 14, 2020 - by DelugeWhen we embarked on our Deluge creation, we were all conscious that we were going on an exploratory vibrant journey together. I will admit that at times the process of this exploration is echoing the actual themes of the work we are attempting to create. Sometimes we are all caught ...