Blog - Disability Arts
Practice in a Digital World
August 2, 2021 - by Tanya Raabe-WebberBack in January I was awarded an Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grant to develop and adapt my work as an artist and collaborator during the pandemic and beyond. This project draws particular attention to the pandemics impact on the limited mobility of Disabled People in these extraordinary times!‘Practice ...
Crippen hears that Disability strategy delayed again!
July 29, 2021 - by CrippenHaving told us that their controversial disability strategy would be published in the spring of this year … then the summer … then “soon”, the government appears to have been forced to delay publication yet again. ...
I (still) Dream of Resting Spaces
July 22, 2021 - by Raquel MeseguerI’ve lived with chronic pain for 14 years, and that means I need to lie down (a lot). For a while my world got really small. And so in 2016 I began to play with lying down in public so I could be out in the world more: I ...
freedom day
July 19, 2021 - by gobscureso prime minister alexander boris de pfeffel johnson has succeeded in pinging himself, javid & sunak & all are in isolation as a result. get in. tho a few more (gove & patel for starters) could also get pinged, anyone got their #? meanwhile heres something we prepared earlier
Crippen responds to Boris’ latest gamble with our lives!
July 19, 2021 - by CrippenSo, instead of just throwing the baby out with the bathwater, Boris Johnson seems determined to flush most of the disabled community down the toilet along with anyone else who falls within the ‘at risk’ category. Despite Covid cases having risen to their highest level since January, he is determined that ...
The Challenge; The Men Who Wear Green Socks
July 15, 2021 - by Richard DownesThe challenge from the Highgate Society Poetry Group placed in September to be read in October 2019 is ‘Characters(s). Real or Imagined. Men in the group were seen to be wearing green socks The Challenge; The Men with Green Socks The men wearing green socks Never seek to be less good Than they are Unlike ...
Digital instrument development for Define Your Journey
July 13, 2021 - by Jo-anne CoxDirector and dramaturg on Define Your Journey, Kate Lovell, writes about her experience testing out painting with sound. I joked with Jo-anne about wishing I didn’t have to wear my director’s hat and keep us focused on our meeting agenda. Instead I wanted to don my jester’s hat and let us ...
Signs; Around the U Bend
July 13, 2021 - by Richard DownesThe issue with access to the smallest room in listed buildings Around the U Bend 6’6” Chosen for poetry Size 14’s Approaches A small door Raised from the floor Twists his contours Into a U bend Like a more corpulent Secretary for State Privileged and empowered Never would Have a need to When taking his seat In a larger house Where crap Is a daily talking point Where the ...
the con partys endless war part xxx
July 11, 2021 - by gobscurefrom boris fixed it satirical cut-ups https://www.flickr.com/photos/joey1981/albums/72157719515731523
Liz Bentley as The Handjob Maiden Delivery Woman
July 9, 2021 - by Liz BentleyAmong other things, I am writing the sequel to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. This book I am also converting into a screen play where I play the main character ‘Ofrupert’. The one and only Handjob Maiden left on the planet. The Handjob Maiden’s Tale is set in a totalitarian society ...