blurring the boundaries
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Disabled-led collective exploring crossover between makers/technologists/performers. R&D funded by #NewConversations (@caBritish/@FarnhamMaltings/@CanadianUK)
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Joined August 2019
We would like to invite you to try out an interactive instrument/video experience we have been helping develop as part of @Josonia7's Define Your Journey. Please have a go at https://t.co/r3GqQE4EUf and use the feedback button to let us know how it went!
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[ disability theory thread 🌻] hi!! i am your academic apothecary. let's talk about the mad manifesto: my ✨newly passed✨ dissertation that goes to great lengths to accessibly prove that: 1) we are failing mentally ill students, and 2) UDL has been co-opted by unis for profit.
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Opportunity due June 9! @TOLiveTweets is seeking submissions from Toronto-based artists, artist collectives and project-based organizations for Explorations. You could receive $7000 to research an idea that will further your artistic practice. Info: https://t.co/8hI58jP9DY
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Electronic Music : Allen Strange's Classic Book Reissued (Perfect Circuit) : https://t.co/54oP3EqayP Jason Nolan on Reissuing Strange's Electronic Music.
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Ten years on from @touretteshero's debut, @katejlovell interviews Jess Thom about the company’s return to form in new touring show, Burnt Out in Biscuit Land. https://t.co/ri2nnPGxcZ
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▪ @bel_pye offers a useful overview of what it means to live in an Ableist world that discounts our experience and the perspectives on culture that we can offer as disabled artists. https://t.co/y1PiKSxraH
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The latest blog for Define Your Journey is written by fabulous @katejlovell We did work slowly through a very difficult year but got there in the end! With big thanks to @BtB_Arts @CITheatre
@Foteini_G @hello_anders @IvanRiches
@disabilityarts @ace_national @ukdpctogether
Please do read our latest Define Your Journey blog, read all about how the very structure of creating the work was defying the current capitalist model of work. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ If you enjoy, do retweet, let's share new ways of working that defy ableist structures.
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Please do read our latest Define Your Journey blog, read all about how the very structure of creating the work was defying the current capitalist model of work. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ If you enjoy, do retweet, let's share new ways of working that defy ableist structures.
In case you missed my latest @disabilityarts blog post I happily shared accessibility and audience insights. Find out why Define Your Journey is "better than a cup of tea" and beats the Covid blues here: https://t.co/xZyOe6WewC 💜
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For those who've asked, here's my full acceptance speech from last night's @OlivierAwards! Best supporting actress for my role in The Normal Heart @NationalTheatre? WTAF! Thanks for all your congrats & special thanks to @Videowilk 🎥 & @thevjoiners 😘 https://t.co/3PCxkgKFfA
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Please share this with your undergrad students (PM for the full Call)! KNOTS: An Undergraduate Journal of #Disability Studies is seeking submissions for their seventh issue! Deadline May 2nd. For more info please visit: https://t.co/5YnGzFzXAA
knotsjournal.carrd.co
“The knot can be comprised of a single thread, looping in and around and over itself in a self-contained tangle. It can also be composed of many threads, intertwined and bound tightly to one another....
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last of 3 podcasts I produced for Unlimited Amazing guests on this one and has the greatest host @disabilitydiva available on all the apps!
Hot off the press! 🔥 Episode 3 of The Unlimited Podcast has launched! Featuring artists @nwando, @JK_Musician, @JaneGauntlett, and @BOPTheatre Artistic Director @robertsoftley on the role of technology in making art accessible. 🔊 To tune in, head to: https://t.co/IohbuLvP9V
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Do you need advice about access, have questions about running a performance, or just want to chat through a creative idea? Book a 1:1 session with Jamie Hale to discuss anything from direction, applying for funding, to setting up organisation.
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If you’ve read that NYT piece on alt text, do yourself a favor + read the disabled folks — @elizejackson and @alexhaagaard — who’ve been working on this for a looooong time:
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Gift Tshuma (@UTChoir and @btb_arts) speaks about access, equity, and advocating for disabled lead in designing music technology as one of CBC’s 2022 Black Changemakers today:
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Gift Tshuma has dedicated his life to highlighting the daily challenges faced by people with disabilities and pushing for change. It's a mission he's merged with his passion for music.
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Let’s Do This: online event on February 18th. Jason Dasent is bringing developers together to discuss access to music technology
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Disabled activists won a battle against the gov this year to allow them to record #PIP benefits assessments on phones rather than cassette. The campaign took place via an audio artwork - you can hear it on @radiophrenia tomorrow (Thursday) at 10am. ✊📢📻
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Are Disabled People more involved in the music industry than we realise? Comment below and/or join our webinar at 2.30 on Wednesday with a great panel, q&A and conversation about recording in an accessible way. To book your spot:
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Open Screen is back! 🖥️ Open Screen 2022: Call out for disabled artists working in the digital realm. For more information and how to apply, please visit https://t.co/mps9JmYitI #AOS #OpenScreen #OpenScreen2021 #DigitalArt #DisabilityArts
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