International Guild of Disabled Artists and Performers
Disability - where to from here? DadaFest Skype Follow-up
On Saturday 27 November several artists involved in Liverpool's DadaFest skyped with IGODAP founder Philip Patston for a conversation about disability arts.
A video is available here.
As often happens with conversations, especially ones between creative types, we got totally sidetracked from our proposed agenda, which was:
Instead we started an in-depth conversation about the meaning and language behind disability; the "social brand" of disability; the benefits and limitations of the social model and its impact in perpetuating a reality of discrimination, inaccessibility and social barriers; where to next; how can artists creatively lead the way; and how can we mobilise technology to do this globally?1. What is the spread between the social and personal impact/experience of disability and how do we express these in our work?2. As disabled artists, how do we support each other to continue to draw inspiration for our work? How could we more dynamically and more often celebrate the highs and commiserate the lows as a global community?3. What has changed and still needs to change to make the work and role of artists who experience disability more significant in the cultural landscape?4. How could IGODAP, given its limited resource but virtual form, assist disabled artists to achieve their artistic goals?
As discussed let's use this discussion thread to continue the dialogue already begun; as well as to answer the above questions, which didn't get canvassed.
A video is available here. It begins at the end of my introduction of myself and how the International Guild of Disabled Artists & Performers came about.
I look forward to the exploration.
Philip
Tags: arts, change, creativity, disability, diversity, leadership
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