Discussion
12 December 2008
Within this section you will find discussion pieces which cover issues of disability identity; experience of barriers and discrimination as well as accessibility and inclusion.
Please let us know what you think! You can respond by filling in the comment form at the end of each article.
If you are interested in submitting an opinion piece of your own, please send a 100 word proposal to Colin Hambrook by emailing him at: editor@disabilityartsonline.org.uk
Interview: Tony Heaton discusses Shape's 'Animate' programme
22 January 2010
Colin Hambrook talked to Tony Heaton, Chief Executive of Shape about the inspiration behind Shape's 'Animate' programme
Discussion: Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll - the Ian Dury biopic
8 January 2010
"Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll" - the biopic of the life of punk legend Ian Dury opens in London on 8 January 2010. Colin Hambrook discusses the pros and cons of choosing Andy Serkis to play the lead role.
Discussion: Colin Cameron - further towards an Affirmative Model of Disability
9 December 2009
Colin Cameron is currently conducting PhD research at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, looking at an affirmative model of disability. Colin Hambrook interviews Cameron to discover how his work is defining and redefining models of disability.
Inside story - 1000 days to go - Accentuate programme launched in the South East
4 December 2009
Accentuate was launched on December 3 2009 at the Dome, Brighton, with a sparkle of disability arts excellence from South-East based performers and artists. Colin Hambrook summarises some of the discussion that took place on the day.
Discussion: Art of Difference Festival and Symposium 2009
1 December 2009
Colin Hambrook, editor of dao, attended the Art of Difference Disability and Deaf Arts Festival at the Gasworks, Melbourne from 10-21 March 2009. He also went along to the Momentum09 one-day conference in Auckland on 27 February 2009. Here he compares the differences between the development of Disability Arts in the UK in comparison to developments in the Antipodes.
Audio: NY Programmer Bill Bragin enjoys Decibel09 and The Fish Police
22 October 2009
Audio: Decibel 2009 was a cool mix of Deaf and Disabled and 'traditional' diverse BME performers. Jon Pratty speaks with Bill Bragin, programmer from the Lincoln Centre for Performing Arts in New York. Has mixing audiences and culture strands flattered, or flattened Deaf and Disabled acts at Decibel?
Discussion: Liz Porter reflects on the movement
19 October 2009
Liz Porter reflects on what the Disability Arts movement has given her over the years – and where she is now – in response to discussions at the Lead On conference as part of the government funded Cultural Leadership Programme held in Cheltenham Town Hall on 21 September 2009.
Tim Jeeves: Disability and Fashion
9 March 2009
Tim Jeeves explores why many fashion photographers only see one sort of reality when it comes to the human body
Disability and the Novel
27 February 2009
Why are contemporary disabled characters and the plots they are involved with so often driven by ‘issues around their disability’ rather than anything else? It wasn’t so for Dickens, Stevenson or Zola, so what has changed?
Disability Art and Science: Resonant Frequency
23 January 2009
Resonant Frequency was a partnership between ITHACA, Science Oxford (the Oxford Trust) and Disability Arts Online (DAO) which sought to explore the issues around disability arts and science.
Discussion: Pallant House present 'Outside In'
14 December 2008
'Outside In' is a programme initiated by Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, dedicated to creating opportunities for marginalised and disabled artists. Colin Hambrook gives a personal take on the issues which underlie the project.
Close up talk @ Tate Britain
19 November 2008
Liz Porter recently experienced an audio-described talk at Tate Britain, focussing on a variety of work in the galleries permanent collection. She reflects on access for visually impaired gallery visitors, looks at the merits of this kind of access provis
Alan Scott: in memoriam
19 November 2008
Alan Scott was a photographer, printmaker, writer and raconteur with a love of philosophy and a wealth of understanding and knowledge. Sadly, Alan died on Thursday 16 October, aged 57 years.Here DAO reproduces a selection of words and images to create
Disability Arts, a monster, a myth
2 September 2008
Penny Pepper gives a potted history, swears a lot and asks some vital questions about where the disability arts movement is going
InterAction Milton Keynes: Ways of Seeing
7 January 2008
dao presents a podcast covering the Ways of Seeing Conference which took place in Milton Keynes in September 2007
Ju Gosling: Towards a Scientific Model of Disability
14 December 2007
Ju Gosling talks about her residency at the National Institute of Medical Research
Minding the Gap
10 May 2007
DAO asks Sarah Kennedy about the work of Mind the Gap and a forthcoming conference it is organising around opportunities for learning disabled actors
Tim Jeeves: Singapore Fringe Festival
8 May 2007
Tim Jeeves recently came back from Singapore with some thought-provoking questions about cultural interpretations of disability art
Holton Lee Disability Arts Open Exhibition
8 May 2007
Colin Hambrook reflects on the first open exhibition to embrace Disability Arts and asks how we push the debate for quality to a further level
Tim Jeeves: A portrait of a young man as the (disabled) artist
20 February 2007
Tim Jeeves questions the label disability artist in the light of his current work.
Alternative Dramaturgies informed by a Deaf and Disability perspective
1 February 2007
Artist Alicia Grace reviews the second Alternative Dramaturgies symposium.
Tim Jeeves: On Catharsis
16 December 2006
Tim Jeeves explains, in prose, reasons for his performance piece The Last Days of MourningWhat's up with Disability Arts?
16 December 2006
Colin Hambrook asks some questions about disability and the role of Disability Arts.
On The Next Level: Labels Seminar
16 December 2006
In response to a workshop, as a part of Art Shape's Space Between touring exhibition, Zoe Partington confronts the issue of labels. Who uses them? Who chooses them?Paddy Masefield: Whose Learning Difficulty?
1 March 2006
Strength charts a journey through Disability Arts over the past 20 yearsJoe McConnell: Beyond Compliance
1 February 2006
DAO looks at the wide gap that separates self-declared accessible websites from websites which are genuinely trying to offer disabled people a comparable experience to that of the non-disabled.DAO and Disability Arts
1 July 2005
Colin Hambrook gives an overview of Disability Arts as understood by DAO.
North West Disability Arts Forum: TransART
1 April 2005
DAO contacted North West Disability Arts Forum NWDAF to find out about an innovative project aiming to open up debate about identity, access and inclusion within contemporary artMat Fraser: Disability Arts: Good or Bad?
1 November 2004
Mat Fraser talks about the support he's had from the Disability Arts world and the need for more constructive criticism.