DaDaFest International 2010: a preview, part 1
Tomorrow sees the start of by far the UK's biggest disability arts festival.
Taking place in high-profile venues all over Liverpool between now and December 3rd, the programme includes everything from fine art to photography, music to performance art, cabaret to stand up comedy and lots more besides. Here are a few things you might want to check out.
'Look' is a collection of art and photography offerings which will be available to view until early December. Like the rest of DaDaFest, this series has a strong international element but doesn't forget its Liverpool roots. The two I've picked out here also have a strong female element:
• Look at Me, at St. George's Hall, features a collection of high fashion inspired, glamorous images of beautiful South African women in alluring and provocative poses. According to the press info, these women are unashamedly disabled, "laid out for the camera to stunning effect". A sound track accompanies the exhibition, where each subject talk's about her life and how it is to be a disabled woman in South Africa.
• Hidden Herstories, an interactive and fully accessible art installation which celebrates the lives of deaf and disabled women in Liverpool. As well as dealing with universal themes, the exhibition covers experiences unique to this group: segregation and separation, the health and social care system, discrimination, deaf community and political activism amongst many others. You can find this also at St. George's Hall.
See also: DaDaFest International 2010: Part 2
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At 25th Nov 2010, CefynPawl wrote:If anyone is interested in the Hidden HerStories exhibition, there is a free 30 minute DVD of clips. Email natalie.markham@btinternet.com
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