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What if accessibility was the starting point for developing artistic programs?
What would cultural institutions be like if they centered the needs of our bodyminds?
These questions and the challenges we observe and experience as chronically ill / disabled / neurodivergent cultural workers, formed the starting point of the residency Cripping Cultural Work. Earlier this year we invited four artists and researchers from the crip community to think together towards more accessible, gentle and slowed paced work practices. While we hoped to contribute to a positive shift toward a less ableist field, what emerged in the past months were profound shifts in our own understanding of access. Working together with Ari, Ashley, flora and Yoana we learned about living in crip time, the (in)accessibility of space, challenging our internalized ableism and what it means to 'come out as crip'. We found ourselves in a community that we did not know we needed.
The insights we gained from this project will have a lasting impact on our practices and future projects at MaMA. As we continue to learn, we warmly invite other institutions in Rotterdam, and beyond, to join the conversation on accessibility within artistic production.
Most of all, this space is an invitation for our community to slow down, meet each other, learn and rest... You can read, listen or play in the library, lay down in the resting space, and explore the research projects of the four residents. Join us in our reflections on gaps, care, crip time, grief, on draining and being drained.
About Cripping Cultural Work:
This seven month long residency aims to take a closer look at normative ideas around time, productivity, and our bodyminds and how these concepts shape the work and pace of cultural institutions. At present, disability and chronic illness are systemically underrepresented within the cultural sector, both in Rotterdam and more widely. The intention of the project Gripping Cultural Work is to contribute to a positive shift towards a less ableist field, by re-examining our own institutional practices and imagining alternatives. The primary focus of the residency is to conduct independent research on a topic of choice, informed by the context of the residency program.
