Disability Archives

Efforts of Nature

Combining low resolution footage, 16mm film and satellite imagery, Efforts of Nature considers the passage of time, processes of change and dissolution from two distant

The Chalk Factory

‘The Chalk Factory’ was created in collaboration with workers with disabilities in Japan. Built in the dense industrial outskirts of Tokyo, Rikagaku Chalk Industries offered

Music for Solo Performer

Part-homage, part-sequel, Music for Solo Performer is a filmic reimagining of composer Alvin Lucier’s work for amplified brainwaves, drawing connections between the 1969 composition, speech

Diseased and Disorderly

Diseased and Disorderly is a film that uses the paintings, drawings and collages of the neurodiverse artist Eden Kötting to make imagistic gold. Assisted by

Receiver

A crossed telephone line propels Receiver into a suite of heated and intimate conversations in which we encounter scenes of protest at a university for

The Prince of Homburg

Patrick Staff’s vibrant, colour-coded video uses text from Heinrich von Kleist’s 19th-century play of the same name to explore themes of persecution and punishment to

IN FAR AWAY LAND

Back stroke butterfly, front crawl and bras, we are awash in an ocean of bubbles. Meanwhile Captain Ahab sets sail on his magic carpet in

DOG ATE DOG

A companion piece to Andrew and eden Kötting’s FORGOTTEN THE QUEEN except this time we are sailing into a male storm, a place of make

MAPPING PERCEPTION

Mapping Perception was a multi media arts project in collaboration with a Neurophysiologist, Mark Lythgoe and Curator Giles Lane. It took as its original inspiration

THIS ILLUMINATED WORLD IS FULL OF STUPID MEN

Inspired by the delirious dribble paintings of Jackson Pollock and the demented drivel sprouted by monotheistic clerics, the film is a celebration of difference and

Pain Is…

‘A fascinating companion piece to David Cronenberg’s Crash or Kirby Dick’s Sick, Pain Is… combines interviews, archival footage and Dwoskin’s thoughtful voice-over to arrive at

Face of our Fear

‘… Face Of Our Fear is a richly conceived essay about the evolving image of disability. Dwoskin, a highly accomplished experimental filmmaker, begins with the

Outside In (Das Innere Blos)

‘Outside In is a combination of memories from the visual diary of a disabled person seen from his point of view: the visual impression left

Denial

Denial is an intervention, by a disabled artist, in popularly received notions of ‘the body’ and challenges the myths and premises of much ‘body under

Poleaxed

A meditation on stillness and perception made during a long illness. A woman sits by the fountain in her local park. As the seasons change, she sees

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