A few days ago, I experienced another one of my really bad flares. As my sensory inputs started to fade away and the pain took over, I thought to myself: How will I ever be able to describe to someone what this feels like? And then something interesting happened. I heard a voice asking me: [...]
Site Unseen 2009: (Dis)abling Conditions
A Site-Specific Performance Event Takes Over the Chicago Cultural Center November 9, 2009, 6-9 pm
For one night only on Monday, November 9, 2009, from 6-9 p.m., the Chicago Cultural Center will host Site Unseen, a site-specific performance event featuring theater, dance, music, and visual art by individual artists and ensembles of local and international acclaim. [...]
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Because there is no such thing as taking too many breaks!
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This collage includes photos that I took in Beijing, China. The sculptures and the architectural details are from both the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace. I visited in the midst of winter, so the Marble Boat was floating in a completely frozen-over Kunming Lake. [...]
The Arthritis of Antoni Gaudi
“Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Catalan architect and one of the most important visual artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, suffered from a recurrent and often persistent arthritis since he was 6 years old. His diagnosis is uncertain but juvenile idiopathic arthritis is most likely. He coped successfully with his rheumatic [...]
“This is just the first step towards a revolution on how we perceive the sanity and insanity of the human body and the artifacts of illness.”
-Francesca Lanzavecchia, Italian Designer
ProAesthetics
Francesca Lanzavecchia
www.francesca.nu
This is the first inspirational publication that present disability artifacts in a new light. It is a bridge between user and producer aiming to open their [...]
Creativity, Disability, And The Arts
alternative ways of making
May 26 – August 23, 2009
NIAD (National Institute for Art and Disabilities)
551 23rd Street, Richmond CA 94804
An exhibit showcasing alternative art making methods and new tools inspired by them. This exhibit was made possible through a collaboration between NIAD Art Center, the studio artists who work there, and two graduate design students [...]
Because there is no such thing as taking too many breaks!
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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
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I feel very fortunate that I have been able to visit the Louvre in Paris on multiple occasions. After doing the tourist guide thing the first couple of times, I have learned to focus in one theme [...]
“One must from time to time attempt things
that are beyond one’s capacity.”
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was one of the most prolific of all French Impressionist painters. During his close to sixty year career as an artist, Renoir is said to have painted over 6,000 canvases. Some of his most well-known paintings include Dance at Le [...]
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