040 Projecting into the Future : ADA inc

Carriageworks, Millennium Square
13:00 - 16:00

Disabled people have been represented in the visual arts for generations, although not without controversy. Whether as artist or subject matter, the presence of disabled people within the sector still seems to create debate. Projecting into the Future seeks to bring these discussions up to date, and asks what is the future we want to create for disabled people in relation to the visual arts?

Open to all those working in the visual arts sector, the session will use Motion Disabled as a case study to provoke discussion and debate and including presentations from other regional inclusive or disability specific visual arts projects and organisations.

Motion Disabled (www.motiondisabled.com) by Simon McKeown, a disabled artist from Yorkshire, uses motion capture technology to map the movements of disabled people doing everyday things. The real-time film of the individuals' movements are then translated by a computer into a 3-D replica. This motion is then transferred on to a simple animated figure and the computer-animated figures are displayed in a looped series of motion captures.

Imagine being given permission to study the motions of those who move differently. What if, instead of staring being frowned upon, you were actively encouraged to find the beauty, the exotic and the normal within such movement?

In the morning of 9th October, Projecting into the Future is holding a smaller event for disabled artists in particular to share perspectives on how disability is seen within the visual arts sector (10.30 - 12.30pm)

For further information and to reserve a place at either or both events, please email joverrent [at] adainc.org

Projecting into the Future and Simon McKeown's involvement in Light Night is funded by Arts Council England, and produced by ADA inc.