About the project.
This project is about focusing on a series of conversations based on the societal position of disabled and Deaf people within the EU community through the lens of art & culture. These conversations, debates and provocations will include disabled academics, activists, artists, agitators, and their allies from across EU, led by a partnership from Wales/UK, Republic of Ireland, Portugal and Sweden.
This project will make a real difference. Not only will it be tangible and real, but led by the communities that are most impacted by the current pandemic, and address within the solidarity of European Nations the barriers related to Brexit, Disability and Culture, in line with the statement made by the European Union to the UK -“We will leave a light on”. Disability Artists will be commissioned to respond to the conversations and their findings.
Who are we?
The project’s two main objectives:
Preserve and expand a European Culture of Solidarity as the key element for keeping Europe an open and shared public space for everyone
Envision the future of making cultural experiences and people-to-people interaction possible across European borders after inward-looking times of social distancing and national crisis response imagine, tell stories and prepare the ground for a culture-driven revival of a united Europe during and after the crisis
The project’s aims:
To Keep disabled communities valued and connected within and across society
To develop conversations to learn and share from each other’s contexts
To share issues arising from the lived experience of disability and Coronavirus
To identify opportunities to illustrate issues through sharing and conceiving of our futures
Through online interactions identify long-term action to tackle existing inequalities.
Create virtual conferences, podcasts, interactions and a legacy
Create an online collection of European disability art
Develop arts commissions