Sue Austin: Deep sea diving ... in a wheelchair
Sue Austin: Mergulho em alto mar… numa cadeira de rodas
In repurposing her wheelchair to create fantastical art, Sue Austin reshapes how we think about disability. Full bio
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e tornar-se restrita.
esta nova alegria e liberdade,
ampliam o nosso alcance de atividade
que já experimentei na vida.
eu posso fazer qualquer coisa".
das vidas de outras pessoas.
e empolgantes perspetivas.
de rodas submarina de "Portal",
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sue Austin - Performance artistIn repurposing her wheelchair to create fantastical art, Sue Austin reshapes how we think about disability.
Why you should listen
Multimedia, performance and installation artist Sue Austin keeps a fascinating mission at the center her work: to challenge the idea of disabled as “other” and represent her experience as a wheelchair user in a brighter light. She does this by creating quirky, unexpected juxtapositions -- bringing a sense of whimsy and empowerment to the discussion of disability.
Austin is the founder and artistic director of Freewheeling, an initiative aiming to further the genre of Disability Arts. In 2012, she was asked to be a part of the Cultural Olympiad in Britain, a celebration of the arts leading up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The work she created for the event, called “Creating the Spectacle!,” is a groundbreaking series of live art and video works of an underwater wheelchair.
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