How do we locate ourselves in our bodies, within the universe, and among others? Wayfinders : Au gré des sens features ten contemporary artists—both with and without disabilities—who chart paths of connection through alternate modes of sensing. Born from a desire to overcome the divide between disabled and non-disabled fields of cultural practice, this exhibition explores new sensory languages with which to bring people together. It becomes a space for artists of various abilities, backgrounds, and geographic locations to connect in new, unexpected ways. Curated by a mixed-abilities team, this exhibition seeks to unite diverse communities and experiment with new ways of creating shared meaning and direction.
Artists : Piet Devos, Raphaëlle de Groot, Véro Leduc, Mareike Yin-Yee Lee + Marc Sabat, Salima Punjani + Greer Pester, Rolande Souliere, Collin van Uchelen with Carmen Papalia
ABOUT+
Our collective is composed of an interdisciplinary, mixed-abilities group of three creators and curators working in the visual and performing arts: Aaron Richmond is an interdisciplinary artist who recently developed Access in Counterpoint, a national research project exploring dance for blind and partially sighted audiences. Tamar Tembeck is an art historian and curator who has worked on a variety of creative projects in the areas of visual, performing and media arts in collaboration with Deaf, disabled or ill artists. Audrey-Anne Bouchard is a stage director and lighting designer who takes inspiration in her visual disability to create immersive, multisensorial performances that involve all of the audience’s senses but sight, and that are accessible to people both blind and sighted.
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Curators: Aaron Richmond, Tamar Tembeck, Audrey-Anne Bouchard
Artists : Piet Devos, Raphaëlle de Groot, Véro Leduc, Mareike Yin-Yee Lee + Marc Sabat, Salima Punjani + Greer Pester, Rolande Souliere, Collin van Uchelen with Carmen Papalia