Reading groups
Summary
- Access Lab & Library host occasional reading groups
- In these groups, we explore different examples of creative access
- Readings can be anything: videos, articles, books, sound pieces, social media
- These help us continue to talk about different approaches to access
Cycle one
- ‘Introduction: On Crip Authorship and Disability as Method’ by Mara Mills and Rebecca Sanchez in Crip Authorship: Disability as Method, 2023, pp. 1–21
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‘Composing Perseveration / Perseverative Composing’ by M. Remi Yergeau in Crip Authorship: Disability as Method, pp. 38–47
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‘Disability in the Library and Librarianship’ by Stephanie S. Rosen in Crip Authorship: Disability as Method, pp. 282–296
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I Felt People Dancing by Alison O’Daniel, Kunsthalle Osnabrück, 2021, (video documentation by Stefan Brückner and Felix Hüffelmann)
- ‘The Kunsthalle Where No One Can Hear’ by Emily Watlington in Art in America (1 September 2021)
Cycle two
- ‘Watching dance with creative audio descriptions 2017 with English subtitles’ by Miyuki Tanaka
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‘Stephen Proski’ by Sonja Teszler in Floorr (24 October 2019)
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‘Feeling Fit for Function: Haptic Touch and Aesthetic Experience’ by Tom Roberts in the British Journal of Aesthetics (3 January 2022)
Cycle three
- ‘Hearsay’ by Georgina Kleege in More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art, 2018, pp. 73–83
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‘What is this shape?’ by Jess Shane (first aired on Short Cuts: The Interpreter, 2020)
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‘“In place of catastrophe, a clear night sky’ work-in-progress showing at 92Y”, with captions & AD’, by iele paloumpis, 2021
- ‘Unseen Sound guided tour’ and documentation by Andy Slater, 2023
Cycle four
The fourth cycle of our reading group was to be staged at Same Page Art Book Fair 2024 (with Perimeter Books and Gertrude Contemporary), taking the form of a captive WiFi PDF library. It was to model decentralised technology, digital and offline, as a way of embracing digital interfaces for access while highlighting the many compromises of the wider internet.
Unfortunately, this project was cancelled due to technical issues resulting from damage to a now-discontinued Wrong Router. (We would love to hear of any similar projects!)
Against the protocols of the civilised body
Access Lab & Library is hosting a series of reading groups with UQ Art Museum, beginning in May 2026.
These free online sessions are currently fully booked. We’ll publish more information about the text list soon.