Who is an artist working in your field that has a disability? What language do you notice they use in talking about their disability? Does the language that the media use around them differ from that language?
In roughly my field, or better describe as a field that I could enter, I watch the content of a person who has a disability. This person is also based in another country. The language they use when discussing their disability, which effects movement, is generally of frustration. More specifically, when they talk about it, they often discuss in relation to the lack of consideration of the country’s services and buildings.
To the extent that you feel comfortable sharing publically, what is your experience of diability? How might this affect the art that you want to create, or the people you seek to work with?
I do not have an experience my disability for myself. However, I do have family members which do experience disabilities. Without going into detail, considerations must be made to manage this disability. When it comes to my practice, this wouldn’t directly affect it as I do not experience the disability myself. However, because of how these family members with disabilities live with their disabilities and the considerations that have been made because of those disabilities, I feel that I can better understand people with similar disabilities and understand the considerations that might need to be made. With that being said, when creating work that could benefit from the perspective of people who have a disability, I hope to be able to facilitate them to produce strong work. Since I do not have a disability myself, getting other voices when needed to crucially important to my work.
