Artist call out! Are you a later in life diagnosed/realised neurodivergent artist?! We are seeking art work made about the ND experience
Stepping Into Ourselves
Through this lens, we invite you to explore the deeply individual, many faceted inhabitation of identities, spaces and communities. We are curious about navigation of the experiential landscape and the intersection of old and new ways of being after having a diagnosis or realisation of autism/neurodivergence.
hrough the enquiry and process of unravelling (masked) past identities the deconstruction, rebuilding & making sense of authenticity are called into focus.
In exploring these aspects of self, are they fluid or rigid, permeable, malleable, ephemeral, loose, hard, tight, enlightening, empowering, or more debilitating, restrictive, enclosed, more ‘dis-ordered’?
Stepping into action around deconstructing internalised and external ableism and barriers is ongoing work.
Therefore, from our perspective as autistic people, creating a corner of Fringe arts Bath with the lived autistic experience at its core would be a radical act within creating community and inhabitation of external spaces.
What does radically accepting oneself look like, and in the context of community beginning with self; Alongside physical space, how does this extend to your wider world?
To intentionally examine the subconscious processing of this very personal shift both internally and externally feels like a joyful, risky and authentic celebration of the practice of un-masking.
Visit fringeartsbath.co.uk/stepping for full info and how to submit your work.
Submission deadline: Friday 12th April at 23h59 GMT
Fringe Arts Bath (FaB) Festival provides a platform for early-career and emerging Curators & Artists to test ideas beyond the gallery-based arts scene. There are 17 other exhibition call-outs forming the FaB Festival programme, coming to Bath, UK, from 24th May to 9th June 2024. Discover them all here: www.fringeartsbath.co.uk
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- @Wura Kareem hi! Great! Please check out the links for full info on how to submit your work
- Hey! I’m an autistic poet and musician and I’d love to collaborate on this project with you! You can find some of my work on my instagram @gingeroot_._
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