Access Riders: A disability community practice Forschungs-Mittwoch #191

Access Riders are a tool developed by disabled artists to help communicate their access needs. Meeting these needs often requires significant effort from the disabled person, and Access Riders are designed to reduce that labour by acting as a conversation starter as well as a written guide on how to organise an accessible collaboration. They allow the disabled person to decide what information to share and what conditions must be in place for safe and equitable collaboration. The other party, in turn, should commit to reading the rider carefully and doing everything possible to meet the listed requirements. Originally created as a tool for artistic collaboration, Access Riders are now increasingly used in other professional and educational contexts as well. In this input, dramaturge and curator Noa Winter will give more insight into the practice of using Access Riders. After their input, they will be in conversation with the Aesthetics of the Im/Mobile research team.

This event is hosted by the Institute Practices & Theories in the Arts and will be held in English with a DSGS interpreter.

Access enquiries: thubten.shontshang@hkb.bfh.ch