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A photo of a wooden sculpture with two hands touching it, and artwork by Valentin Brown

Sara Wilde Photography. Courtesy of Bodies in Translation Activist Art, Technology & Access to Life. ReVision The Centre for Art & Social Justice at the University of Guelph. Image courtesy of Valentin Brown.

March 26, 2021

Tangled Art Talks: Valentin Brown

Hosted by Tangled Art + Disability, Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)

Spurred by calls for disability justice and the desire for a more equitable and intersectional future, the disability arts movement is pushing forward with renewed political intention to disrupt conventional understandings of the arts.

Tangled Art + Disability and the AGO have formed a new partnership to showcase the possibilities of a world that honours access, disability and difference. We are excited to present videos by six artists from Tangled’s community that showcase their artistic practices in response to artwork in the AGO Collection.

Relax with Sample 01 Valentin Brown introduces you to “Sample 01,” an Unknown Specimen found adrift in the “Body Farm.” In this video footage, Valentin demonstrates some ways of practicing closed captioning and audio description. When it is safe to do so, Valentin invites you to touch an Unknown Specimen just like this one.

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Tangled Art + Disability

401 Richmond Street West, Studio 124, Toronto, ON, Canada

Tangled Art + Disability is boldly redefining how the world experiences art and those who create it. We are a not for profit art + disability organization dedicated to connecting professional and emerging artists, the arts community and a diverse public through creative passion and artistic excellence. Our mandate is to support Deaf, Mad and disability-identified artists, to cultivate Deaf, Mad and disability arts in Canada, and to enhance access to the arts for artists and audiences of all abilities.