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EtCetera Issue 260
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The National Disability Arts Forum
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Nov 06, 2004 17:26 PST
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Contents: == From NDAF == Get Netted ==Job Opportunities == Get
Involved == Training & Workshops == Got Some Spare Time? == TV & Radio:
Pick of the Week ==
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From NDAF
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Reminder:
This newsletter needs a logo!
We would be grateful for your ideas. All entries will be displayed on
our website, and ETC readers will choose their favourite design.
The winner receives GBP 100.
Please check <ndaf.org/logo.html> for further details.
* Xmas E Cards III *
Got some visual artwork you would like to promote? Once again in
December we will set up a ‘Free Electronic Postcards’ page on our
website, and would like to invite Disabled Artists, no matter where in
the world you are, to send us electronic images of your work, in any
common format.
We will choose four of them to become NDAF’s official ‘Seasons
Greetings” cards.
The four artists will also receive an Amazon voucher @ GBP 25..
Please send your images to - silvi-@yahoo.com -
Deadline: 30 November 2004.
* Win More Tickets for Xposure 2004 *
The third Xposure Arts Festival, which is on NOW, is the largest
festival of disabled artists and performers ever held in the UK.
Forty-One productions including theatre, dance and visual arts,
film/video, comedy and live literature, poetry, storytelling will be
held throughout the month in six London venues, and three London based
organisations.
At Jackson’s Lane Arts Centre, hub of the Festival, Laurence Clark’s
“The Jim Davidson Guide to Equality”, a huge hit at this year’s
Edinburgh Fringe, can be seen on Tuesday 23rd.
ETC Readers can win a pair of tickets for this event.
All you need to do is send an email to - compet-@ndaf.org -, subject
<Clark>, including your name, postal address and access requirements.
The winner will be the first entry arriving in the mailbox. (Offer open
to all UK residents, excluding employees of The National Disability Arts
Forum, Xposure and Jackson’s Lane. One entry per person. No cash
alternative)
Further information on Xposure can be found at www.xposurefestival.com.
* Theatre Resource: Shift Performance Course *
This is two days of drama and performance for adults with physical
and/or sensory disabilities and mental health service users and
survivors. It’s taking place on Saturday 27th and Sunday 29th November -
11.00am to 4.00pm at Theatre Resource’s base in Chipping Ongar, Essex.
This is a free course, but Theatre Resource’s courses and workshops are
very popular and get filled up extremely quickly. If you are desperate
for a place email - compet-@ndaf.org - with the subject <Shift>. The
first two entries will be guaranteed a place.
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Get Netted
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* CaptionKeeper *
WGBH's National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has announced the
availability of software which enables closed captions created for
broadcast and video to migrate to the Web. CaptionKeeper (TM) software
automatically converts line-21 captions created for television or video
into Web-streaming formats. The software, now available for purchase,
uses existing closed-caption data to create caption text suitable for
live and/or archived multimedia presentations via RealPlayer, Windows
Media Player and QuickTime Player formats.
For further information on CaptionKeeper please visit their website at
<www.captionkeeper.org>.
* Disability Arts Online Update *
If you like a stimulating read, check DAO (Disability Arts Online) for
its recent updates, including:
- Paul Cade, a visionary artist who creates sculpture in response to his
impairment. He talks to dao about Sanity 4 Vanity, an amazing piece of
work incorporating 5000 needles and a shop mannequin.
<http://disabilityarts.com/features/paul-cade>
- Caro Parker, performer and sign-song artiste, is answering questions
about her impressive career.
<http://disabilityarts.com/features/caroline-parker.html>
If you know of any disability arts events or disabled artists whose work
should be included on the site email: colin.h-@disabilityarts.com
* Artswales Database *
The ARTSWALES database has been established to showcase the work of
Wales' artists and arts organisations. As well as background information
and contact details for individual artists and organisations, the
database also contains samples of their work.
Browse or register at <www.artswales.org/artsdb/>.
* Project Ability Original Christmas Cards ... *
... are now on sale for only GBP 3.50 per pack of 10.
Message inside card: Seasons Greetings
Card size: 148 x 105 mm (A6)
To view these cards in colour log onto: <www.project-ability.co.uk>
Further Christmas images are available for people wishing to order
larger quantities of cards. You can have a totally exclusive card with
your own personal greeting, address, & even logo. Please contact them
for a quote (minimum order 500 cards).
Please make cheques payable to Project Ability Limited and return to:
Project Ability, 18 Albion Street, Glasgow, G1 1LH
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Job Opportunities
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* Pop-Up Theatre: Administrative Director *
Up to GBP 30,000
One of the UK’s most respected theatre companies for young people seeks
an experienced and dynamic Administrative Director with a proven track
record in company development, fundraising, personnel, marketing and
financial management to lead the company into its next stage of
expansion.
London based. Flexible working hours considered (pro-rata); min. 25
hrs/wk.
For an application pack email adm-@pop-up.net, telephone or download
from website <www.pop-up.net>.
Closing date for applications 28th November.
Pop-Up Theatre is registered charity no.291666 and an equal
opportunities employer.
27A Brewery Road, London N7 9PU 020 7609 3339
Pop-Up Theatre is funded by Arts Council England, Association of London
Government and is a member of the Independent Theatre Council.
+++ Just in case you fancy going “down under”, you can contact Wendy
Hee for current creative industries job opportunities in rural east
coast Australia. Decent salary packages,lots of beaches and bush.
Email: wendy-@hastings.nsw.gov.au
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Get Involved
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* Beyond Boundaries *
Adventure Survival Series challenging Preconceptions about Disability
Diverse World TV is looking for 8 disabled people to film on a unique,
once in a lifetime expedition across Nicaragua. The series will be shown
on BBC2 in 2005.
The objective is simple; to get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific
Ocean. Your start point will be the rainforests of the Mosquito Coast,
your finish line, the surf of the Pacific. You have four weeks, seven
other team members and a range of specialist equipment at your disposal.
The terrain will be extreme. To succeed you will have to ford swollen
rivers, cut through dense undergrowth, rappel across waterfalls, climb
active volcanoes and cross the second largest lake in Latin America. As
if this is not enough to contend with, Nicaragua is also home to
crocodiles, anacondas and the worlds only species of freshwater shark!
We are looking for amazing people to take on an amazing task. If you
feel you are up to the challenge of a 200 mile coast-to-coast trek, are
18 or over and can spare four weeks in February 2005 then please contact
Matt Ward or Belinda Kirk on: produ-@diverseworld.tv , tel: 01179
856 972, fax: 01179 856 931 for more details.
Deadline: December 2004
* US SUPERFEST *
SUPERFEST, the world’s longest-running juried international disability
film festival, is seeking your entry for submission to their 25th film
competition. SUPERFEST is the primary international showcase for
cutting-edge films that portray disability culture in all its diverse,
complex, and empowering facets.
They are seeking entries of works about disability produced since
January 1999. They especially want to encourage submissions by disabled
mediamakers with disabilities.
A 1/2 inch VHS-NTSC preview format is required, along with a completed
and signed entry and release form, and entry fee check.
Final entry deadline: January 31, 2005 (post-marked).
Early bird discount if mailed by Jan. 15, 2005.
Judging takes place in Spring 2005, and winners will be announced on or
around April 1st, 2005.
Winners will be screened in the SF Bay Area in June, 2005, and all
entries will be listed in the festival catalogue. Winners will be asked
to provide still production photos and tape copies for publicity
purposes.
Entry fees range from US Dollar 30 to US Dollar 90, depending on film
length and production budget. To request an entry packet, send a legal
size SASE to: CDT, P.O. Box 1107, Berkeley, CA 94701; Phone:
510-845-5576; Email: Super-@aol.com.
For detailed information, or to download an entry form, visit
<http://www.madknight.com/cdt/superfest>.
* Mentors for Manchester *
Full Circle Arts is a Disability Arts Development Agency that works
throughout the Northwest to promote the way in which Disabled People
access the arts as spectators, professionals and in training.
Their Mentoring Programme offers Volunteer Mentors accredited training,
which is recognised nationally and an enhanced CRB check.
They are currently seeking arts professionals to act as mentors to
Disabled People 15 and upwards. Mentors give their time voluntarily once
a month to provide advice and focus to a Disabled Person as they
progress in either arts training or employment.
The next training programme will begin in February in Manchester.
If you would like any further information or an application pack then
check out their website <http://www.fullcirclearts.co.uk> or contact
Karl Grimes - Mentoring Co-ordinator, Tel/minicom 0161 279 7878, Mobile
07949 083 986, Email ka-@fullcirclearts.co.uk.
* oh!art 2005 *
The London based arts organisation oh!art has three core aims:
- Professional artwork in a community context - raising the standard
expected of community arts encouraging professional artists to engage
with what Oxford House is - a community centre.
- Collaboration - between different art forms, ethnic groups and other
sectors.
- Programming with a yearly theme. 2005 will be Environments.
They also aim to work with the following principles Fun, Diversity,
Participation, Sharing, Experimentation, Excellence.
Their beneficiaries are the local community, the Somali Community,
under-represented artists/communities, artists in general and then
general public as they promote their activities to a wider audience.
The 2005 theme: environments can be approached from a variety of angles.
- It may be work about a particular type of place, eg natural
environment, landscape, built-up environment, etc.
- It can also be interpreted in terms of creating or referring to a
specific condition of space that can be more abstract, psychological,
emotional or set in a particular period of time. As long as it clearly
sets conditions for what this environment is. Is there a particular
environment or space that represents/communicates London or the media,
or madness or the jazz movement? How do we define and refine these
ideas?
- oh!art also produces projects outside the oh!art centre. During 2005
they are keen to programme work that takes place in other spaces in
recognition of the fact that this is a good theme for site specific
work. The idea is to look beyond the personal (identity the 2004 theme)
to the conditions and spaces in which we live, work and play.
To submit your project/idea for consideration to be included in the
oh!art 2005 seasons, please contact Akosua Oppong, oh!art @ Oxford
House, Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6HG, Tel: 020 7749
1171, akosua.-@oxfordhouse.org.uk.
* Channel Four: Life Begins *
Twofour Productions, an independent television production company based
in Plymouth, has a reputation for long-running leisure and lifestyle
programming, live events, factual and childrens programmes, are making a
new 30 part series for Channel 4 Daytime and are hoping to find
contributors through ETC.
The series is called LIFE BEGINS and the premise of the programme is to
enlighten people as to what life is like in Britain when you turn your
back on the 9- 5 grind of town and city life and have a complete
lifestyle overhaul to live out your dreams. Their ideal candidates would
be living a lifestyle that is significantly different to the one they
wish to pursue and their eventual move would incorporate some kind of
self-employment, whether it be working from home or starting a small
business. They additionally would be aged from 40 onwards.
They are hoping to feature as many different stories as possible within
the series. Ranging from people setting up boat building services, to
those running delis in picturesque villages, from B & B's to
cafe/restaurants, to those opening up holiday parks, the list is almost
endless.
Their press release says: “Are you about to up sticks, pack in your job,
and do what you've always wanted to do with your life? (...) We’re
looking for people who are clearing the decks, blowing away the cobwebs,
and preparing to live the life they've always wanted.
You might be down-sizing and moving to a country cottage with roses
round the door, or spending your childrens inheritance on a Harley so
you can slip into those leathers and get your kicks on Route 66.
But we’ll be focusing on your new business venture, be it a cottage
industry or something that will make the world sit up and take notice.
Life Begins is not a show about making money - its a series about
finding happiness, and our cameras will follow your journey at key
points along the way, from the farewell handshake at work, the selling
of your old home and the buying of a new one, to your first tentative
steps into the new life you've always dreamed of.
Well be watching you leaving your old friends, making new ones, meeting
your new neighbours, and finding your feet in whichever arena you’ve
chosen for your new life here in the UK.”
If you really think this is for you, please contact the Life Begins team
on 01752 333900 or e-mail lifeb-@twofour.co.uk.
You can also check the guys out at <www.twofour.co.uk>.
* Community Radio for North Birmingham *
Castle Vale Community Radio is planning to expand and may soon be
serving around 170,000 people across 3 wards in North Birmingham and
Solihull. As well as broadcasting twice a year on the Castle Vale
housing estate, their work over the last 10 years has involved many
projects with schools, youth clubs, day centres and other community
groups and individuals. They have run workshops, research projects,
archival work, produced radio plays and collaborated with local artists,
writers, radio professionals, students and cultural agencies.
To help them establish a presence in their new expanded broadcast area
we are now looking for proposals for all sorts of projects. If you have
an idea for a community radio project they may be able to access
funding, provide production facilities, link you up with community
groups and ultimately broadcast your work across North Birmingham.
Visit <http://www.cvcr.co.uk> for more info on the station. There is no
closing date for proposals. Projects will run on an ongoing basis from
late 2005. Please email all proposals, expressions of interest or
enquiries to bens-@yahoo.co.uk
* ". . . but as I looked out at what stood before me I knew that nothing
had changed." *
At <http://www.fictionette.com> you can display your own work and review
other people's work. If you have any news you can add headlines,
competitions, events, courses and where to submit work.
They are now running the first Fictionette competition sponsored by
Literary Consultants Writing Ltd (www.writing.co.uk) as part of the
Fictionette Get Writing Initiative.
The prize is either GBP 500 in book vouchers to spend at
<http://www.anotherbookshop.com> or GBP 300 in cash - entirely your
choice.
The guidelines for the competition are that the short story has to end
in:
". . . but as I looked out at what stood before me I knew that nothing
had changed."
Deadline 30th November 2004
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Training & Workshops
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* Potential: Training & Networking Day *
Monday 15 November 2004,. 10.30am - 4.30pm, Victoria Hall, Stoke on
Trent
Sorry, we got this wrong in our last issue, this is not a Sharemusic
event: it is organised by the Foundation of Community Dance as part of
Potential, its programme of work which focuses on dance and disabled
people.
This day is the first in a series of Training & Networking Days for
disabled dance artists led by disabled artists.
Each day will include a class, workshop and time for participants to
share and discuss with each other. All classes will be Intermediate
level for experienced dancers, senior students and people with
considerable experience of open access level classes who are ready to
progress.
Attendance is free but booking is essential.
Contact: Rosie Frances, Programme Administrator, Foundation for
Community Dance, Tel: 0116 251 0516 or Email:
ros-@communitydance.org.uk
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Got Some Spare Time?
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* The Oska Bright Film Festival: Films by and with Learning Disabled
Artists *
The Oska Bright Film Festival will be taking place at The Old Market
Arts Centre, Hove on Monday 29th November from 10.00am.
All tickets are free and can be booked by calling 01273 736222 or
emailing virginia-@theoldmarket.co.uk.
There are four separate screenings all day with films ranging from 1
minute to ten minutes long. Each screening shows a variety of different
short films made by and with learning disabled artists and film makers.
The films range from animation to documentary, high drama and dance.
There is a quiet area and a bar for drinks and light refreshments.
In the evening, Carousel will be hosting the Blue Camel Club from
7.00pm. This will have a film theme, and will feature the Oska Bright
Award Ceremony - where the winners of 5 categories of film will be
awarded their specially designed and made sculptures by artist Andy Kee.
Other films will be screened during the evening.
DJ's Chris Love and Richard West will run the evening.
Tickets cost GBP 2 and can be booked on the same number/email.
If you would like any more information, please contact Sara Samson on
sa-@samson1.freeserve.co.uk. or Mark Richardson on
proj-@carousel.org.uk
You can have a look at the festival programme at <www.carousel.org.uk>
or <www.junk-tv.com>.
* Silent Rhythm in Liverpool *
Kaite O'Reilly, Denise Armstrong and Alison Jones, with Dave Handford.
A multi-sensory exploration of space, smell, sound, text and
choreography within an installation and live art performance, using
written, spoken and visual languages.
Silent Rhythm is a cross art-form collaboration between writer/director
Kaite O’Reilly, dancer Denise Armstrong, visual artist Alison Jones and
sonic artist Dave Handford. This work in progress is informed by the
female artists’ sensory impairments, using them as a source of
inspiration for creativity. It explores the relationship between the
installation and the live art performance and the different senses each
privilege and focus on.
The installation is visual, audible and olfactory, combining fragmented
audio description with layered and textured sound, using the dancer and
installation environment as sound source.
The live art performance within the installation is based on a
combination of British Sign Language and Sign Theatre. Both aspects of
the work in progress need to be experienced to get a full impression of
the exploration.
It is recommended that those attending the performance visit and
experience the installation before the performance begins. [Since voice
and audio description are integrated into the installation, the
performance will not be voiced or audio-described.]
Silent Rhythm is open to the public 18th and 19th November,
10.30am-5.30pm, Sandon Room, Bluecoat Arts Centre, School Lane,
Liverpool L1 3BX
A short live art performance will take place at 6.00pm on 18th and 19th
November by Denise Armstrong.
For further details please contact the Bluecoat Arts Centre on: Tel 0151
709 5297 Fax 0151 707 0048, Email cat-@bluecoatartscentre.com.
Silent Rhythm is part of Liverpool Live, the Bluecoat’s live art
programme for the 2004 Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art.
It is supported by Arts Council England, Bluecoat Arts Centre and Faith
in One City in partnership with NWDAF.
* BeyondTV *
Tickets are now on sale for this alternative video festival in Swansea,
South Wales. BEYONDTV is a blend of music, short movies, dance,
subverts, animations and inspiring documentary, top visual jockeys and
other media artistry.
This is a volunteer-run non-profit event. November 19/20 In Swansea,
South Wales
Log on and win a DVD of The Corporation,
<http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/>.
* Mind Games *
By Mark Ware
The Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton, 14 - 18 December
An evening of horror, humour and contemplation, consisting of a play,
video and an exhibition.
Part one, 'Free Speech' is a one character play starring Simon Harvey,
and featuring an eccentric and likeable but disturbing character called
Victor. Influenced by Mark Ware's experience after having a stroke at
the age of 39, the play reflects the dark distortions of reality and
nightmarish hallucinations as a consequence of the stroke and prescribed
medication.
'The Dog that Barked like a Bird' is a 36 minute large screen video
composition based around a diary. Some of the words were written at a
time when Mark couldn't see clearly enough to write and so drew the
shapes of words from memory in the hope that he would later be able to
decipher them.
In addition to these two works there will be an exhibition of digital
photographic prints taken from the 'Mind Games' series for perusal and
purchase.
Prior to his stroke Mark Ware studied Fine Art as an Undergraduate at
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne for which he received a 1st class (hons) degree.
Following this he won a Fulbright-Hayes award to study for a Master of
Fine Arts at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA. His
Graduate show in Chicago received a James Nelson Travelling Scholarship
award.
The Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton Grand Parade, Brighton
BN2 0JY
Venue is wheelchair accessible
Tues 14 - Sat 18 December, 8pm
Thurs 16 December: Sign language interpreted performance
Tickets: GBP 10 / GBP 8 concessions
Box Office: 01273 709709
Website: <www.brighton-dome.org.uk>
Further access queries or more details: Phone: 01273 643010.
* Kroko @ 7th Festival of German Films *
Kroko - Friday 26 November, 13.30 (Screening for Schools) and Saturday
27 November, 18.30
(Germany 2003, 92 min, colour, English subtitles)
The 7th Festival of German Films has announced that it is ‘proud to
present Kroko”, the directorial debut of filmmaker Sylke Enders,
starring a cast of disabled and able-bodied actors, an unsentimental
coming-of-age story about a tough street-girl who sentenced to community
service in a home for disabled people.
“It is not very often that feature films provide strong roles for both
disabled and able-bodied actors, but Kroko is such a rare find. In this
very accomplished film, shot with imagination and wit, 16-year-old
Julia, who calls herself Kroko, is the blond bitch of the hood, the
femme fatale of the Berlin backstreets. She has a look in her eyes that
could kill you. Suffering a great deal of boredom, she spends her time
hanging around with her gang, terrorising the neighbourhood and taking
part in petty crime. When she is caught after causing an accident whilst
joy-riding, she is sentenced to community service in a home for the
disabled. Instead of showing some remorse, she is aggressive, insulting
the disabled residents and refusing to do any kind of work.
But after a while things begin to change as Kroko learns that her gang
is not that exciting and supportive and she finds something amongst the
people in the home that is lacking in her daily life. Kroko is a
touching story, told in an unsentimental style. ".
“With my film I am trying to throw an unsentimental glance at ambiguous,
at times impervious personalities, so-called marginal figures of
society. I have it at heart to show these headstrong people in their
ambivalence between strength and helplessness and not to reduce them to
their weaknesses or handicaps." (Sylke Enders)
To ensure the best choice of suitable seats, please book in advance.
Advance booking can be made by telephone, online, fax or post. For
wheelchair users, wheelchair spaces are available in each auditorium.
Curzon Soho Box Office on 020 7734 2255 or book online at
<www.curzoncinemas.com>.
99 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5DY
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TV & Radio:
Pick of the Week
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6 November
TV
12.00 - See Hear - BBC2
Breast cancer is covered this week(s)
8 November
TV
21.00 - Bodies out of Control -CH5
An in depth (?) dystonia, which causes painful muscle spasms and a new
controversial treatment (s).
22.00 - Thalidomide - UKTV Documentary
And its growing use as a treatment for cancer. (s)
22.00 - Spider - Film Four - Movie
David Cronenberg's dark, complex, moody and disturbing take on mental
illness, with Ralph Fiennes
9 November
TV
22.00 - Thalidomide, Life at 40 - UKTV Documentary
Survivors of this medical madness talk about life with the condition.
(s)
23.50 - I Am Sam - Sky Movies 5 - Movie
Shameless tearjerker with Sean Penn as a dad with learning difficulties
fighting for custody of his children.
Radio
20.40 - In Touch - R4
News with Peter White for visually impaired people.
10 November
TV
15.35 - Ironside - CH5 - Movie
Yes movie, this is where it all started a sniper paralyses our man and
he sets out find out who did it. Its is supposed to be rather good as
well. A must see for fans everywhere. (s)
11 November
TV
21.00 - Amazing Medical Stories - Discovery
Can a treatment for Parkinson's Disease help with Tourette's ?
23.10 - Trading Places - CH4 - Movie
Just the beginning bit concerns us here, where Eddie Murphy’s character
is introduced as a helpless crip, but turns out to be a conman.
12 November
Radio
21.00 - Friday Play: The Farm - R4
Rose’s Father has Alzheimer's Disease, the cattle's being slaughtered
and the “boy” chooses life in a supermarket. So it goes, so it goes.
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