FORGET ME and HIDDEN BATTLES will both be showing at Fort Brockhurst in the central Keep on the 13th and 14th September 2008.
Press Release for Hidden Battles – A Go Make! Artist Residency at Fort Brockhurst
Contact details: Esther Appleyard
Email: esther@dada-south.org.uk
Hidden Battles is part of Go Make! and was jointly commissioned by Dada-South and English Heritage. Dada-South is the South-East’s thriving Disability Arts Development Agency, creating new and exciting opportunities to accelerate Deaf and disabled people’s careers in the arts. Dada-South’s vision is to achieve a society in which disabled and Deaf people are valued, their creativity is nurtured and they play a key part in a thriving economy.
Go Make! is a programme that commissions new work by Deaf and disabled artists and creative practitioners, providing opportunities to develop their practice and profile within the context of excellence.
This residency is lead by Artist Caroline Cardus who uses her own experiences of disability to produce work that investigates the practical, emotional and human rights issues with regard to disability experience. During this residency Caroline has worked with local people to explore the everyday battles and barriers that disabled people face and the impact this has on the individual. Hidden Battles culminates in an exhibition and exploration for Heritage Open Days. On Saturday 13th September there will also be an opportunity to participate in a creative session and experience and artist tour.
Fort Brockhurst offers a dynamic and innovative setting to examine the issues of exclusion, defence and barriers.
“When you visit Fort Brockhurst, there’s immediately a feeling that it’s an eclectic and mysterious place. There’s all this empty space which was built to have people in it, but there aren’t any now so there’s a feeling of loss, or lack. Maybe that appeals to my melancholy side. It was built to be used, but was never used to it’s full potential. I found that interesting too. It’s also very inaccessible. A challenging place to send a disabled person and then ask them what they think. I like to make work that considers the barriers people encounter, so having workshops in a space that has lots of them seems like a logical starting point to explore those feelings. Maybe if we held them somewhere nice and accessible instead, we’d be too unattached to everything. I want people to feel frustrated for this one so we can explore how to represent those feelings.” Caroline Cardus, Artist in Residence, Fort Brockhurst.
“Hidden Battles is a groundbreaking residency exploring how architecture, heritage and the experience of disability can be investigated through visual art. This residency is also an opportunity to creatively and innovatively experience historic buildings and make an impact on them, rather than buildings merely impacting on us as disabled people” Esther Appleyard Go Make! Project Manager Dada-South.
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