Theatre performance ‘Take Up Thy Bed & Walk’ integrates ‘aesthetic access’”
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Theatre performance ‘Take Up Thy Bed & Walk’ integrates ‘aesthetic access’”
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The 2012 performance ‘Take Up Thy Bed & Walk’ designed by Gaelle Mellis and produced by Vitalstatistix proved that accessibility measures could be aesthetic. As Creative Australia describes it “is credited as Australia’s first performance work incorporating ‘aesthetic access’. It embedded the performer’s physicality and communication styles – and those of potential audiences – at the centre of the creative process. The work integrated audio description, captioning, sign language and interactivity uniquely into the core of the work.” Gaelle Mellis has said of the performance that “aesthetic access can be used in ways that add layer, texture, meaning and richness to a work. Art, at its simplest, is primarily about communication. Aesthetic access, at its simplest, is a form of communication that communicates to everyone.”
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AC00103
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2010s
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Create Action
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English
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Disability Arts Practice, Theatre and Performance, Access
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© Disability Arts History Australia, Contributed by Morgan Batch
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Items with "Relation: Theatre performance ‘Take Up Thy Bed & Walk’ integrates ‘aesthetic access’”"
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| Vitalstatistix |
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| Zoe Barry |
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Items with "exampleOfWork: Theatre performance ‘Take Up Thy Bed & Walk’ integrates ‘aesthetic access’”"
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| Gaelle Mellis |
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"YouTube - Take Up Thy Bed and Walk - presented by Vitalstatistix and Gaelle Mellis"