Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• Madeleine Little
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2018"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2018 - with links to About and Archive pages, and 2016 Festival report
• “Access Arts commissions a multi-arts project, Peter Vance performs the song ‘Welcome to My Day’ at the 1999 Wataboshi Festival in Japan”
  Peter Vance was asked by Access Arts to team up with Ant McKenna to compose a song. He then performed ‘Welcome to My Day’ at the 5th Asia Pacific Wataboshi Music Festival in Japan in 1999. Access Arts sent disposable cameras out to members across Queensland; each story became a collage in the State Library foyer as a day-in-the-life of each artist.
• “The Asia-Pacific Wataboshi festival comes to Brisbane”
  Hosted by Arts Access Qld, in 2003, the Asia-Pacific Wataboshi festival was brought to Brisbane with the aim to raise the profile of disability arts. David Helfgott was the ambassador.
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2016"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2016 – Australian works screened include The Globe Collector (2012) 7min Summer DeRoche; Super (2014) 7min Samara Hersch; Gimpsey (2015) 12min Sofya Gollan; All of the Above (2016) Distinctive Options 3min; Auslan Music video (2016) Arts Access Victoria 3min; Chop Secret (2016) Distinctive Options 2min; Mum's Place (2015) Brigid Canny 6min; Mrs Bean and the Security Guard (2016) Distinctive Options 3min; The Stars (2015) Heidi Everett 5min; Archie (2016)Heidi Everett 5min; The Darkness (2016) Paul Khoury 6min; Ballarat - My Town (2016) Barry Devine 5min; Listening Eyes at Manus and Nauru (2016) Selwyn Hoffman 4min
• "The Other Film Festival Revisited 2020"
  The Other Film Festival 2020 Revisited - information about the Festival, program, achievements, including in 2020 writers room activity, daily screen writing prompt tasks, and events relating to climate change
• "The Other Film Festival Revisited 2021"
  The Other Film Festival 2021 Revisited - Information about the Festival, program, achievements, including in 2021 tour to Western Australia, Industry Resources, and Platforms for artists
• "The Other Film Festival - Writing on Film and Disability"
  The Other Film Festival Writing on Film and Disability - includes Mind’s Eye” Re-envisioning Mental Health in the Arts’ by Adolfo Aranjues; ‘I know it shouldn’t matter, but do you think I’m pretty’ by Naomi Chainey; ‘The Other Film Festival – Disability, Comedy & Subverting Expectations’ by Alastair Baldwin; ‘Filmdis Q&A with Dominick Evans’ by Jax Jacki Brown
• "The Other Film Festival - Creating Change"
  The Other Film Festival Creating Change webpage, captured 2022 - reads, in part "The Other Film Festival is a groundbreaking disability-led program that has put Deaf and Disabled people at the centre of the Australian screen industry for almost 20 years. The days of Deaf and Disabled people being erased, misrepresented or under-employed by the mainstream have gone. We encourage the screen sector to embrace inclusive production structures and processes, including paid employment opportunities and career pathways for Deaf and Disabled screen practitioners and performers."
• Focus on Ability Film Festival
• "Undercover Artist Festival Program 2021"
• Jeff Usher
• Peter Vance
• Theatre of the Deaf
• Australian Theatre of the Deaf
• "Interview with Peter Vance"
  Peter Vance is a singer, songwriter, musician, performer, facilitator and disability arts advocate. Interview Summary: Peter Vance is a songwriter, performer, musician and singer. Peter suggested disability arts in the last 20 years has become more visible and popular reflecting a positive shift in how society views disability as part of the rich tapestry of human experience. This is reflected in how the arts now tell the stories of individuals with disabilities, not simply as artists with a disability, but as whole people whose varied experiences - visible and invisible - inform and enrich their creative expression. However, there are still challenges with funding and accessibility and ongoing struggles for recognition and support of disability art. Changes in how organisations operate to suit new funding such as the NDIS have potentially limited the spontaneity and personal touch that smaller, community-driven organizations once offered. Peter said it is essential to continue to push for better understanding, support, and visibility for people with all kinds of disabilities in every aspect of life, including the arts, to truly embrace inclusivity.
• "Interview with Jeff Usher"
  Jeff Usher is a jazz and blues composer, arranger, pianist, vocalist, teacher, lecturer, and music consultant. Interview Summary Jeff Usher is a visually impaired Australian jazz musician with a rich history of playing music since childhood, influenced by a significant early encounter with the Jazz Action Society and key individuals like his high school music teacher Kathleen Kerr and his supportive family. Throughout his career, he has worked with a diverse range of musicians across many genres, including country, rock, and church music, and has expanded his repertoire to include political and spiritual themes, often infused with his synaesthetic experience of colour. Despite a broad professional experience, his engagement with the disability arts space developed over time, particularly through collaboration with other disabled artists, and he values working with good artists regardless of their backgrounds or disabilities. He is deeply committed to his craft, finding a balance between the aesthetic quality of his work and the joy it brings, both to himself and his audiences.
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2013"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2013 - with an Auslan welcome, About, Program, Tickets, and News links, including news of a recent screening in New York which included BEAUTIFUL (Australia, Dir: Genevieve Clay-Smith) and JUST BE FRANK (Australia, Dir: Elise Bialylew)
• "The Other Film Festival - Writing on Film and Disability - Online"
  The Other Film Festival Writing on Film and Disability - includes ‘Mind’s Eye” Re-envisioning Mental Health in the Arts’ by Adolfo Aranjues; ‘I know it shouldn’t matter, but do you think I’m pretty’ by Naomi Chainey; ‘The Other Film Festival – Disability, Comedy & Subverting Expectations’ by Alastair Baldwin; ‘Filmdis Q&A with Dominick Evans’ by Jax Jacki Brown
• "Australian Theatre of the Deaf - Archives:Past Shows 1999-2008, captured 2009"
  Australian Theatre of the Deaf Archives - past shows, 1999 to 2008, with links to reviews - includes ‘The Wild Boys’ Parade Playhouse (2008), ‘The Cat Lady of Bexley’ Sidetrack Theatre (2006), 'Deafening Applause' Redfern Town Hall (2005), ‘Friction’ Darlinghurst Theatre (2004), ‘There & Back’ Sidetrack Studio Theatre (2005, 2004), ‘Interpretation’ Performance Space (2003), ‘Dislabelled’ National Tour (2004) Adelaide Caberet Festival (2002) Paralympics Arts Festival Seymour Centre (2000), ‘Smiling Prisoner’ (2000) Performance Space (2000), ‘Language of One’ Mardi Gras Festival Newtown Theatre (1999)
• "The Other Film Festival launched in 2004"
  In 2004, Australia’s first international disability film festival, The Other Film Festival, was launched at the Melbourne Museum. In 2022, Screen Australia began providing funding for festival.
• Screech Theatre
• "The Other Film Festival WA Program 2022"
  The Other Film Festival WA Program 2022 – Australian work screened includes Shadow (52:00) Bruce Gladwin; Different Lens: Julia Hales (2:20) Frank Carroll; Different Lens: Nang Nguyen (2:20) Frank Carroll; Evacuate (2:00) Gaele Sobott; First Responders. Breanna: Relationships (2:09) Back to Back Theatre - Ahmarnya Price; Gemma (5:17) Rafael Star; I Was Born (Misfit) (5:10) Gaele Sobott; Price Versus Penny Arcade (9:28) Back to Back Theatre - Tamara Searle; Resource Daddies (7:40) Nemeses - Vidya Rajan and Alistair Baldwin; Silent Dance (4:00) Rohin John; Sparkles (12:49) Jacqueline Pelczar and Tina Fielding ; Yulubidyi (12:48) Curtis Taylor and Nathan Mewett
• "An/Other Film Festival Program 2024"
  An/Other Film Festival WA Program 2024 – Australian works screened include Keanu (7:44) Directed by Paul Bell; La Echolalia (3:43) Directed by Matteo Mazzella; Return to Lullumb (4:54) Directed by Sahaimi Angus; Take Flight (4:13) Directed by Danny Jennings; Crab Cook (5:17) Directed by Corey Shadforth; Imposter (6:13) Directed by Joe Wilkie; Mise en Place (5:56) Directed by Julian Neuhaus; Sahaimi (6:35) Directed by Sahaimi Angus and Paul Bell; Theatricality (5:45) Directed by Joe Teakle; Ghost In the Machine (3:00) Directed by Sophie Hextor and Poppy Walker
• "The Other Film Festival Program 2004"
  The Other Film Festival Program 2004 - Australian work screened includes CALLAHAN: HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT D: Liz O'dea Documentary, 26 Min, Aust, 2001; D-TUNE: MOTIF 1 D: Katherine Chinnick & Tony Nirta, Animation, 5 Min, Aust, 2004; PART ANIMAL, PART MACHINE D: Warren Macdonald, Documentary, 20 Min, Aust, 2003; THE WORLD REALLY IS W… D: Kim Miles, Experimental, 6 Min, Aust, 2003; THE COMPANY YOU KEEP D: Lucy Paplinska, Documentary, 28 Min, Aust, 2003; UNTOLD DESIRES D: Sarah Barton, Documentary, 52 Min, Aust, 1994; BIRD from Art Day South Program, Fiction, 6 Min, Aust, 2001. Australian work screend in the ‘The Other Program’, described as “Screening films by Australia’s new, emerging and independent filmmakers and featuring Q&A sessions,” Australian work screened includes THE ABILITY TREK from Guiness Entertainment, 8TH OF MAY from Winfred Kwan Weng Fook, JAM from Lee Galea, WHEEL LOVE from Emma Butler, THE DANCE from Bee Williamson, THEATRE OF HOPE from City of Port Phillip, 12 WAYS TO OPEN A DOOR from Theatre of Speed/ Back to Back Theatre, A DAY IN THE LIFE from No Strings Attached, EXIT Q from Phil Heuzenroeder, THE JOB from David King, IN THEORY from Remo Camerot, THE TOY TUB from Telen Rodwell, THE GOODLOOKING FILM from Art Day South, STAR STREET from The Geelong Arts Alliance, FUTURE FILMS from Yum Productions, BLACK DANCE and MILES TO GO from Tony Sarre, THROUGH MY EYES from Lisa Warne, EACH NEW MORNING from Alycia Johnston, TEAMHANDCYCLE, A FISTFUL OF HEART, and SIZE 9(RIGHT) from Bernzerk Productions.