Disability Arts History Australia

Items

• Diana Downie
• Carey Lai
• “Genni Batterham stages a protest at the opening of Bondi Junction railway station 1979, makes film in 1980”
  When Bondi Junction railway station opened in 1979, Genni Batterham staged a protest about the lack of accessible transportation options for individuals with disabilities. After receiving a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 1978, Genni became severely disabled very quickly. She did everything in her power to stop the disease's progression and was furious at being "consigned to the world of the disabled." The 1979 Bondi Junction protest was an important moment in the history of the Disability Rights Movement in New South Wales. The Premier, Neville Wran, later said that the experience led him to developing the Disability Taxi Service, the first public transport system designed for people with disability to be launched in Australia. Batterham then made the film ‘Pins and Needles’ (1980) with her husband Kim. Under the direction of Barbara Chobocky and with funding from the Australian Film Commission's Women's Film Fund, the film was screened in five different countries, took home first place at the 1980 Canadian Film Festival, and took home second place at the 1980 New York Film Festival. Genni and Kim would then collaborate on three further films about the phases of her life: Where's the Give and Take? (1981), Artreach (1982), and Riding the Gale (1987).
• "Documentary by Madeleine Little on Indelability Arts - Theatre that leaves a Mark"
  Documentary by Madeleine Little on Indelability Arts - "Theatre that leaves a Mark" for Focus On Ability Film Festival
• "Australia Council - Making the Journey: Arts and Disability in Australia"
  Reads, in part "A collection of inspiring examples of how to include people with disabilities in the arts, as participants, creators and organisers"
• "Second Echo Ensemble - Performance, captured 2024"
  Second Echo website 'Performances' page, with information about past projects including 'The Stare', '[in]security', 'The Beauty Project, 'The Bridge', 'Outside Boy', 'Let Me Dry Your Eyes', 'The Chain', 'Right of Spring,' 'Contested Land', 'By My Hand'
• "Kate Maguire-Rosier (2016). Moving “Misfits.” Australasian Drama Studies, (69), 29–55. https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.590682266081795"
  Reads, in part "In Dianne Reid's recent work Dance Interrogations (a Diptych), performed as part of the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival by Reid and collaborating artist Melinda Smith, spectators had no seats but rather roamed, observing two mature dancers. In this article, I explore Reid and Smith's live performance, a combination of structured movement improvisation and screendance, as a provocation of the relationship between movement and agency. I address the theatrical event through the multifaceted lens of the performers' experiences, spectators' responses and my own observations."
• "Mary Hutchison (2005) Making the Journey: Arts & Disability in Australia. Sydney: Arts Access Australia."
  Reads, in part "A collection of inspiring examples of how to include people with disabilities in the arts, as participants, creators and organisers"
• "The Arts and Disability"
  This booklet/brochure provides images, descriptions of the work, and contact details and contact organisations for key organisations in South Australia including: Access2Arts; Company AT; Mindshare; No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability; Restless Dance Theatre; Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch Film and New Media Festival; Sisters of Invention, Tutti Arts; The Jame, The Mix, The Gig.
• "The Arts and Disability"
  This booklet/brochure provides images, descriptions of the work, and contact details and contact organisations for key organisations in South Australia including: Access2Arts; Bearded Dragon Gallery; Beats Crew; Community Bridging Services (CBS) Inc.; Company AT; Lolly Jar Circus; No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability; Restless Dance Theatre; Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch Film and New Media Festival; Sisters of Invention, Tutti Arts.
• "The Arts and Disability"
  This booklet/brochure provides images, descriptions of the work, and contact details and contact organisations for key organisations in South Australia including: Access2Arts; Bearded Dragon Gallery; Broughton Art Society; Community Bridging Services Inc. (CBS); Company AT; Learning Creative Skills; Lolly Jar Circus; mindshare; No Strings; Restless Dance Theatre; Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch Film and New Media Festival
• "The Arts and Disability"
• Just Us Theatre Ensemble (JUTE)
• Vulcana Women’s Circus
• Expressions Dance Company
• Queensland Ballet
• Backbone Youth Arts
• Wielding Theatre
• IHOS Opera
• Sydney Writers Festival
• No Strings Attached
• Meeting Place Arts and Disability Forum
• Tamworth Country Music Festival
• Sydney Film Festival
• Sydney 2002 Gay Games and Cultural Festival