The Politics of (Self) Care – A Symposium on disability justice and collective action as self-care

The symposium The Politics of (Self) Care takes place on the occasion of the exhibition Interdependencies: Perspectives on Care and Resilience. It will address how social injustice and problems that exist in most of our societies can be made visible through art.

PROGRAM

• 14:30: Registration
• 15:00: Welcome and introduction with Michael Birchall and Claudia Heim (Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst); Virginia Marano, Charlotte Matter and Laura Valterio (Research group «Rethinking Art History through Disability» at the Institute of Art History, University of Zurich)
• 15:15: Alice Hattrick [online], «Our Fallow State»
  
• 16:00: Break
  
• 16:15: Cat Dawson [in person] and Mae Howard [online], «F/Ailing Forms: Re-Visioning Trans and Disabled Bodies beyond the Medical Industrial Complex»
  
• 17:00: Break
  
• 17:15: Sarah Browne [in person] and Elaine Lillian Joseph [in person], «Inside / Outside Joke» Screening of Buttercup (work in progress, ca. 26 min.), followed by a conversation
  
• 18:30: Apero break
• 19:45: Johanna Hedva [online], «Can I Hit You?»

Organized by: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst and research group “Rethinking Art History through Disability” at the Institute of Art History, University of Zurich

All information regarding the speakers and the program in the PDF.

Accessibility

• The event will take place in a hybrid format: on site in the «Caring Space» of the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst – but you can also take part online.
• Please let us know two weeks in advance if you need translation and/or sign language interpretation.
  
• The space is wheelchair accessible and there will be various seating options available throughout the event.
• Catering and adequate breaks will also be guaranteed.
• There are both gender-neutral and accessible toilets in the building.
• Further information on the museum's access can be found here: Accessibility
• For any questions and requirements, please contact Claudia Heim: Claudia.heim@mgb.ch / +41 58 570 10 62
  
  

Venue: Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst

Meetingpoint: Caring Space

Language: English

Free of charge

Registration: Claudia.heim@mgb.ch