E-raamat: Agency of Access: Contemporary Disability Art & Institutional Critique

The Agency of Access is a groundbreaking book that the international disability arts community has been waiting for: a rigorous yet accessible exploration of disabilitys transformative potential in the arts. Through a dynamic blend of scholarship, curatorial practice, advocacy, and lived experience, Amanda Cachia reveals how subjugated disability knowledge can unlock fresh aesthetic possibilities across artistic mediums. This essential work not only chronicles the emergence and evolution of the diverse disability arts movement but also offers practical guidance for artists and arts organizations alike. A major contribution to the field, The Agency of Access challenges artists and arts organizations to reimagine creativity and access in bold new ways.-Carrie Sandahl, Director of the Program on Disability Art, Culture, and Humanities at the University of Illinois Chicago It is not often that you find a book on contemporary art that is a must-read for art historians, critics, curators, exhibition designers, public-facing museum staff, museum programmers, architects, and just about anyone else who works at or visits museums and art galleries, but this is one. Amanda Cachia makes the case that art is a wholebody experience-and we all have different bodies that are to a greater or lesser degree acknowledged within the canons and institutions of art. Artists with disabilities are making works that allow us to access parts of our sensorial experience that are often overlooked and to examine our institutions critically to discover how their structures and norms disable their audiences. Written from a deeply invested point of view by someone who has been developing languages around disability activism and curating for some time, The Agency of Access is very exciting.-Aruna DSouza, art critic, curator, and author of Imperfect Solidarities