Ni Chawn Ein Dileu
#WeShallNotBeRemoved
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A pan European initiative bringing together disabled / Deaf people from across our nations
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About the project.
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This project is about focusing on a series of conversations based on the societal position of disabled and Deaf people within the EU community through the lens of art & culture. These conversations, debates and provocations will include disabled academics, activists, artists, agitators, and their allies from across EU, led by a partnership from Wales/UK, Republic of Ireland, Portugal and Sweden.
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This project will make a real difference. Not only will it be tangible and real, but led by the communities that are most impacted by the current pandemic, and address within the solidarity of European Nations the barriers related to Brexit, Disability and Culture, in line with the statement made by the European Union to the UK -“We will leave a light on”. Disability Artists will be commissioned to respond to the conversations and their findings.​
Commissions Round #2
Work produced for the final Ni Chawn Ein Dileu commissions 2022/23
Ruben Lorca and Fulgencio Martinez - ‘When the Trumpet Draws’
Rachel Gadsden and Helen Roeten - ‘Solidarity of Hope’
Micro-Commissions
Florin Nolan ‘Soap’
Florin Nolan ‘Restrictions are Easing’
Commissions Round #1
Work produced for the final Ni Chawn Ein Dileu commissions 2022/23
‘Twitchers’ Gareth Churchill
‘Book of Silk and String’ Sasha Saben Callaghan
‘Lockdown Musings’ Roy Barry
Creative responses to Covid-19 pandemic
Cyffwrdd, Touch on Touch - Ruth Fabby
Static - Fortitude Through Music
Who are we?
The project’s two main objectives:
The project’s aims:
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​Preserve and expand a European Culture of Solidarity as the key element for keeping Europe an open and shared public space for everyone
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Envision the future of making cultural experiences and people-to-people interaction possible across European borders after inward-looking times of social distancing and national crisis response imagine, tell stories and prepare the ground for a culture-driven revival of a united Europe during and after the crisis​​​
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To keep disabled communities valued and connected within and across society
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To develop conversations to learn and share from each other’s contexts
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To share issues arising from the lived experience of disability and Coronavirus
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To identify opportunities to illustrate issues through sharing and conceiving of our futures
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Through online interactions identify long-term action to tackle existing inequalities.
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Create virtual conferences, podcasts, interactions and a legacy
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Create an online collection of European disability art
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Develop arts commissions
Connect.
If you would like more information about joining us on this journey, please email us at: info@NCED.eu
Acesso Cultura
Maria Vlachou
Rua do Regil 4, 3º Dto 2805-234
Almada, Portugal, NIF: 510 676 960
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News
Ni Chawn Ein Dileu Final Event
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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As our Culture of Solidarity project draws to a close join us to view the work created by our final two artists commissions
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Artists Rachel Gadsden (UK) and Helen Roeten (NL) have been working together on their Solidarity of Hope – I See You commission, to create an interactive digital transnational studio residency.
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Ruben Lorca (Wales) and Fulgencio Martinez (Spain) will be presenting ‘When the Trumpet Draws’, a piece combining two different artistic disciplines: music and illustration.
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The keynote speech will be given by Petra Kuppers. Petra is a disability culture activist and a community performance artist. She is also the Anita Gonzalez Professor of Performance Studies and Disability Culture at the University of Michigan. During the 1990’s Petra lived and worked in Wales and we are delighted that she will be joining us.
Round 2 Successful Commissions
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The second round of commissions have been awarded to the following artists. We are very much looking forward to seeing the work they will be creating together across Countries.
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Rachel Gadsden, UK and Helen Roeten, NL - Solidarity of Hope – I See You
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I see you project will be jointly led by Rachel and Helen, who will have the opportunity through the commission to develop a deeper personal collaborative artistic relationship, meeting together through Zoom regularly, to create an interactive digital transnational studio residency. As part of their studio residency Rachel and Helen will create a “safe” and supported Zoom platform to connect with the Living Museum Project (Helen is the Founder and Director of the Living Museum NL) to welcome disabled artists, including neurodivergent artists, artists with mental health conditions, artists with sight loss, and deaf artists from across Europe, to share narrative, experiences, and collective creativity.
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Rubén Lorca, Wales & Fulgencio Martinez , Spain – When the Trumpet Draws
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When the Trumpet Draws is a work combining two different artistic disciplines: music and illustration
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Given the different nature of our disciplines, illustration and music, we have developed a mutual code by which we communicate and interpret feelings and sensations, creating a united message, regardless of the distance between countries and different methods of artistic expression. The final result will be a video displaying simultaneously both creators executing their work on a synchronized manner.
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