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DaDaFest International 2020 Translations - Launch

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Maelstrom Under Glass

Yewande 103

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Words Collect in My Mouth:

Conversations on Intimacy and Repair

Banner reading 'The Game of Spoons', where the 'S' is in the shape of a spoon

Game of Spoons

Julian Gray

Yemeni-Scouse poet, Amina Atiq wearing a black hijab and leaning against her arm thoughtfully

Broken Biscuits: Unheard Voices

Amina Atiq

A hand with tattooed letters on 2 fingers spelling IT pinches the flesh of their other arm

Re:Form

Tammy Reynolds / Natalia Bedkowska

Close up of a knee with a scar on it, as well of a tattoo that reads 'real bikers limp'

Scars: Memories of the Skin

Ngozi Ugochukwu

Performers Gareth Berliner and Kiruna Stammel. He is kneeling and she is holding his arm, lifting her left leg behind her. They smile at each other.

Translating Experiences

A Little Commitment: Podcasts

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CHAIR DANCING Fitness TAKE 2

Nicola Smith

A hand reaching up and the words First Do No Harm next to it

First Do No Harm

Helen Seymour

Clare McNulty is draped on a chruch stairway whilst Natalie Amber hold onto the bannister from her wheelchair

SpokeCast

The Misfits

Chanje Kunda looks thoughtfully off camera with gold paint on her face in the style of Kiinstsugi, which imitates gold cracks

Kintsugi Gold

Chanje Kunda

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Permission To Speak

Deaf Explorer

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The Misunderstandings of the Other Side

Gold Akanbi

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I was Naked, Smelling of Rain

Aidan Moesby

Cartoon featuring the artists surrounded by cartoon creatures

Celebrating Our Identity

Hana Madness / Alexis Maxwell

Dominic G wearing a grey hoodie and posing with a weasel sculpture

Weasel International

Dominic G

Naked woman with sticky paper covering parts of their body and mouth

The Edward Rushton Lecture: The Language of Disability

Lecture given by Deborah Williams

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28 November 2020

Artist Blog: The Making of First Do No Harm

16 November 2020

Festival Line-up Artist Vlog: Amina Atiq

30 October 2020

Panels, Q&As and more additions to our Festival programme!