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DaDaFest International 2020 Translations - Launch

 Join us for the launch of DaDaFest International 2020: Translations
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Maelstrom Under Glass

 Maelstrom Under Glass is the first film project of newly formed company Yewande 103 led by choreographer and writer Alexandrina Hemsley
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Words Collect in My Mouth:

 Artist Alexandrina Hemsley has compiled a publication drawing together elements of her disability and social justice led enquiries of the past five years.
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Game of Spoons

 Play an educational board game and take on the role of someone living with chronic illness, otherwise known as a spoonie.
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Yemeni-Scouse poet, Amina Atiq wearing a black hijab and leaning against her arm thoughtfully

Broken Biscuits: Unheard Voices

 An experimental film to explore and capture the stories of Yemeni newsagents.
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Re:Form

 Through photos, film and spoken word, Tammy Reynolds will explore dwarf visibility with Natalia Bedkowska, and what it means when she controls the gaze.
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Scars: Memories of the Skin

 Scars communicate different meanings, lived experiences and emotional changes as a script on the body. Like translated texts, they can be interpreted in different ways.
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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

 Touching on the theme of Translations, the duo A Little Commitment bring four podcasts to DaDaFest International 2020.
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CHAIR DANCING Fitness TAKE 2

 Inspired by a series of online videos encouraging people to keep fit whilst dancing in their chair, artist Nicola Smith questions what happens when bodies behave differently from perceived norms.
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First Do No Harm

 A new cross artform, spoken word film exploring how doctors’ words translate to the patient
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Clare McNulty is draped on a chruch stairway whilst Natalie Amber hold onto the bannister from her wheelchair

SpokeCast

 A humorous and informed deep dive into the taboos, the stigmas, the mysteries and the misinformation that surrounds disabled people.
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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 is a performance artist with complex PTSD. Her latest project is a short film that seeks to make invisible disabilities visible and valued.
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Permission To Speak

 The video work interrogates the authority and power of translation, revealing that interpretation can not match the rich visual language of the artists.
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The Misunderstandings of the Other Side

 An exploration of how the world of neurodiverse people differs from the world of neurotypical people.
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I was Naked, Smelling of Rain

 This intimate, moving and connecting experience explores wellbeing through an artistic response to the physicality of weather, dis/connectedness and being ‘alone’ or ‘lonely’.
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Celebrating Our Identity

 Coming from different countries with different cultures, Indonesian artist, Hana Madness, and UK-based Alexis Maxwell explore the shared experiences that wind their narratives together.
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Weasel International

 What is it about weasels and why does artist Dominic G find them so fascinating? This and more will be explored in Weasel International.
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The Edward Rushton Lecture: The Language of Disability

 Our annual lecture moves online this year so more people can participate than ever before.
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