Isabel's Brief
A collection of three exhibitions showcasing wearables custom-designed for three individuals, in order to provide viewers with perspective as they become immersed in the personalities of people with disabilities.
This exhibition aims to improve accessibility for and inclusiveness of people with a range of disabilities by providing enabled people with perspective and understanding surrounding disability. The wearables exhibited were designed for three dancers, Krishna, who is blind, Tiffany, who has Jarcho-Levin Syndrome, and Jerron, who has cerebral palsy that affects the left side of his body. The exhibits for these wearables do not directly state their conditions, which gives each one a more mysterious, unique feel. Krishna's wearable is shield because she always wanted to shield and protect people, especially to help them feel comfortable when stepping outside of their comfort zone. Tiffany's is called the sunrise because she has a big, bright personality despite being very short because of her condition. Jerron's wearable is called the Spatial Expander because he always felt like he was put into a "box" by society because he is disabled. He wants to show people that he is capable of doing more than they think he can.
Teju's Brief
A display of costumes that are custom-made to represent the personalities of three dancers with disabilities.
The Juxtapose Exhibition displays three wearables made for three individual dancers so that the viewer can experience what the dancers feel during moments of struggle and their feelings of happiness when dancing. Jerron and Tiffany are both a part of Heidi Latsky Dance, a dance company that has both abled and disabled dancers. Jerron has Cerebral Palsy that affects the left side of his body and Tiffany has Jarcho Levin Syndrome, which is a genetic disorder that causes bone malformation in the spinal cord and ribs.The third dancer, Krishna, is based in New York and is almost fully blind. Each wearable has its own unique display deeply influenced by each dancer's personal traits. That includes tunnel-like structures, walls, quilts, different colored lights and the piece itself. Jerron often felt that as a child he never had any space, so he had to make it for himself so he wanted his wearable to take up space. The Spacial Expander is inside of a tunnel that the visitor has to walk through. The tunnel is made up of several different shaped doorways to make the participant feel uncomfortable and confined. At the end of the tunnel is a light, spacious cloth "room" where the wearable is displayed. Tiffany has a very large and bright personality who loves the sun. The Sunrise display showcases a small figure of her wearing the Sunrise wearable against the wall. Infront of the figure is a light that glows in a sun shape with a large shadow of Tiffany in the center to represent her bright personality. And Krishna makes quilts and gives them out to the community, and tries to shield others. Krishna's wearable called the Shield. The wearable is displayed in a hallway covered in black and white hexagonal quilts. The displays create an experience that visitors can walk through and interact with. With the hope that visitors will leave with an understanding of the difficulties, the dancers face and overcome.
Ava Rizika's Brief:
A display of custom-designed for three dancers, portraying each dancer's disability and personality. The In:Accessible Exhibition displays projects that were designed for 3 three dancers, each of which have a with physical disability disabilities.: Jerron has cerebral palsy, Tiffany has Jerko Levin Syndrome, and Krishna is blind. Each dancer's exhibit focuses in on their personalities, disabilities, and hobbies and incorporates these elements into the display of the costumes . Jerron, who has cerebral palsy, often feels like he feels limited by people's assumptions about him because of his disability. Dancing frees him from this feeling and shows people that he can do what fully abled people can do.Tiffany, who has a shortened torso due to Jarcho-Levin Syndrome, which means that she has no torso, is a strong woman who is incredible to talk to because of her big personality that fills up a room. She loves nature, especially the sun, and says that she gets her energy from the sun's rays. Krishna, who is blind, will often run into things, and isn't able to avoid that run into her, so sometimes she feels that she needs a protective shield. Although she does not have a shield, In turn, she tries to act as one for protect others in the community, she does this by weaving hexagon print blankets and giving them to people, and by helping people pursue their dreams.
When the visitor looks at Jerron's exhibit, they will see a spacious rectangular cube. When they walk inside they will have the illusion that the hallway is much tighter than it actually is, and will feel claustrophobic. The hallway opens up to a larger room that displays the costume, to show that dancing frees Jerron from the constraints of disability. This shows dancing helps jerron to feel like his disability isn't holding him back. The dancer Tiffany loves the sun, so in her exhibit, a big circular light shines on the wall and casts the shadow of a cutout of Tiffany in her costume inside the "Sun." For Krishna, a hallway with walls that are made from fabric with hexagons on it symbolizes the quilts she makes for people in her community. When the visitor walks in it will be dark, which will make them nervous, but the fabrics will get lighter as they walk through, guided by a ballet bar that the participant will grab onto which will lead that leads them through the hallway. The first half of the ballet bar will be covered in sandpaper that gets progressively more fine as they walk through up until the point in which the visitor reaches the open area where the displayed costume is being shown. Here, the sandpaper is at its smoothest, and when you exit the open area, the ballet bar will go back to normal. The design of the ballet bar is meant to show how her blindness and reliance on touch is lifted when she dances. In most museums, the pieces are displayed traditionally with the piece in the middle, and text explaining it on the side. In this exhibition, the visitor gets a better understanding of the project through an interactive display. The exhibition expands awareness into the community of the value of supporting this kind of effort and increases compassion for people with disabilities
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