Art and disability - “5 Sculptures” by Hans Op de Beeck
Posted on September 6, 2010
Image (C) Copyright by the Artist / KIT Finance Private Bank Collection of Contemporary Art.
Hans Op de Beeck uses a prosthetic network tool (Facebook) to collect as much as almost 5000 “friends”. On his own website, he does not use simple HTML but the latest Flash animation to show off his works. He apparently lives in Belgium but exhibits in Russia, USA, China, Germany and Switzerland, to name some.
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Art and Disability - “Greasy Spoon” by Brian Walker
Posted on June 13, 2010
While not all photographs - even if supported by Otto Bock - manage to show really good taste and a deeper glimpse into the real life of disability at the same time, some photographs do.
This picture from Brian Walker’s series “Precious Fleshous” is titled “Greasy Spoon”. What a profound picture that is. Did you ever try to actually pick up a greasy spoon with a prosthetic arm? Did you ever have problems picking up something but instead of blaming it on the prosthetic or the overall situation, you’d rather call the spoon “greasy”? If they build something the wrong way, prosthetic parts manufacturers indeed recommend ergotherapy to get the patient going - but naming this by name is a taboo. Is it true that arm amputees may tend to stop ordering steaks and start ordering cut up “dog-type” food to avoid having to use knife and fork in a restaurant? I don’t know about y’all but I caught myself early in that process.
And this image just taps on a whole array of ramifications.
(C) Copyright by Brian Walker
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Art and Disability - Vom Makel des Charmes und vom Unsinn, die Kombination von Behinderung, Submissivität, Objektfetisch und Oberflächlichkeit andauernd als was anderes anzupreisen
Posted on June 13, 2010
Charme [ʃarm] der; -s; nur Sg 1. der reizvolle, positive Eindruck, den eine Person od. Sache auf jemanden macht <der Charme einer Frau, einer Stadt; bezaubernder, unwiderstehlicher, weiblicher Charme; Charme ausstrahlen; (viel) Charme haben> 2. seinen Charme spielen lassen gespr; sich absichtlich liebenswürdig und höflich verhalten (meist um dadurch einen Vorteil für sich zu erreichen)
