July 7, 2010 5:43 PM
Disability Art - Design 4 Life
From Disability Arts Online - an artwork Tripp saw when at the VSA International Festival last month. From the UK:
Design 4 Life
A digital image which combines text with photography. A black and
white scan of a foetus in an early stage of development takes centre
place against a black background.
To the left and right of the image is
an alphabet in different brightly coloured letters listed vertically
underneath each other, with the capital letters printed in a font which
is reminiscent of children's alphabet toys. After each letter, a word
continues, printed in white in a plain 'sans serif' typeface.
On the
left-hand side, the full list reads: Affectionate Brave Cheerful
Demonstrative Enthusiastic Friendly Generous Humorous Incorruptible
Joyful Kind Loving Merry.
On the right-hand side, the full list reads:
Non-judgmental Open-hearted Persistent Questioning Respectful Sensitive
Tenacious Unique Vibrant Warm-hearted (E)Xceptional Young-at-heart
Zestful.
(artist's own description from http://www.scientificmodelofdisability.co.uk)
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