M21 : from the Medieval to the 21st century : live art interventions by disabled artists in the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games, May 2012
Diana Damian (Author), Emma Geliot (Author), Invalid Film Crew (Artist), Live Art Development Agency (Issuing body), DASH (Organization) (Issuing body)
Produced by DASH (Disability Arts in Shropshire) in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency, M21 was a programme of Live Art interventions by some of the UK's leading disabled artists in Much Wenlock, the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games. M21's line up of specially commissioned performance works ranged from spectacular outdoor projections onto Holy Trinity Church by Simon Mckeown, to the Mayor of Much Wenlock sitting for a public portrait by Tanya Raabe, Ann Whitehurst training herself to be herself, sean burn performing a pentathlon with a difference, The Disabled Avant-Garde taking to the streets as 'the wayward mascots' Manlock and Wendeville, Noëmi Lakmaier presenting herself as a human baton in a 400m relay race, the Invalid Film Crew from Croatia exploring the orientation of blind and deaf people in a foreign country, Alan McLean and Arty Party inviting audiences to join them on a search for a missing artist, and manifestos on land rights from The Wandering Jew. The M21 publication is both a reflection on, and extension of, the M21 public events. Designed by David Caines, the M21 box set features postcards of the artists' images and writings, commissioned essays by the writers Diana Damian and Emma Geliot, and a DVD of films by the Invalid Film Crew, created as part of M21 and as documentation of M21
DVD Video, English, 2013
DASH Live Art Development Agency, [London], 2013