CRIP zines selection by Speaking Volumes

As part of ENCORE, a zine selection will be presented in the bar and available to read and listen to. The selection centers publications by and for CRIP artists, activists and people concerned by different kinds of disabilities. Some of the zines and contents will be accessible in multiple formats, paper thicknesses, font sizes, audio and digital versions. A special display will allow for many ways to pick and hold the books, make your own zines, suggest thoughts and references.

Access·ories is a a series of objects that support and subvert reading, raise questions of accessibility through accessories as portals for subversive stories. Accessibility is an overlooked dimension of publishing, despite its amazing potentials, not only in making things public, but also because it comes with a series of tools that expand forms of knowledge-making and storytelling in a fabulous way. Open up all your senses, activate your protheses, and let’s roll together through the audio tracks, the cyborg and paper pages…

Collective reading moments on Friday (14-16h) and Saturday (16-18h)

Two collective reading moments will allow participants to meet, share and read the zines together (peer support, reading aloud, descriptions, discussions, etc.)

For who? The collective reading moments are open to any body but will prioritize disabled people.

The space is wheelchair accessible, there will be different seating options, the bar will be open during the reading group so if you are sensitive to noise, please take ear protections in case. We will adapt the reading group setup according to the needs of the people present. A code of conduct will be announced and expressed on location.

Would you like to participate? Then please register by sending an email to ines.fransen@kaaitheater.be .

Be sure to include the following information in your email:

• Name, email address
• Accessibility requirements / is there anything we need to take into account?
• Specific interests

We will send you a confirmation with more detailed information about the venue and the code of conduct. This is recommended reading for able-bodied people who wish to participate in the event: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/160114/advice-to-the-able-bodied 

Hosted by

Loraine Furter, zij/i·elle/ան

The collective reading moments are a part of Speaking Volumes, a research project on and through subversive publishing, in an expanded understanding of the term, including oral and hybrid~cyborg formats·՞ ՟ ՚

Speaking Volumes approaches publishing with design, artistic, feminist, anti-capitalist, decolonial, queer and anti-ableist tools.

Speaking Volumes & allies: Loraine Furter, in discussion with Moussa Cheniguel, Laur Pontak (Queer Zines Fest Bruxelles), Florence Cheval (support sCRIPtures), Laurie Charles (The Illness Narratives) and Mark Sauter. More on Speaking Volumes here: https://speakingvolumes.space/access-ories