Melbourne Fringe VCR Fest – Art x Access: Is digital art here to stay?

On 1 August, I hosted a session at Melbourne Fringe’s VCR Fest – a digital arts festival. It was on art and access. The speakers were AMAZING – Nat’s What I Reckon, Jacci Pillar, Erin Kyan, Laila Thaker and Ricky Buchanan.

We talked about digital art – all panelists are digital artists – and how Covid-19 has made us pivot (or stay the same), how digital art benefits disabled audiences, and what we want to see in the arts post Covid-19.

Nat, Jacci, Laila, Erin and I spoke live, and we used a video recording of Ricky from Platform, as that was most accessible for her.

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[image error]Images: two screen shots of people on Zoom – Jacci, Carly, Melbourne Fringe, Erin and Nat on the first image – they’re all smiling; and Ricky, Jacci, Laila , Erin, Nat, Paul, Carly, Melbourne Fringe and Karen.

You can watch a closed captioned, Auslan interpreted video here.

You can also listen to a podcast I featured on about accessible art – Arts Hubbub by Arts Hub.

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