Autistic artists Annette, Callum, & Sonia talk to Dr Chloe Farahar: Aucademy in discussion
Channel: Aucademy
Date: 2020-08-23

Autistic artists tell Aucademy what it means to be an Autistic artist; how their art is shaped by being Autistic; and the Autistic aesthetic

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Speaker details:

Friday:
*Annette Foster - PhD student in performing arts, investigating Autistic women, non-binary, and Trans people's experiences via performing arts, creator of Super Autie Grlll and Gang

* Callum Brazzo - Autistic performance poet, currently working on a direct autistic-led response to Autism Speaks' 100 Day Kit. Also working on a book called Ripples, a film and a theatre show called Compass, appearing in TEDx talks - http://www.callumbrazzo.com/ and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq9vcfOMKHM&fbclid=IwAR3rbpRq-nZqx9-cyPkxzD5-UMnaCqAvamvlPp69edN0Qq292bMrqPMInJo

* Sonia Boué - Artist, her multiform work explores home and the domestic as metaphors for exile and displacement. Sonia has a significant body of postmemory work. She is also a writer on autism and art, and a leading consultant for neurodiversity in the arts. - https://www.soniaboue.co.uk/

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Dr Chloe Farahar - Autistic academic, educator, and self-advocate

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