Disability & Archival Representation: A Guided Tour of Artexte with ASL/LSQ

Disability & Archival Representation: A Guided Tour of Artexte

What is an archive? What are the ways archival representation and/or erasure shape sick & disabled people’s lives? What are the promises and limits of representation?

Following these open questions at the end of our reading group , Disability Archives Lab & Cultural Critique Collective invite you to move from theory to practice by situating our discussions in the context of a local archive. Join us on November 6 from 3-5PM in person at Artexte for a free guided tour of the archive and its current exhibition by Céline Huyghebaert, with free ASL/LSQ interpretation provided upon request in advance.

Reading group participants, Deaf and hard of hearing community members who require American Sign Language or Langue des signes québécoise interpretation, and other community members who identify as disabled and/or neurodiverse are prioritized. But the event is free and open to everyone who registers.

When: Wednesday, November 6, 2024, 3-5PM
Where: Artexte, 2 rue Sainte-Catherine Est (3rd floor, #301), Montréal, Québec H2X 1K4

Free & open to the public, registration in advance required.

Wheelchair accessible. For full accessibility details, please read more here.

Language: English with free ASL/LSQ interpretation service provided upon request in advance. Please indicate your interpretation needs in the registration (Priority Ticket) by October 21.

K95 masks required. Some masks will be provided on-site, but participants are highly encouraged to bring their own masks.

Ticket instructions: Please choose Priority Ticket option when registering if one of the following applies to you (please choose General Ticket if otherwise):

• You identify as Deaf, or hard of hearing, and require ASL or LSQ interpretation service.
• You identify as part of the disabled and/or neurodiverse communities.

Deadline for ASL/LSQ requests (Priority Ticket): October 21 (After which we cannot guarantee to accommodate any ASL/LSQ needs if not already requested before this date. However, registration for Priority Tickets continues after October 21)

Registration deadline: November 5

Agenda: First, we will briefly recap the reading group & (re)introduce participants to Disability Archives Lab & Cultural Critique Collective. Then, we will start the Artexte tour with an introduction to Artexte services and collections. Participants will embark on a tactile exploration of archival materials related to disabilities & accessibility led by Artexte. After, a discussion about accessibility in community archives follows, encouraging participants to propose any suggestions to improve accessibility at Artexte. We will then take a short break after which is a guided visit of The Omissions exhibition.

We would like to thank the Artexte team for their dedication and hospitality.

About the organizers:

Founded in 2023 at McGill University, Cultural Critique Collective (CCC) is an independent group of students and community members based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal who share an interest in critical theory. To learn more about us: https://culturalcritiquecollective.cargo.site/.

The Disability Archives Lab investigates the ways that archives and the materials they hold document, shape, and impact disabled people—in history and today. Keeping critical disability studies at the forefront of researching and building projects around disability and archives, the Lab hosts projects and research initiatives that center the politics of disability, how disabled people are affected by historic representation, and how to imagine archival futures that are centered around disabled desires. Read more about us here. The Lab is directed by Gracen Brilmyer, Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies at McGill University. Follow us on Twitter: @DisArchivesLab. Find us on Instagram: @DisabilityArchivesLab.

Artexte is a library, research centre and exhibition space for contemporary art. Our unique print and digital document collection holds over 30 000 documents covering the visual arts from 1965 to the present, with an emphasis on the art of Canada and Québec. Over 80% of the acquisitions stem from donations from the visual arts community.

Host or Publisher Cultural Critique Collective at McGill (CCC)