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SUMMARY:: DaDaFest International: RAGE: A Quiet Riot
DESCRIPTION:DaDaFest International returns 8th-31st March 2025 to celebra
 te DaDa's 40th Anniversary and this time we are coming with ‘RAGE: A 
 Quiet Riot’.  \nRage is something many disabled artists and individual
 s within our community feels. There is a sense of exhaustion and hopelessn
 ess that we encounter in conversations often. There's  a feeling 
 of deep rage that what felt progressive and forward-focused in terms of 
 rights and access and attitude decades ago is being eroded and we are be
 ing pitted against each other again.  There is unspoken rage at the hi
 dden hierarchy in wider disabled communities\, often exacerbated by syst
 ems that reinforce how valuable or invaluable disabled people are by in
 voking a scoring scale to decide who needs what most.   \n\nAfter c
 onsulting with artists\, DaDa heard loud and clear that our community fe
 el that\, while some progress has been made\, too many decisions are stil
 l made without involving disabled people. This has left disabled artists a
 nd disabled communities raging that the gaps in society are widening and
  we are still so far from equity and representation at all levels in art\
 , culture and heritage. Often neglected\, ignored and discriminated ag
 ainst at the highest levels in the arts sector\, community and governmen
 t at cultural level. \n\nIn her poem “I Want More Disabled Rage” di
 sabled artist Dolly Sen says:  \n\n“We need our disabled rage.  \
 n\nNo more being accommodating as they take away right after right.  \n\
 nLet’s have assisted rage and tear up the page of ableism and turn it 
 into confetti for the wedding of ourselves to our lives in a world that wa
 nts to strip us down until only our pain stays standing.”  \n\nDDFI40
  will showcase work by disabled artists that captures all shapes and sid
 es of rage. From the internal quiet frustrations and righteous rage\, t
 o overt injustice and activism\, DDFI40 will explore disability rights\, d
 isability arts\, access\, ableism and ‘Rage’ in an explosion of crea
 tivity. \n\nIn 2025 and beyond\, the festival will continue to provide
  a safe space for artists to share work and discuss relevant issues\, to o
 ffer valuable networking opportunities for disabled artists across the art
 s sector in Liverpool and beyond and\, importantly\, to bring a high pr
 ofile UK platform exclusively for new and existing work by disabled artis
 ts. \n\nSubscribe to our newsletter and connect with our social media pla
 tforms to keep up to date with opportunities to get involved. \n\nDaDaFes
 t: Creating Art\, Challenging Attitudes\, Changing Lives 
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