BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:10440@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250308 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20250401 DTSTAMP:20250227T163843Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/online-ddfi40-koishii-by-chris-s hapiro/ SUMMARY:: Online: DDFI40: Koishii by Chris Shapiro DESCRIPTION:About the Project\n\nThis work began as part of the DaDa Fellow s scheme in 2021 to allow disabled and neurodivergent artists time and spa ce to try new artforms and develop their craft\, co-commissioned by DaDa a nd New Earth Theatre.\n\nKoishii is Japanese for "I miss" referring to a p erson/place/thing that it's impossible (at least currently) to reunite wit h. The word itself has an almost dramatic and slightly older tone\, but is also used with tongue in cheek self-awareness\,  an equivalent to the wo rd “yearn”.\n\nThe experience allows you to move a character to get a key\, which lets you unlock a portal to the next day in your life. In orde r to get the key you have to navigate pools of lava\, poison gas that slow s you down\, and the fact that your controls will change at random to make movement more uncomfortable. All the while Chris’ narration about their experience of chronic illness play in the background.\n\nRead the instruc tions below and then click the image below to play.\n\nThis will be availa ble during DDFI40 through March 2025.\n\n\n\nInstructions:\n\n Listen to Chris’ words as they talk about their life\, while you try and collect t he golden key\, then return to the portal to end the day\n Use your “W ” “A” “S” and “D” keys on your keyboard to control your circ le. You can look at the top centre of the screen to find a reminder of thi s\n As the levels progress you might encounter other obstacles\, such as lava\, that’ll make you restart the day\, and poison gas\, that’ll slo w you down\n As the levels progress\, the keyboard keys that control your circle may change\, so keep an eye on the top centre of the screen where these changes will be signposted\n If you get stuck\, or find a level imp ossible\, you can keep trying until the “Try again tomorrow” button ap pears in the top right corner for you to click on to skip to the next day\ n The game is going to be difficult at times\, that’s ok.\n It is expe cted that you’ll play for around 20 minutes.\n\n \;\n\nAbout Koishii from Chris Shapiro\n\nFor this piece\, Chris uses gamification within the ir art to explore their experiences of disability and neurodivergence.\n\n There’s a sense of masking and chronic illness/neurodiversity and how it 's kind of detrimental to us\, in the sense of covering how bad we're actu ally doing and then depleting a lot of energy to do so\, especially in rel ation to things like benefits and PIP interviews and with doctors who migh t disbelieve how bad we're doing because we mask as a reflex\,\n\nThe game includes elements of the unpredictability and intensity of a random flare up\, what brain fog is like\, the exhaustion and overwhelming nature. You ’re not sure if these are connected or unrelated\, and having no way of finding out other than waiting to see if a link arises.\n\nChris used the design of the sea because it’s an environment that makes you feel small and aware that you're at its mercy. This is to recreate that sense of how with both chronic illness and neurodiversity you're really aware of how th ings you have no control over can change everything in a moment\, and you sort of dread that or have it in the back of your mind constantly\, becaus e you have to adapt if something happens.\n\nChris thought it would be fun if sometimes you don't get to choose where you go\, and with the sea that 's a possibility to play with in a vague way that doesn't have to be locat ion specific and can be slightly randomised\, echoing chronic illness/neur odiversity where there isn't necessarily a manual\, just a warning that so metimes there will be consequences\, figure out what they're from.\n\nClic k here to read more about the artist Chris Shapiro \n\nAbout DDFI40:\n\nD aDaFest International returns 8th-31st March 2025 to celebrate DaDa's 40th Anniversary and this time we are coming with ‘RAGE: A Quiet Riot’.\n\ nDDFI40 will showcase work by disabled artists that captures all shapes an d sides of rage. From the internal quiet frustrations and righteous rage\, to overt injustice and activism\, DDFI40 will explore disability rights\, disability arts\, access\, ableism and ‘Rage’ in an explosion of crea tivity. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2025/02/Chris_Shapiro_1_1-copy.jpg CATEGORIES:Exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR