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SUMMARY:: Online: DDFI40: Sweat the System
DESCRIPTION:Join us on 26th March 10am-11am for this disability-led movemen
 t workshop facilitated by Australian artists Amy Claire Mills and Bedelia 
 Lowrenčev.\n\nThis online workshop invites participants tomove and shake 
 their bodies through sweat and play. This is not about fitness\; it’s ab
 out liberation\, using movement as a tool for self-expression\, catharsis\
 , and collective joy.\n\nNo experience necessary. Wheelchairs\, mobility a
 ids\, and rest breaks are welcome.\n\nSupported by Liverpool Biennial.\n\n
 Access: BSL interpretation and closed captions will be available for this 
 event.\n\nBooking: Book via eventbrite. \n\nAmy Claire Mills: Amy Clair
 e Mills\, is your most beloved textile artist\, curator\, and producer liv
 ing and creating on Gadigal and Wangal Land in Sydney\, Australia. A gra
 duate of the University of NSW with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours)\, Am
 y is a neurodivergent and disabled artist whose work delves into themes of
  advocacy\, identity\, and resistance. Focused on disability culture\, Amy
  explores its social and political dimensions as both an artist and subjec
 t. Her art serves as a form of protest\, blending softness\, tactility\, e
 mpathy\, and care with elements of dissent\, disruption\, and provocation.
 \nSince graduating in 2016\, Amy has worked with national and internationa
 l institutions\, festivals and galleries\, such as the Sydney Biennale\, A
 rt Gallery of NSW\, Te Atamira\, Firstdraft\, and Outer Space\, to curat
 e and produce exhibitions and events. Her focus is on creative access and 
 increasing representation for disabled artists across the arts and cultura
 l sector.\n\n\n\nBedelia Lowrenčev: Bedelia (they/she) is a groovy disab
 led actor\, dancer\, singer\, agitator\, theatre maker\, producer and Acce
 ss Coordinator\, living and working on Wategoro and Wangal Land. Bedelia f
 requently collaborates with their Deaf twin Jeremy\, as facilitators and e
 xplorers of queerness\, disability and deafness. Bedelia has a keen intere
 st in communal care\, story sovereignty\, reciprocity and advocacy in th
 eir arts practice. In particular\, challenging the western gaze on body\, 
 community and identity\, and the reclamation of CALD queerness\, and relat
 ion to land.\n\n\n\nMost recently\, Bedelia acted in the new short film 'W
 ith Love\, Lottie' which screened at FrameShift at the Sydney Opera Hous
 e\, and will screen at the 2025 Mardi Gras Film Festival. Previously\, Bed
 elia acted with Bus Stop Films in 'Screen Me'\, Assistant Produced Raghav 
 Handa’s THE ASSEMBLY at Campbelltown Arts Centre\, performed SOFT PLACE
 S at the Sydney Biennale\, Griffin Studio Resident\, and was Access Coo
 rdinator at Performance Space for Liveworks\, and Co-Program Coordinator: 
 Access at Sydney Fringe Festival. Currently\, Bedelia is cracking into the
 ir disabled musical spenanza with Wear It Purple\, is lead creative in the
  Move Series at the Art Gallery of NSW\, and is a Program Coordinator at A
 ccessible Arts.\n\n\nAbout DaDa :\n\nDaDa is an award winning and pioneeri
 ng disability arts organisation based in Liverpool with international reac
 h and impact. Founded in 1984\, we were one of the first disability-led ar
 ts organisations in the UK and an integral part of the campaign for greate
 r equality and access for disabled artists across the arts sector.\n\nAbou
 t DDFI40:\n\nDaDaFest International returns 8th-31st March 2025 to celebra
 te DaDa's 40th Anniversary and this time we are coming with ‘RAGE: A Qui
 et Riot’.\n\nDDFI40 will showcase work by disabled artists that captures
  all shapes and sides of rage. From the internal quiet frustrations and ri
 ghteous rage\, to overt injustice and activism\, DDFI40 will explore disab
 ility rights\, disability arts\, access\, ableism and ‘Rage’ in an exp
 losion of creativity.
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