Shape Arts Podcast

Episode 7: How to put on an accessible exhibition

To mark the launch of our updated resource - How to put on an accessible exhibition - Shape's Creative Producers sat down to talk through the different approaches you could take to making your own work more accessible for disabled audiences. They cover: the venue, presenting artwork, programming events, and communications and marketing. Check out the updated resource [https://www.shapearts.org.uk/faqs/emily-roderick] on our website now, or browse the other resources [https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/resources] we have available! This episode is broken down into four parts: 1. The venue (starts at 6:48 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6S8DwgldLDzVyl27rSZJZt?t=408&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A7L6CCYQMRm0ub6HGEncZWM]) 2. Presenting work (starts at 40:20 [https://discord.com/channels/@me/916339420376993842/1388146038451470358]) 3. Programming events (starts at 01:07:27 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6S8DwgldLDzVyl27rSZJZt?context=spotify%3Ashow%3A7L6CCYQMRm0ub6HGEncZWM&t=4047]) 4. Communications and marketing (starts at 01:21:23 [https://open.spotify.com/episode/6S8DwgldLDzVyl27rSZJZt?context=spotify%3Ashow%3A7L6CCYQMRm0ub6HGEncZWM&t=4883])

Episode 6: Slugs, Catholicism, and the 'Genius Artist' with Abi Palmer

In our latest podcast episode [https://www.shapearts.org.uk/blog/episode-6-abi-palmer] we chat to artist Abi Palmer about her current projects Slime Mother [https://www.chapter.org/seasons/slime-mother] and Slugs: A Manifesto [https://makinabooks.com/slugs-a-manifesto/]! Enjoy three readings from Slugs by Abi as well as tracks from the audio description of her Slime Mother exhibition. Abi is an artist and writer. She uses film, text, sculpture and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures and ecological landscapes. Works include Abi Palmer Invents the Weather, commissioned by Artangel in 2023 and currently on show as part of Shape’s exhibition Crip Arte Spazio: The Disability Arts Movement in Venice, which is open until the end of November. Her previous book, Sanatorium was published by Penned in the Margins in 2020 and we can't forget her interactive gambling arcade Crip Casino which you may remember being on offer at a Shape Arts Tate Exchange takeover back in 20109. Her work has been shown at Tate Modern, Somerset House, Frieze Forridor and the Venice Biennale. And Abi has been an exhibiting artist as part of the Shape Open too, with her work All The Worlds You’ll Never See, which was somewhat of a precursor to her Artangel commission shown as part of All Bound Together in 2021. You can find Abi on Instagram at @abipalmer_bot [https://www.instagram.com/abipalmer_bot/] or visit her website [https://www.abipalmer.com/] to find out more.

Episode 5: artist Linny Venables in conversation with producer Debbie Chan

Catch the latest episode in our podcast where Emergent artist Linny Venables speaks to producer Debbie Chan.

Episode 4: Curating our Open All Hours exhibition

The creative team and artists involved in our recent Shape Open exhibition, still available online, reflect on the themes of the show and how it all came together. Featuring live performances from artist Samiir Saunders.

Episode 2: AI, accessbility, and the arts

For episode 2 of the Shape Arts Podcast [https://www.shapearts.org.uk/Listing/Category/podcast], Shape Creative Producers Elinor Hayes and Emily Roderick looked into the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence through the lens of accessibility and creative work. Here, they share the good, the bad, and their thoughts on what's to come.