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Article: New Landscapes: Community Art, Video Process and Fantasies of Disability. (After Image).
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- Afterimage
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- November 1, 2001
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Video allows us to tell our stories differently, to renegotiate the everyday, to engage layers of meaning, silence, image and sound in ways that are specific to the medium. Disability and chronic illness can be debilitating not only by their individual manifestations, but also because of the stifling, tragic social narratives, stories, images and pathways associated with specific conditions. In this essay, the social and private meanings of disability and the imaging possibilities of video are brought together as disabled artists renegotiate images and connections.
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