A writing workshop with Sam Petersen
Please Note: This workshop is run by and for people living with disabilities. We acknowledge that disability is a varied experience that can include neurodiverse experiences, physical and psychological disability, age related disability, visual difference and more. We acknowledge that the systems we work within are not set up to easefully identify, diagnose, or support all disabilities and with that in mind we support self identified disability. All workshop tickets are inclusive of an extra place for a support person if needed.
About your facilitator:
Hi, my name is Sam. I go by the pronouns you/your. Or just call me Sam when referring to me. Always present. I'm a power wheelchair user and I use AAC to communicate. And I'm Queer. I am a visual artist, writer and performer. I work with my identity, touching everyday feelings between the playful and the political. Of course, this is always to do with my disabilities. Focusing on access, and the lack of it — to places, people’s minds and opportunities. My work is very much installation based, I like to permeate a space, make it my own, because I am not welcome in so many. I get inside, as much as I can, with myself and my fluids. I try to get inside your minds, and laugh, and scream. I live on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri and Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation. I pay my respects to Elders both past, present and future.
Voices in the Streets is an activation project for National Poetry Month organised by Mother Tongue Poetry and supported by Banyule City Council Grants program.
COST: Sliding scale: $5-$15 plus booking fee (promo codes to access sliding scale tickets at ticket link). Free tickets available by emailing organisers.
TICKETING TYPE: PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL
TICKET LINK: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/voices-in-the-streets-workshop-3-yucky-tickets-908704358197
OTHER: N/A
ACCESSIBILITY:
Alcohol Free.
Wheelchair Accessible. Ambulant Toilets.