Tuesday, April 26th
11:30 AM- 1 PM

#CripRitual is a virtual, multi-sited, participatory exhibition of artworks exploring themes of disability culture and ritual. The exhibition was developed by the Critical Design Lab in collaboration with Tangled Art + Disability Gallery in downtown Toronto and the Doris McCarthy Gallery at the University of Toronto Scarborough.

https://cripritual.com/

On Tuesday, April 26th co-curators Dr. Cassandra Hartblay ’06 and Dr. Jarah Moesch visited Macalester (over Zoom) to give a presentation with a slideshow of some of the works in the exhibition, offered a tour of the project website, and discussed the project concept and collaboration.

Dr. Hartblay is a cultural and medical anthropologist working at interdisciplinary intersections with disability studies, performance studies, critical design studies and global postsocialism, with a regional focus on Russia and the Russian-speaking former Soviet Union.

Dr. Moesch is an artist-scholar whose work explores issues of justice through the design, production, and acquisition of embodied knowledges. Jarah’s research incorporates queer crip theory, cultural studies, art, and design practices to develop new models for justice and to imagine new worlds.