Cripresentation

In this episode, I interviewed Syrus Marcus Ware, a Black, trans, disabled, MAD, queer artist and activist. He is a visual artist, performance artist, and a core member of Black Lives Matter Toronto. Together, we discuss defunding the police and prison abolition, their work in responding to COVID-19, the connection between Disability Justice and Black Liberation, and parenting as a Black disabled trans artist.

In this episode, I interviewed Wy Joung Kou, a queer, chronically ill, multi-disciplinary artist based in Toronto.  I met with Kou to discuss creating art while managing chronic illness and pain, what financial access means for disabled artists, and the relationship disabled artists have with care and community. 

In this episode, I speak with Rosina Kazi, a mad-identified artist who performs in the electronic radical racialized duo LAL and co-created Unit 2, a community art space, and Bricks & Glitter, an alternative Pride festival here in Tkaronto to discuss creating safer spaces in the music industry, why they created Unit 2 and the Bricks & Glitter festival, and madness in both artistic and South Asian communities.