Against the Protocols of the Civilised Body: Performance with Access Lab & Library
Against the Protocols of the Civilised Body: Performance with Access Lab & Library
3:00pm Saturday 27 June, free registration | Dr Mary Mahoney AO Amphitheatre, UQ St Lucia
Join us for an afternoon of experimental practice in contemporary disability thinking. This one-off live performance with Access Lab & Library shares the creative outcomes of a day-long workshop which brings participants together as a temporary, access-focused collective. The performance expands on the possibilities of image and audio descriptions through collaboration and invites audiences to engage through sight, sound and/or movement.
This free performance will take place at the Dr Mary Mahoney AO Amphitheatre at UQ Lakes. Following the performance there will be free food and drink.
More information about what to expect on the day is available as a social story here.
3.00pm arrival for 3.30pm performance followed by refreshments
About Against the Protocols of the Civilised Body: Three Programs with Access Lab & Library
Across May and June 2026 Access Lab & Library will lead a series of gatherings that foreground experimental access practice and theory. With opportunities for online, hybrid and in-person participation, this series will support deep engagement with contemporary disability thinking in the context of contemporary arts and museum practices.
Online Reading Group
Beyond compliance level accommodations, access thinking signals a mode of relationality and a critical field of practice in contemporary art. This reading group introduces key texts and concepts and is open to all interested participants.
This reading group occurs fortnightly: Wednesday 20 May, 3 June and 17 June, 10am-12pm (AEST).
Register your interest here. Texts will be distributed to participants on the 20 April, a month ahead of the first session.
Workshop and Performance
Following the reading group Access Lab & Library will facilitate an in person, day long experimental workshop (participation via EOI) which will lead into a public performance later that week.
Workshop: Thursday 25 June 2026, EOI's have now closed
Performance: Saturday 27 June 2026, free registration.
Access Lab & Library (ALL) was created in 2023 to develop and nurture disability-led and artist-led access in creative settings. They approach access as a temporary, collectively-held space, as an experimental field, and as a platform for generosity. Access Lab & Library is co-directed by Fayen d’Evie and Jon Tjhia.
