Altered Access Panel 2: The Body

Devices or technologies that serve as tools for a physically disabled body are generally understood as support rather than embodiment.
Making these tools an integral component of visual art forms is not only a vibrant arena for cultural production but, by becoming embodied as artwork, also fosters the dialogue and expands the meaning of simply what a body is and what it can do. We live in a world with continuous innovation of technologies and expansive design for prosthetics, mobility aids, and hearing devices, but there is also value in the simplicity of forms and the creativity at play in hack culture. These panelists create visual systems that make visible and reinvent how bodies move in spaces. This discussion will focus on the body as a mode to transformation, creation, and embodiment.