DaDa Edward Rushton Social Justice Lecture 2023 with Asok Mistry

Edward Rushton Social Justice Lecture 2023 Reclaiming Nonchalance Ashokkumar MIstry

Definitions & Focus Disabled = D/deaf Disabled and Neurodivergent Disabled People = People with neither societal privilege or equity The lecture refers mainly to the visual arts sector but some aspects are pertinent to Performance

Introduction Through this lecture we will better understand : ● The definition of and need for Creative nonchalance in a artworld ● Human value ● Value systems ● How people are devalued ● Activism ● Allyship ● What needs to change to make equity and diversity a reality

Making the case

“I never loved the smell of gasoline, so the idea of throwing it all over me, setting self alight just to get your attention, isn’t appealing anymore.”

Miss Jacqui, 2022

London Centric Sector Values

Example Jerwood Arts - Survey III 2024Jerwood Arts - Survey II 2021-2023 2025 Ten artists exhibiting:

• Six were based in London,

Ten artists exhibiting:

• One was based in Cardiff,

• Four are based in London,

• One based in Manchester,

• One is based in Cardiff,

• One based in Glasgow

• One based in Clitheroe,

• One was based in Berlin

• Three based in Glasgow

• None identify as disabled or ND.

• One was based in Derry • None identify as disabled or ND.

Our Arts Sector Two hemispheres of inequality

The Evidence How do we know a problem exists?

Valuing Human Beings Who is allowed to be an artist

Valuing Human Beings The Four Arrows

Dehumanisation “I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place”.

Winston Churchill 1937

The Law of Blood A case study in Dehumanisation

The Fightback Against Dehumanisation

“who is not in the room”!

Kate Adams, Project Artworks

The Four Arrows Artist led sector infrastructure

Legislation “Where a landlord has refused consent to an alteration or gives consent subject to a condition, the person requesting the consent (or a disabled person who has an interest in the alteration being made) can refer the refusal (or the conditional consent) to a county or sheriff court”. schedule 21 of The Equalities Act 2010

The Four Arrows The Seven Principles to Ensure an Inclusive Recovery

Awards for Artists Nominators

Activist artists or artist Activists?

The Unseen Necessity

Allyship Two Types of Allies

Nonchalance Archaeology of Self

Origin Story How I Became an Artist

Masti How is Nonchalance Defined

Encouraging a Healthy Arts Sector For All Ambition Over Expectation

Understanding Disability in art writing The Hole in the Human or the Whole of Human Experience?

Conclusion “We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.”

James Baldwin