EVENT LINK: https://tinyurl.com/crip-love-care
February 20th, 8:00am-10:00pm EST, Virtual, $5-10 Sliding Scale
Partners in art and life, Charlie Fitz and Oscar Vinter will discuss how their relationship of interdependent care has influenced their collaborative and independent art practice, specifically their filmmaking. This discussion will be followed by a screening of several of their short art films. The films explore dancing, masking, ableism, medical bureaucracy, care, the body, identity, hysteria and the occult. The session will end with an informal Q&A discussion.
Content warning: some of the films contain flashing images and may trigger those with photosensitive epilepsy. There are also mentions in the films of medical trauma and gaslighting.
Films to be screened
COL5A/FBN2 (2019) (8 minutes 36 seconds) by Oscar Vinter
Dance the Body Electric (2024) (5 minutes 40 seconds) by Oscar Vinter
I do nothing (2019) by Fitz & Vinter (1 minute 55 seconds)
Honey, it's my Hindbrain by Fitz & Vinter (2018) (1 minute 26 seconds)
Hysteric Witch short, by Fitz, work-in-progress (timings tbc)
Access
This event will include comfort breaks throughout its duration as well as live BSL interpretation. This programme will be running on Crip Time. As a result, we endeavour to reschedule events should any of our contributors not feel well / experience a change in capacity in the lead up to and / or on the day of the event itself.
Tickets
In order to ensure this programme is accessible to all, we have implemented a three tiered ticketing system: Pay As You Feel, Standard tickets priced at £5.00 (plus eventbrite fee) as well as Solidarity Tickets priced at £10 (plus eventbrite fee).
If you would like to attend this event but cannot afford to purchase a paid ticket please get in touch with us directly at info@ortgallery.co.uk
About the Artists
Oscar Vinter (he/they) is an afropean neurodivergent artist, composer and filmmaker. www.oscarvinter.com
Charlie Fitz (she/they) is a sick and disabled artist, arts practitioner, writer and member of Resting Up Collective. www.CharlieFitzArtist.co.uk
About the Programme
Crip Resistance: Holding Space, Building Community, is a programme of events exploring disabled, sick, mad, and crip modes of resistance and remote community care. From February to April 2025, this interdisciplinary collaboration between Resting Up Collective and Ort Gallery will feature a series of online events including creative workshops, artist talks, live performances, and film screenings. The programme will include a print and online publication documenting and expanding on the programme's themes as well as a curated collection of books for the Birmingham Resistance Library.