“Expect trolls, tears, twists, puppets, projection, dance, drama and more,” writes film director Rachel Gray. Gray is the director of Dreamscapes, which makes its debut at Club SAW this Thursday, along with a live performance and an artist Q&A.
The experimental and genre-blurring short film explores themes of mental health, alternative realities and the complexities of healing.
This event also marks the debut of Ghost Rooster Collective, a group of five disabled women artists who aim to expand disability representation in the arts.
Gray is part of the collective alongside other artists such as Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson, Amelia Griffin, Jess Huggett, and Liz Winkelaar. Together, they share professional experience in dance, choreography, animation, visual arts, film, puppetry and podcasting.
“Our collective efforts reflect our commitment to the Disability Arts movement, aiming to create work that is not only artistically rich but also inclusive and accessible,” writes Gray. “It also challenges conventional, medicalized narratives of disability.”
“Dreamscapes is a celebration of strength—the kind of strength that is also fragile, that rebuilds itself over and over… We want people to feel the power of disabled artists telling their own stories, getting around the barriers that often keep those stories silent.”
Join Gray and Ghost Rooster Collective at Club SAW this Thursday, Feb. 13, from 6:30-8:30pm for the film screening and more. Club SAW is located at 67 Nicholas St., and tickets can be purchased here.
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