Invisible World
Video, 4:39min, 2023
To apply for an accessible or Crip parking placard, a doctor within the state must approve the application. As part of the application, there are six medical conditions which qualify a person for a placard. These conditions include: (1) cannot walk two hundred feet without stopping to rest; (2) cannot walk without the use of an assistance device; (3) is restricted by lung disease; (4) uses portable oxygen; (5) has a cardiac condition; (6) is severely limited in their ability to walk due to an arthritic, neurological, or orthopedic conditions. Many people with disabilities are included these categories, and many people are not. This film is a record of my introduction to healthcare in the state of Utah. My processing of the appointment and consequential aftermath as a video object serves as a reclamation and assertion for understanding disability and the physical world otherwise. tw: medical trauma
Screenings:
Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival – Grand Rapids, MI
Together Disability Film Festival – London, UK
VASTLAB Experimental – Los Angeles, CA
Traces Film Festival at Northwestern University – Evanston, IL
Silver Wings International Film Festival – Raniganj, IND
Revolutions Per Minute Exhibition: Room to Breathe – Boston, MA
International Festival Reflection of Disability in Art at the University of Macedonia – Thessaloniki, Greece
International Portrait Film Festival – Sofia, BG
Animatter Media Art – Victoria, CAN
Mimesis Documentary Festival – Boulder, CO
Superfest Disability Festival – Berkeley, CA
Cinema Touching Disability (Quarter Finalist) – Austin, TX
The Film Collective Short Film Festival – Philadelphia, PA
Oregon Short Film Festival – Portland, OR
Moviate Underground Film Festival -– Harrisburg, PA
Scottish International Film Festival – Glasgow, Scotland
West Virginia Mountaineer Film Festival – Morgantown, WV
Divine Queer Film Festival – Torino, Italy
Disability Culture & Videodances – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Timelines Screening – Fundraiser for Carl Bogner - Cactus Club, Milwaukee, WI