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Crip Time

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A 2021-2022 exhibition at Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst about crip time (https://www.notion.so/crip-time-11d88d95c73780c6ab2ef1d512a0c14a?pvs=21).

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This exhibition at Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst reframes time through a disability justice lens, challenging capitalist productivity norms by foregrounding disabled people's distinct temporal needs and experiences. By valuing "crip time," the project emphasizes the necessity of accessible, adaptive spaces in both technology and the arts that honour disabled ways of navigating time.Tech Literacy & Accessibility: The exhibition advances tech literacy by redefining time itself as an accessibility issue, highlighting "crip time" as a legitimate temporal framework. Through interactive and narrative elements, it offers insight into how disabled people experience time differently, promoting flexible tech and scheduling practices that respect diverse needs within digital and physical environments.Reducing Harm in New Media: By addressing ableist assumptions around time, the exhibition confronts media narratives that overlook or marginalize disabled temporalities. This approach reduces harm by affirming "crip time" as a valuable perspective, encouraging creators to integrate it into media design and representation to better support disabled communities.Data & Knowledge Stewardship: The exhibition contributes to a long-term archive of narratives on "crip time," ensuring these insights are preserved as critical perspectives that counter capitalist timeframes. This stewardship of disabled experiences around time fosters a deeper collective understanding and serves as a resource for future access-centered approaches in tech and the arts.

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This is a 2023–2025 project led by InterAccess, in collaboration with Tangled Art + Disability, and FEZIHAUS™.