Upcoming resting space at @think.crea #Recon2025
Assisted by @amith_m_nayak
In the company of fantastic artists and thinkers!
8th — 10th Dec.
#wip #SpinelessSitInsAreHardOnTheBack #MinimalLocomotion
(Towards) Crip Aesthetics: Disability as Method, a day of talk, performances, film, and gathering, presented by Resting Museum.
#KochiMuzirisBiennale #KochiBiennaleFoundation #ForTheTimeBeing #NikhilChopra #KMB2025
We invite you to ‘(Towards) Crip Aesthetics: Disability as Method’, a day of talks, performances, and film screening, organised by Resting Museum, scheduled for 20th December at St Andrews' Parish Hall, Fort Kochi.
The event engages with crip aesthetics as a mode of resistance, foregrounding lived experience as a site of theory and art-making. Swipe to learn more about the organisers, speakers, and the schedule.
Please fill out the form below if you have a specific accessibility requirements: /forms/d/1_3TH9d1IcGj6XY0x16lIMs_WHo0QWToiekOlO1etwgo/viewform?ts=693fd92d&edit_requested=true
#KochiMuzirisBiennale #RestingMuseum #CripAesthetics #KochiEvents
These works are part of @dag.museums 's program, A Weekend in Museums, on 16th, 17th May 2026 at @indianmuseumkol and 18th May at @aliporemuseumkol . More in our stories.
Dedicated to the memory of Prof. Kavita Singh. The grieving process is never finished. Resting Museum would not have happened without her.
1. Inayat Khan’s Bed (Production assistance: @amith_m_nayak and Pappu sir; Commissioned by @serendipityartsfestival 2025); 51” x 71.5”; Quilt; Image Credit: @_cameraft_ .
13. A Moment of Respite from the St. Petersburg Muraqqa (Fabrication by Tuft Place); 25” x 55”
Medium: Wool-tufted rug; 2025; Image Credit: Namya Chadha
We are glad to announce the creative collaborations that will be a part of the third edition of 'A Weekend in Museums.' Taken together their works address the different ways that one can question and rethink what accessibility truly entails within a museum space.
Join us on 16, 17 and 18 May 2026, to experience crip-queer joy, pain, challenges and an extended weekend of fun at the museum!!
Registration link in bio.
We are celebrating International Museums Day with our annual programme 'A Weekend in Museums' and this edition focuses on Accessibility and Inclusion.
'A Weekend in Museums' began as an invitation to reimagine museum visits through play, movement, archives and film, and this year we are raising the question of who museums are built for. Join us as we explore the many ways through which museums can welcome every 'body.'
And if you cannot join us physically, we will have a parallel webspace where you can enjoy these programmes from your bed!
The full programme schedule is available in Indian Sign Language through the link in bio!
Popping up and saying hi cuz it’s been a while. We will share some things we have been up to in the last 6 months soon!
Image Description: Priyanka (on the left) and Shrey (on the right) sitting on two black folding Stockholm 2 stools. In the background there is an AutoFoto booth, storage shelves and a partially visible wheelchair. The flooring is terrazzo mosaic in warm grayish tones. Both Priyanka and Shrey are medium-light skinned south Asians in their thirties with short black hair. Priyanka is smiling wide and has a sweeping curtain fringe on one side of her forehead. She is wearing a dark blue full sleeved sweater and black pants and black hiking boots. Her boots have been adjusted to accommodate her AFOs (Ankle Foot Orthosis) that she is wearing on top of her pants. Both her hands are clasped together and resting on her lap.She is also wearing very cool earrings that are not very clearly visible. Shrey is sitting next to her and wearing a greenish checkered cotton shirt and dark blue dyke pants and black shoes with overpronation support (not visible). They are also wearing black rimmed glasses and a black side bag (also known as fanny pack) and an orange phone sling. Both his hands are resting on his knees. The image was taken at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.
I absolutely loved this photo from the 1977 San Francisco protests demanding regulation around Section 504 that prohibits discrimination against disabled people in federally funded spaces and programs. The 25-day 504 sit-in by over a 100 disabled activists is remembered as the longest non-violent occupation of a Federal building in US history.
The photo shows an unknown occupier kisses a guard on April 30th after the signing of the 504 regulations marking a victorious end to the protest.
I've laser etched this and other photos onto a stack of support letters that the protest received in 1977. Most notable among these are the Black Panther Party, Glide Memorial Church, Gay Men's Butterfly Brigade, Brick Hut Lesbian Cooperative, senators, union workers, and many many more.
Visitors are encouraged to take a support letter and be a support to their communities. As the stack depletes, a ghost image surfaces.
The paperweight is also etched with the image of this joyous kiss.
#504 #disability #protest
I love to share something meaningful that when I was previously in India, I struggled to manage my presentations because I hesitated to ask for help from family, friends, or mentors. Specifically, during my talks, I needed someone who understood my Hindi to repeat my words to ensure the audience understood me.
But after moving to Chicago for master degree, I was learning how to stand on my own without help, and I met incredible people—friends, mentors, and curators. I continued to build my strength and confidence by learning sign language from the Deaf community there.
Later, when I returned to India for a break, I was incredibly lucky to be invited by artists Pinka and Shreyasi from the Resting Museum to give a talk at the Kochi Biennale. I was anxious and nervous about the talk and how to manage the interpreter, as Indian Sign Language (ISL) is different from American Sign Language (ASL).
However, Pinka and Shreyasi kept searching for an ASL interpreter for me, making sure I was comfortable. They finally found and hired for us.
Even then, I was not ready to give the talk because I was nervous—it was my first time giving a talk entirely on my own in India. Thankfully, these people stood by me and encouraged me to speak for myself. I finally did it, using sign language and lip-reading. The feeling was pure joy and freedom. I remembered how I had to manage the pain, struggle, and patience to get to this point.
I don’t know how to express how thankful I am to them all.
@pinkapopsickle@wannabegarbagewarrior@__namc__@marioashleydsouza@radicallyrebecca@rajesh__manoharan@srvterp@muskanbhatiax@khemkabharat@namita.chadha@kochibiennale@restingmuseum
I truly appreciate their effort and support. I wanted to thanks to my special friends @pia_singh9@atelier_miltonmondal@tjb922 and @debangona
My final week at the Ann Getty Institute residency working on the historic 504 sit-ins in San Francisco, 1977.
Over 100 disabled activists sat-in for 26 days, making it the longest non-violent occupation of a Federal building in US history. Section 504 became the foundation for the American Disabilities Act 1990 which makes public transportation accessible to me so that I can make crazy artwork like this.
These are discarded books from the UC Berkeley library and other parts of SF crushed under 45k lbs of pressure by a concrete testing machine in the engineering lab, assisted by Sean Olson who is crazier than me.
Painted thereafter in siyah qalam. Miniature like this is traditionally painted on wasli paper made by gluing many layers of paper together to build its ability to withstand many layers of water-based pigment without buckling. Wasli comes from 'wasl' in Urdu meaning, 'joined' or 'union' like the coalition and support of the Black Panthers, to LGBT organisations, to local churches, restaurants and pharmacies, without whom the 504 sit-in would not have been possible.
The first painting is that of Ed Roberts and his wife Cathy, speaking at the Federal building during the protest. Ed played an important role at the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley. He was the first wheelchair user to attend at UC Berkeley.
#disabilityrights #ada #504
