Join BOP online to celebrate the release of the 2nd instalment of our access-centred digital arts platform: Locked World. (Event will be live captioned and sign language interpreted - more information below).

Visit Locked World here, to check out the artworks released in the 1st instalment, including an experimental essay by Sandra Alland, an audiovisual piece by Rylan Gleave, and a poetic dance film by Georgia Holman.

Context:

Back in 2020, in the midst of national lockdown across the UK, a group of disabled young artists in Scotland organised a digital pivot of their live production 'Locked World' and came up with the idea of a digital disabled-centred arts platform.

An arts platform which centres disabled experience as opposed to hiding it away. A digital space which centres accessibility, as opposed to hiding it away in the back-end of a website.

Join BOP and some of the artists who contributed to the instigation, development, and overall existence of Locked World for a jam-packed hour and a half of celebrating and exploring digital accessibility, creatively embedded access in digital artworks, and why digital access is still important beyond national lockdowns.

This event will take place on Zoom- the event link will be sent to you one day before the event.

BOP is funded by Creative Scotland. Locked World was further supported by Creative Scotland's Digital Pivot Initiative, Fine Day Studio, and The Recovery Fund, administered by Creative Scotland.

Access information:

The event will have live captions provided by Louisa McDaid and Karen Pritchard.

The event will have BSL interpretation by Catherine King and Nicolle Murdoch.

If you would benefit from arriving early to settle in to the Zoom, you are welcome to join from 6pm with camera and microphone off (please be aware that BSL and caption support will only be available only from 6.30pm).

If you have any specific access requirements for the event, please contact us on lockedworld@boptheatre.co.uk

Agenda:

6.30pm: Industry welcome by BOP Locked World team (Executive Director Mairi Taylor and Development Officer Morna McGeoch Fergus Arnott) who will introduce the project and talk about the process of facilitating the creation of Locked World.

7.00pm: Talk/presentation from one of the artists whose work is being premiered with this release of Locked World.

7.15pm: Comfort break.

7.30pm: Another talk/presentation from an artist who has contributed to the instigation, development, and overall existence of Locked World.

7.45pm: Space for Questions and discussions.

8.00pm: End of event- time to go and explore the new release of artworks!