And today is International Day of Persons with Disability (not our choice of words, but we’re not arguing with the United Nations). As they say: Persons with disabilities, “the world’s largest minority”, often face barriers to participation in all aspects of society. Barriers can take a variety of forms, including those relating to the physical [...]
This year has been an important year – not least for Jez Colborne who has stretched his musicianship into new territories, and given loads of pleasure to loads of people as he’s done so. Be prepared to be seduced: Jez Colborne wants people to take his work seriously, and judging by the responses to his [...]
Our PUSH ME documentary is coming to Bradford! Yup – you don’t have to sit and watch it on your little computer screen – you can watch it in full beautiful enormous loveliness at the National Media Museum in Bradford on the 3rd December – as part of International Day of People with Disability. It’s [...]
It’s all kicking off today – Total Permission, our 30 minute documentary on the Unlimited Projects is up in The Space – AND the documentary and the PUSH ME project are one of Arts Council England’s new case studies celebrating 18 years of lottery funding and showcasing just what lottery cash can do.
Jez is a singer, songwriter and performer who seems in constant ‘stretch’ – always travelling, pushing himself and taking on new roles. For Unlimited he went further than ever before – challenging his fears and the expectations of others. Love it. Jez Colborne is a composer, musician and performer with Williams syndrome. As a child [...]
We aren’t the only ones counting down – Watershed, the executive producers of PUSH ME are also on a roll, showing one PUSH ME short a day too until 2nd Dec and then hosting the cinema premiere of the documentary Total Permission at their base in Bristol.
PUSH ME has been sighted at a handful of events in the last month and it’s been very exciting to guage people’s reactions to the first 12 short films in the PUSH ME Collection and to see what people make of them under the radar. At DigitalBrighton on the 4th September we were able to [...]
Yesterday we were delighted to see our 2nd set of PUSH ME films grow in The Space to four. Bobby Baker, Laurence Clark and Sue Austin join Rachel Gadsden in Push Me Collection – The Journey. With another eight to be uploaded by The Space, we thought it would be timely to share with you [...]
Not many people get to stand on the roof of the Royal Festival Hall and have a camera on a crane fly at and past them – placing them in the centre of London’s iconic landmarks. Yesterday Jez Colborne had this experience as we filmed him for the PUSH ME documentary, winding his siren [...]
Great to be down at the Southbank and see so many of our PUSH ME artists sharing there work with wider audiences – and also with each other. Although we on the team know the artists and their work well – it’s easy to forget that they don’t know each other. It’s brilliant for PUSH [...]
We have spent much of the weekend bumping into our Push Me artists out there promoting their work and in repose, soaking up the atmosphere of this extraordinary week for disabled people everywhere. The Southbank is awash with people enjoying not only the rich feast that the Unlimited Festival has brought to the capital but the [...]
It is with immense pride (and quite a bit of sweat) we can finally announce that all our 12 PUSH ME artists now have their first 90 second films in The Space!
A number of the fantastic artists involved with PUSH ME are pushing their stuff out there this month in the lead up to September’s big showcase at the Southbank. We’ve been hard at work reading and collating some of the reviews of the on Disability Arts Online so you can find them all in one [...]
Extraordinary. Unlimited. In 90 seconds. If you go to Arts Council England and BBC’s The Space today – you’ll see that PUSH ME is currently on the front page with our 90 second feature on Jez Colborne. We are delighted to be there! So first, push this lot for 90 seconds… Dive deep with Sue Austin and ‘Creating The Spectacle!’ [...]
“If we get the festival right, people will remember 2012 not just for amazing sport, but for unforgettable art as well.” So says London 2012 Festival Director Ruth Mackenzie in the hot-off-the-press official guide to the London 2012 Festival – and we agree, especially in relation to our artists!