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Opulent Mobility asks you to re-imagine disability! The challenge is to imagine a world where mobility, disability, and access are not merely functional, but opulent.
Opulent Mobility 2019 is now online. We will start taking submissions for next year’s exhibit at UCPLA’s Washington Reid Gallery in March of 2020.
This year’s physical exhibit will be at the Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound September 14th- October 19th.
Opulent, adjective
1. Characterized by extravagant, ostentatious magnificence: lavish, lush, luxurious, palatial, plush, rich, sumptuous
2. Given to or marked by unrestrained abundance: Extravagant, exuberant, luxuriant, prodigal, profuse, riotous, superabundant
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Photos of A. Laura Brody’s work are available on Etsy. Any profits from these sales will help make Opulent Mobility exhibits and projects possible.
Take a virtual walk through of the 2015 Opulent Mobility exhibit to learn more about the exhibit and scroll down to find more information, links, press, and our Facebook page.
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- Opulent Mobility logo by the Public Design Hub at CSUN
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- Ian Wood’s “Morning”
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- From left to right: Baxx Vlada Pantelic’s animated “Butter Chair/ Wheel Fly” and Dr. Ju Gosling’s “Opening Doors”
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- Seth David Isakson’s “Pogo Crutch”
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- Foreground: A. Laura Brody’s “Nebula Enthroned”. Background: A. Laura Brody’s “Le Flaneur”
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- Seth David Isakson’s “Trickledown Economics Machine”
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- Larissa Nickel’s “Human Limb Project/ Architech Me”
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- Gini’s “Creating Freedom”
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- Gini’s “Wheelbourne Venus”
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- Greg Schenk’s “Crawler”
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- Katherine Sherwood’s “After Ingres”
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- A. Laura Brody’s “Jazzy Peacock Scooter”
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- Elaine Bereza and Claudia Barreto’s “PeaCane”
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- From left to right: Zeina Baltagi’s “Arrested Mobility” and Bill Brody’s “Cane With the Head of a Woman”
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- Yaron Dotan’s “Nightmare”
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- From left to right: Michael Garlington’s “Wheel Chair of Babel” and “Black Mermaid”
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- Laura Darlington’s “Modern Carriage”
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- Below: Elise Jane Carmichael’s “Patterns of the Land”
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- Above: Priscilla Sutton’s “Spare Parts”
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- Sandwishes Studio’s “The Rally”
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- Penny Richards’ “Steampunk Submarine”. Photo by Anthony Tusler.
All photos by A. Laura Brody unless otherwise noted.
Photos from OPULENT MOBILITY 2015, Curated by Zeina Baltagi, A. Laura Brody and Anthony Tusler
“Opulent Mobility is a groundbreaking international exhibit of art, designs and inventions dealing with disability and mobility.
Wheelchairs, walkers, prosthetics, crutches and other assistive technology devices are part of our lives, but they’ve been left in the dust when it comes to custom design innovation and personalization. There are hundreds of thousands of designs for glasses, chairs and technology of other kinds. Why not assistive technology?
For an interview about Opulent Mobility 2015 on KCRW with Frances Anderton of DnA, go to http://blogs.kcrw.com/dna/laura-brody-pimps-out-wheelchairs-and-walkers-in-exhibit-opulent-mobility
To keep in touch with Opulent Mobility on Facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/Opulent-Mobility-178272499023481/
Pictures from Opulent Mobility 2013 are at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Opulent-Mobility/178272499023481 and at