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I want you to be excited and inspired to submit strong work to Opulent Mobility. It’s my responsibility as the developer and curator to engage artists to help make Opulent Mobility a truly radical showcase for re-imagining disability. So I am offering a challenge.
I challenge you to imagine a world where mobility, disability, and access can be opulent.
I challenge you to approach the work with thoughtfulness, humor, creativity, and care.
Because if we do not imagine a better world, we can’t make one happen.
In return, I promise to share your work everywhere I can.
Submit your artwork at www.opulentmobility com
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
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Take a virtual walk through of the 2015 Opulent Mobility exhibit to learn more about the exhibit or scroll down to read the full description and collaborator listings!
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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.
OPULENT MOBILITY 2015
Curated by Zeina Baltagi, A. Laura Brody and Anthony Tusler
California State University, Northridge’s West Gallery
“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?
The artists and inventors of Opulent Mobility 2015 are Zeina Baltagi, Elaine Bereza and Claudia Barreto, A. Laura Brody, Bill Brody, Elise Jane Carmichael, Laura Darlington, Yaron Dotan, Michael Garlington, Gini, Dr. Ju Gosling, Seth David Isakson, Larissa Nickel, Baxx Vlada Pantelic, Penny Richards, Sandwishes Studios, Greg Schenk, Katherine Sherwood, Priscilla Sutton and Ian Wood.”
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