Bionic People

Short description: Two-day filmmaking workshop with John Williams for disabled artists and filmmakers, part of DaDaFest 2012
Monday 30 & Tuesday 31 July 2012, 10am-6pm
Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX


Bionic People is a two-day participatory workshop with award-winning filmmaker John Williams to create short films that imaginatively address themes of disability, bioethics and prosthetics. This practical and inspiring workshop is for disabled artists who already work with film/video and emerging disabled filmmakers who want to explore and extend their work in these media.


John Williams is a writer/director with over 10 years experience. His films combine live action, animation and visual effects, engagingly dealing with highly sensitive subjects, including mental health (‘Robots’), young children dealing with the death of a friend (‘Hibernation’) and a child’s complex feelings towards his robotic dialysis machine (‘Paraphernalia’).


British Sign Language interpretation or other support will be offered.


To apply to take part please send a CV, contact details and short statement to admin@artscatalyst.org or telephone 020 7257 8567, by 16 July 2012.


This is the fourth event in the Specimens to Superhumans series curated by The Arts Catalyst with Shape and supported by a Wellcome Trust Peoples Award takes place as part of DaDaFest 2012.