Vital Capacities

All four artists’ work, beginning bottom right clockwise: Nadine Mckenzie, A Will, My Wheels and a Way, 2021; …kruse, Directionsgreat to Storyplace, 2021; Siphenathi Mayekiso, Echoes of Identity, 2021; artwork still, Ecologies of Belonging (a Meditation in Progress) by Rebekah Ubuntu, courtesy of the Artist. Find Rebekah online @rebekahubuntu. All four artists’ work, beginning bottom right clockwise: Nadine Mckenzie, A Will, My Wheels and a Way, 2021; …kruse, Directionsgreat to Storyplace, 2021; Siphenathi Mayekiso, Echoes of Identity, 2021; artwork still, Ecologies of Belonging (a Meditation in Progress) by Rebekah Ubuntu, courtesy of the Artist. Find Rebekah online @rebekahubuntu.

“Sarah is an extraordinary inclusion specialist, she has worked with videoclub on Vital Capacities - our inclusive online residency - since launching in 2020. Guiding us in making sure the platform is accessible to artists and audiences, advising on web accessibility, access streams, and, most importantly, supporting and encouraging artists in residence to create content that is creatively accessible. Using her excellent skills in creatively guiding and gently supporting people in developing inclusive knowledge and methods to apply to their practices. ”

Jamie Wyld - Founder of VitalCapacities

An accessible, purpose-built digital residency space that supports artists’ practice while engaging a diversity of audiences with their work.

Vital Capacities was a project designed in response to the pandemic with the aim of providing a viable alternative residency platform for artists in the UK and beyond we created a new way of developing and showing work that our resident artists find nourishing, supportive and accessible.

As digital inclusion specialist for the project, I support artists induction and the development of the inclusive culture feel of the residencies as well as supporting the development of the access streams for the artists. This involves my own audio description but also commissioning some of the best artists working in the field to support the accessibility of the artist’s r&d and final exhibited pieces.

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