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White background with the project WAIWAV in bright magenta pink. Below in black font is the full title: We Are Invisible We Are Visible
Welcome to this special edition of the newsletter. This time we are sharing more details about our ambitious We Are Invisible We Are Visible WAIWAV project - the winner of the Ampersand Award.

Tomorrow, Saturday 2 July 31 d/Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent artists will stage Dada inspired interventions in 30 museums and galleries across Britain and Northern Ireland to mark the 102nd anniversary of the 1st Dada International Exhibition in Berlin. Read on for more details about the event. We hope you can join us!​​ 

A film will be made to record the day which will be available online and in museums and galleries at a later date.

The DASH Team

 
About We Are Invisible We Are Visible
A poster for the WAIWAV event in the cut up style of dada. A black and white photo of a 1920's woman is centre, surrounded by brightly coloured cut out flowers, eyes, lamps and birds.
Image Credit: Sasha Saben-Callaghan

On Saturday 2 July 2022, 31 Disabled artists are set to disrupt 30 locations with surreal interventions, in recognition of the 102nd anniversary of the first Dada International Exhibition. Dada is dead. Long live Dada!​​​​​​​

Find out more information by visiting the DASH website project page.

Read the great article about the project, written by Colin Hambrook on the Disability Arts Online website.

Follow #WAIWAV on social media to learn more about the participating galleries and the artists and follow developments throughout the day!! If you visit any of the interventions on the day please share any posts using the tag @DASH_ARTS #WAIWAV

102 Ways to Celebrate Dada!
An image of a person with a fully covered head in bandages head, including ears. They wear a black ‘pork pie’ style hat, blacked out, bottle top goggles and a black mac style coat. Their white gloved hands are crossed in front of them just below their neck.

We've put together a list of 102 ways to celebrate Dada to mark this momentous occasion which is available to download on the DASH Blog page. ​​

We hope that people will join in the fun and post pictures, sound recordings on social media using the #WAIWAV and @DASH_ARTS

If you are planning on visiting a host venue, or joining in from elsewhere we'd love to hear from you! 

A landscape photographic image of a series of hats, walking sticks and pairs of shoes, fading across the screen. With the left hand view being the clearest the right hand side fading into darkness. The composition suggests that there is an invisible man standing in the shoes and wearing the hat.
Image Credit: Booker T

 WAIWAV Zine and Website

Open pages of the We Are Invisible We Are Visible zine. White pages with black text , apart from a secrton on the left hand side in dark moss green with white text. Across the top in the style of  cut out letters from a newspaper it reads; We Are Invisible We Are Visible. There is an image of a man wrapped in bandages and a hat and another of a person in water
Disability Arts Online have been commissioned by DASH to produce the WAIWAV zine and accompanying website. 

Attend an intervention at one of the 30 locations across Britain and Northern Ireland to pick up your free copy of this very special zine.

Visit the WAIWAV website to read more, hear from the artists and to find out about the participating galleries.

A film created for the event will also be available to view on the website at a later date. 
WAIWAV in the Media
Image of a person in an armchair with their head in their hands. There head is a mass of blue cord. There is a small yellow legged occasion table in the background. Below in brown text is the headline: 'Don't tone it down' - inside the invasion of British museums by disabled artists.
Visit the DASH Blog page to read more from The Guardian 

Visit the DASH Blog page to hear more from BBC 4's Front Row
Full programme transcription available. 
We hope that you are able to join us in whatever way you can in what promises to be an important moment for Disabled artists 
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