Leonardo CripTech Incubator is an art and technology fellowship for disability innovation. Encompassing residencies, workshops, presentations, publications, and education, the organization creates a platform for disabled artists to engage and remake creative technologies through the lens of accessibility. Employing a broad understanding of technologies, including prosthetic tools, neural networks, software, and the built environment, CripTech Incubator reimagines enshrined notions of how a body-mind can move, look, communicate.
Bow Bridge was engaged by Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology in 2023 to promote the presentation of Experiments in Art, Access, and Technology (E.A.A.T.), an exhibition of new work by artists Meesh Fradkin, Carmen Papalia, Josephine Sales, Andy Slater, and Olivia Ting at UC Irvine Claire Trevor School of the Arts’ Beall Center for Art + Technology. E.A.A.T. emerged from a broader program under Leonardo CripTech Incubator linking artists, communities, institutions, and ways of knowing through the full cycle of creative access.
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Top Photograph: Close-up of central chandelier in Meesh Fradkin’s Babbel, 2023, in exhibition Experiments in Art Access & Technology (E.A.A.T.). Photo courtesy of Leonardo CripTech Incubator. Inset Photograph: Olivia Ting, Still from Song without Words, 2023, multichannel installation on view in exhibition Experiments in Art Access & Technology (E.A.A.T.). Photo courtesy of Leonardo CripTech Incubator.