CRIP DREAM WORK emerges from a public programme that unfolded across cultural institutions in Belgium throughout September and October 2026. Developed by Affinity Collective — a new project for, by and with the crip*, neurodivergent, mad* and chronically unwell community — the series invited participants into workshops, conversations and shared practices centring on lived experience often excluded from cultural spaces.
- As part of
- Brussels Ass Book Fair
- Date
- 13:30 — 14:30
- Location
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Box 2
Rooted in disability justice, queercrip thinking and feminist critiques of care, CRIP DREAM WORK challenges cultural institutions to rethink themselves: to treat access as a collective responsibility, to embrace interdependence as a political stance against ableist isolation, and to recognise the practical, first-hand knowledge of disabled people for its transformative world‑building potential. During the programme, artists, writers and community members explored how compulsory able‑body-mindedness shapes cultural production, how gendered norms rely on fantasies of non‑disabled bodies, and how crip and queer activism can open up new possibilities for collective futures.
For the Brussels Ass Book Fair, Kopano Maroga, Anaïs Van Ertvelde and Mira Thompson gather for a panel discussion, drawing on their respective practices and experiences. The event also marks the launch of a new publication that took shape during the CRIP DREAM WORK-project, a document of shared strategies, reflections and dreams shaped collectively throughout the programme.
Curated by Bethan Burnside, Affinity Collective. Part of Halaqat – funded by the EU, implemented by the Goethe-Institut.