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«Crip Joy & Disabled Futures»
Criptonite

LabCovid Safe Space

Together with ten Swiss artists, Criptonite and Touretteshero will explore joy and disabled futures.

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  • Sat 22/08–Thu 27/08

    Nordflügel

Four performers in motion. They are captured in a blurred shot, so their faces are unrecognizable. Copyright: Mayar El Bakry
  • Translation in DSGS
  • Relaxed Setting
  • Spoken English

Criptonite’s second Lab focuses on storytelling, humor, and joy. Ten disabled, Deaf and/or chronically ill artists from Switzerland have been invited by Criptonite to network, present their own artistic practices and further develop them. They focus on joy, desire and pleasure and on a future in which disabled people are equal members of society. The British company Touretteshero will lead a multi-day workshop. In addition, there will be warm-ups, presentations, opportunities to share and develop one’s own artistic practice, and moments of community.

Public events as part of the lab

On Sunday 23 August, from 3 pm to 5.30 pm, a public hangout space for people with disabilities and chronic illnesses will take place in collaboration with ZAK – Zürich Access Kultur. We’ll be doing crafts, having snacks, chatting and relaxing together.

On Thursday 27 August at 6 pm to 7.30 pm, there will be a public sharing where experiences and practices from the lab will be shared publicly and the topic ‘Crip Joy and Disabled Futures’ will be discussed.

Admission is free for both events.

Information on accessibility and language

  • Step-free access

  • Relaxed Setting

  • Language: Spoken English and Swiss German Sign Language

  • Covid Safer Space: This event is being held as a Covid Safer event. Testing and face coverings are compulsory. Tests and masks will be provided on site.

  • Beanbags for public events can be reserved via barrierefreiheit@gessnerallee.ch.

  • Artistic Director:
    Edwin Ramirez, Nina Mühlemann
    Production management:
    Laeticia Blättler (Moin Moin Productions)

  • Criptonite is a crip-queer theatre project founded in 2020 by Zurich-based artists Edwin Ramirez (they/them, none) and Nina Mühlemann (they/them, none). Criptonite's plays work with aesthetics of access and focus on the perceptual styles and experiences of disabled people. Criptonite’s latest production, ‘Bioluminescence’, premiered at the Tanzhaus Zürich in the summer of 2025, whilst the production ‘Pleasure’ was on an international tour. In addition to stage work, Criptonite also organizes community events such as labs, workshops, and other events. Criptonite has received multi-year concept funding from the City of Zurich for the years 2024–2027.

  • Stadt Zürich Kultur, Kanton Zürich Fachstelle Kultur

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