Moira Williams
Access to NYC’s public waterways and accessibility for disabled people to public waterways rarely mean the same thing. Disability Justice believes in looking beyond ADA accessibility and architectural accommodation. Mia Mingus, a Disability Justice scholar and activist coined the phrase “access intimacy” that describes accessibility beyond ADA as an attitude; “that hard to describe feeling when someone else ‘gets’ your access needs.”
Crip’d Fleets: Overflows + Disruptions supports this understanding of accessibility as an attitude and aims to collectively turn several NYC waterfront access points into Accessible Water Intimacy Points. Between May and June, Artist moira williams will navigate with disabled people across disability towards waterfront access points throughout NYC to be with water and co-create virtual and physical performances, Access Care Flags, Accessible Water Intimacy Points and a Disability Dance Party on a boat.
