Yucky Reading Room
The Reading Room is a space to encourage conversation and self-education. It is a room for guests to gather, learn, explore and critique the ideas shared across ACE’s galleries.
Yucky Reading Room
For the Yucky Reading Room, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) has gathered rich texts, audio and video that have inspired each exhibition artist. The resulting collection engages with topics such as illness, the abject, disability, access advocacy, and the body as a political state.
The Yucky Reading Room and the exhibition’s public programs will share this space to encourage conversation and self-education. It is a room for guests to gather, learn, explore and critique the ideas shared across ACE’s galleries.
Additionally, a suite of digital resources have been made available for audiences who cannot access the gallery, extending Yucky’s presence beyond these walls.
The Yucky Reading Room is a space where you can relax, reflect and dig deeper into the ideas shared in the Yucky exhibition.
Spotify and Youtube
We have curated a collection of podcasts, lectures and audio readings in response to the themes in Yucky.
ABC Radio National 'The Art Show'
Interview with exhibiting artists on opening night of Yucky in conversation with Anita Barraud.
(Yucky conversation starts at ~28:22)
Transcript is available on the link above.
Resources
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Book List
Sick Woman Theory Johanna Hedva
Show Me Where it Hurts Kylie Maslen
Ill Feelings Alice Hattrick
Savouring Disgust Carolyn Korsmeyer
Mind On Fire Arnold Thomas Fanning
The Rapids: Ways of Looking at Mania Sam Twyford-Moore
Care Work, Dreaming Disability Justice Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna-Samarasinha
The Future is Disabled Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna-Samarasinha
Sitting Pretty Rebekah Taussig
Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century Alice Wong
Growing up Disabled in Australia edited by Carly Findlay
Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy
Human Looking Andy Jackson
The Pain Journal Bob Flanagan
The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham Audio Book
The Chrysalids John Wyndham
Available in the ACE Reading Room:
Visit ACE to enjoy these Yucky resources.
Visit our Youtube for chapter readings to some of our resources
Sick Woman Theory Johanna Hedva
Show Me Where it Hurts Kylie Maslen
Ill Feelings Alice Hattrick
Savouring Disgust Carolyn Korsmeyer
Mind On Fire Arnold Thomas Fanning
The Rapids: Ways of Looking at Mania Sam Twyford-Moore
Care Work, Dreaming Disability Justice Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna-Samarasinha
The Future is Disabled Leah Lakshmi-Piepzna-Samarasinha
Sitting Pretty Rebekah Taussig
Disability Visibility: First Person Stories from the 21st Century Alice Wong
Growing up Disabled in Australia edited by Carly Findlay
Autobiography of a Face Lucy Grealy
Human Looking Andy Jackson
The Pain Journal Bob Flanagan
The Yucky Reading Room is supported by the City of Adelaide.
