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Black Crip Justice: Building Towards an Accessible Abolitionist Future Through Creative Practice and Praxis

  • Syrus Marcus Ware

I will be exploring Black liberators’ struggles and their links to disability justice. I will explore Black crip methodologies for creation and will showcase some new works. Thinking about irresistible revolutions and future systems change, I will consider what is needed for a thriving Black crip future.

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Syrus looks at the camera, smiling. He is a Black trans man and he is wearing a bright African print textile jacket and bright Blue lipstick and purple eyeshadow. He has a short beard. He is standing in front of a bookshelf in the sun.

Syrus Marcus Ware is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Arts, McMaster. He holds a PhD from York University in the Faculty of Environmental Studies. Syrus is a Vanier scholar, visual artist, activist, curator and educator. Syrus uses drawing, installation and performance to explore social justice frameworks and black activist culture, and he’s shown widely in galleries and festivals across Canada. He is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter- Canada, a core-team member of Black Lives Matter – Toronto, and a part of the Performance Disability Art Collective. His on-going curatorial work includes That’s So Gay (Gladstone Hotel, 2016-2019) and BlacknessYes!/Blockorama (2003-present). 

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