welcome to trigger warning
AN ARTISTIC EXPERIMENT BY MARY KATE ASHE
IN-Person & ONLINE : CLOSED
CHECK BACK SOON FOR RESULTS
Trigger Warning is a self-paced interactive story that guides viewers through the artist's perspective of seeing her own troubling experiences reflected in film and television. To continue through the story, the reader must reveal their own experiences and opinions. The in-person exhibition will showcase these anonymous viewer responses and opinions, transforming them into pieces of visual art.
The main content of the piece is in written English and accessed through the viewer's personal device (phone, iPad, laptop). Limited devices and chargers are available to borrow.
email: contact.triggerwarning.art@gmail.com
instagram: triggerwarning.art
In-person experience:
Upon arrival, scan a QR code that will open the story on your personal device. You will remain on your phone/tablet/device throughout. Soft instrumental music will play in the background; feel free to bring headphones/earplugs if this impacts your reading comfort or you’d just like to listen to your own music.
Inside the exhibit room, the creator will craft collages using anonymous answers that have been submitted by in-person and remote audience members. You will be invited to join in the collaging if you finish before the exhibit closes for the day. This is completely optional.
Audience members will conclude their experiences at different times due to the self-guided design.
Remote experience:
The link above will bring you directly to the story and give you directions on how to interact.
Accessibility
Trigger Warning has been designed with accessibility in mind. It is presented in written English* which benefits those of us that use captions. There is no spoken language in this piece.
The piece is also screenreader compatible. Each image has been assigned alt text written carefully by the artist. If you plan to use a screenreader in person please bring headphones.
At the beginning of the experience you will have the option to look at a list of content warnings. At that time, as well as many others throughout, you will be given the option to end the experience at that time.
All in-person experiences will have low lights and soft music. Patrons are free to move around the room, come in and out as the please, and participate at their own pace. Headphones or earplugs are recommended if outside noise disrupts your ease of reading.
Dovecot Studios Accessibility (EdFringe Venue)
*Additional written languages available upon request
About the Artist
Mary Kate is an accessibility professional based in Chicago, IL. She currently works as the head of the Accessibility Program at SXSW, Chicago International Film Festival bringing more interpreting, captioning, audio description and creative accessibility planning to these large artistic events.
Mary Kate has been working on making the arts creatively accessible since she took her “Deaf Theater” course in her Deaf Studies program at Columbia College Chicago. Since then she has created, designed, directed, performed and advised on many theatrical and film productions.
MK uses spoken and written English, American Sign Language and is working hard on her BSL proficiency.
If you’d like to chat with her about Accessibility, you can contact her at mk@artisticaccessibility.com