a person's hands crafting a collage from magazines and photographs.

welcome to trigger warning

AN ARTISTIC EXPERIMENT BY MARY KATE ASHE

IN-Person & ONLINE : CLOSED

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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




A work in progress collage featuring a receipt with the words "Scan QR code" and a glimpse of the artist as teen smiling peaking from behind it.



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.

An i-phone with a the screen display that has a collage on the top half. Below it says "Welcome" as a header followed by "I'm so glad you're here". There are then two choices, A. I'm ready to start and B. Exit. followed by a white OK button.


Remote experience:

The link above will bring you directly to the story ​and give you directions on how to interact.


An laptop with a screen display that says "Welcome" as a header followed by "I'm so glad you're here". There are then two choices, A. I'm ready to start and B. Exit. followed by a white OK button.
a phone with a photo of a post-it note that says "is age the primary threshold that is disregarded with bad effects?"

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


Collage in progress: a phone with a spreadsheet open, photos, decorative paper, glittery stickers, a label maker, a glimpse of Emma Stone's eye poking through the pile.

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