Giants
Giants is a major photographic exhibition charting the journey of disabled people and their struggle for equality. There are 12 larger-than-life- portraits of disabled and deaf people at its centrepiece. It is not simply about the portraits being big. It is the vision that we, the viewers, have of disabled people once we have seen them as Giants.
Giants explores visually and in words how disabled and deaf people have been medicalised, marginalized and incarcerated.
Giants challenges our perception of disabled people once we start seeing images larger than life encouraging us to accept a larger role for disabled people in society.
Giants was photographed by David Hevey, designed by Helena Roden, produced by Shape, funded by the Disability Rights Commission and supported by the Mayor of London. Giants was commissioned to celebrate the European Year of Disabled People in 2003.
Following the exhibition at the Discovery Museum, Giants is available to be booked by local organisations of disabled people, local authorities and interested groups. For details please contact Shape.
For more information on the Giants call us on 0207 619 6169, Minicom: 0207 619 6161 or email mark@shapearts.org.uk
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