We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the place now called South Australia, and all First Peoples living and working on this land. We celebrate the history and contemporary creativity of the world’s oldest living culture and pay respect to Elders – past, present and future. We acknowledge Kaurna, Peramangk and Ngadjuri peoples on whose lands our events and activities are imagined, planned and held. This always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.

Disjunction is a disability-led platform expanding the field of contemporary arts.
Created by Tutti Arts.

Lorcan Hopper, a white male with a shaved head, stands with his hands up. Pink powder erupts across the bottom half of the image.
Tutti Artist Lorcan Hopper

What’s Disjunction?

Disjunction aims to bring the contemporary art world into generative dialogue with disability arts practice.

Its focus is on creative encounters between disabled and non-disabled artists, through:

  • collaborations
  • commissions
  • exhibition-making

Disjunction aims to:

  • Actively centre learning disabled and neurodiverse artists
  • Work in solidarity with the wider community of Deaf and disabled artists
  • Be an ally friendly space, welcoming the allyship of non-disabled people

Explore Disjunction

Creative Encounters

Learn about projects, collaborations, ideas and opportunities that underline disabled and non-disabled artists working together.

A box full of pencil shavings and six plastic pencil sharpeners in different colours and sizes.

Being Artists: Embracing curiosity and the risks of discovering the unknown

Article

Gaele Sobott explores the Reaching Out project, questioning the current ways we share our art – and what opportunities are made available to whom.
William Gregory and Mawarini at the opening event of Fantasy Estate at Carrick Hill.

Fantasy Estate

Artwork
by William Gregory Mawarini

A collaborative project exploring the history and folklore of 1930s estate Carrick Hill.

Mineral Lines

Artwork
by Jackie Saunders Laura Wills

An exhibition of dynamic and colourful works on paper, inspired by the mineral collection at the South Australian Museum.

Kurt Bosecke and Emmaline Zanelli speak to a loosely assembled crowd in front of a large painting

Nutritional Index

Artwork
by Kurt Bosecke Emmaline Zanelli

Using food and nutrition as their lens, two artists playfully reinterpreted the collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Reaching Out

Artwork

Reaching Out is a pilot project by Tutti Arts. Learning disabled and neurodiverse visual artists from Tutti Arts worked alongside non-disabled peers. The artists worked in pairs and responded to cultural institutions. 
Posters featuring large hand written text cover a freestanding wall. Behind it the walls are covered in art and more posters

Podcast – World Changers: ‘Becoming an “irregular” art school’

Conversation

Lead researcher Jade French discusses a new project at the University of Leeds which is seeking to boost the recognition and celebration of learning disabled artists.
Ella, a member of Next Step Pyramid. Courtesy of Pyramid

Becoming an ‘Irregular’ Art School

Article
by Dr Jade French

‘Irregular Art School’ is a UK based project centring learning disabled artists. It is led by researcher Dr Jade French at the University of Leeds. It is a practice based research project. Working in partnership with Leeds based disability art studio Pyramid.

At its core, ‘Irregular Art School’ explores ‘Who can be an artist?’