DisTopia

Join DisTopia hosts Jill Vyn and Chris Smit for a candid discussion with Disability activist and photographer Anthony Tusler who talks about the odd convergence of the coronavirus and the release of t...

10 Apr 202023min

Join DisTopia hosts Chris Smit and Jill Vyn as they talk to Disabled artist Robert Andy Coombs about his work, life, and reality during this time of quarantine. This episode is part of the My Dearest ...

6 Apr 202019min

During this time of social distancing and isolation, DisArt and artist Oaklee Thiele seek to create an inclusive documentation of our experiences as a Disabled community. Join the team as they talk ab...

3 Apr 202017min

DisTopia connected with the curators of this groundbreaking exhibition Recoding CripTech. Curated for SOMARTS by Vanessa Chang and Lindsey D. Felt, Recoding CripTech reimagines enshrined notions of w...

22 Jan 202017min

Join Jill and Chris for an in-depth discussion of the new film The Upside starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman. Have we progressed since the Me Before You debacle of 2016? Tune in to...

27 Mar 201939min

Join your hosts Jill and Chris for an in-depth interview with the Disabled activist Judy Heumann. One of the first troubadours of Disability Culture, Heumann talks about her own story of disability, t...

27 Mar 20191h 6min

Join your hosts Jill and Chris for conversation with the critically acclaimed contemporary artist Chun-Shan (Sandie) Yi. Sandie is an artist, disability activist, and scholar. Her interdisciplinary pr...

27 Mar 201948min

Join your hosts Chris and Jill for an intimate conversation with the artist and author Brian Catling. Catling is a novelist, poet and artist whose practice reaches across painting, sculpture, installa...

27 Mar 201940min