Access Kitchen explores questions that challenge conventional narratives around access and ableism. What do we carry into our shared spaces when we embrace a social understanding of accessibility—one that encompasses not just physical access, but also emotional, intellectual, and social dimensions? What transformative possibilities arise when we conceptualize access not merely as a challenge to be addressed, but as a rich aesthetic experience to be celebrated? The installation responds to these questions by varying entry points, meeting access as cravings to be met and collective desire for more ways of gathering together.
Group collaborative work within a workshop created by Staci Bu Shea and Mira Thompson
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Rietveld UNCUT, 2025, Amsterdam, Netherlan