Dead Ends & Detours
A Next Wave x PICA co-commission and generously supported by the DLGSC.
An epic wheelchair obstacle course that challenges you to think about the way you move through urban space. Sit down and go!
How do you move through the world in a wheelchair when there’s an obstacle around every corner?
It can be ruff going in the burbs when you use a wheelchair, barking dogs and rocky paths are constant (annoying) companions. In this large-scale participatory art installation, you will navigate your way in wheels through an array of sculptures and site-specific interventions. Grab a wheelchair and go! Can you get over through that sand pit? Why won’t this gate open? Beat your mates, beat your best time and take home the golden cushion.
Artist Bruno Booth has produced a daring and cheeky obstacle course, which asks us to rethink the viewing of limited mobility as a burden by turning it into a game with challenges to overcome.