Debra Keenahan’s solo exhibition BEING DIFFERENT invites viewers to see, feel, hear and think about the physical and social world from the perspective of a person with dwarfism.

“Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It’s one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice” Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones).

This quote from the lived experience of an internationally renowned actor reflects the purpose of this project – to address this age-old prejudice.

BEING DIFFERENT is a creative happening which presents multiple artworks across a variety of mediums – photography, sculpture, performance, VR, sound-art and workshops. It draws upon the lived experience of the principal artist and encourages understanding of the critical social model of disability as reflected in Debra’s comment – “My dwarfism doesn’t disable me. What disables me are people’s attitudes to my dwarfism”.

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