SATURDAY STORIES
- The Traveled Path Collaborative
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SATURDAY STORIES
FEATURED FEMALE
Meet: A. Laura Brody
Where is your Hometown? Originally from Fairbanks, Alaska, now in Monrovia, CA
Favorite movie/song/book?
Movie: big fan of Harold and Maude
Song: way too many to mention but I've got a soft spot for Joni Mitchell and her work with Brandi Carlisle
Book: Recent favorites are William Gibson's The Peripheral and a re-read of the Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett
What’s your sign? Capricorn with Scorpio rising
Favorite place on earth? Recently, Angeles Crest Forest and places with great neighborhood foraging. I also loved New Zealand and would go there again in a heartbeat.
What inspires you? I am inspired by nature (especially plants), artists, educators, dreamers, science, music, and social justice. I also really love finding out how to make things from scratch.
BIO/STORY
A. Laura Brody is a professional costume maker, artist, and the founder of Opulent Mobility; a series of group exhibits that ask artists to reimagine disability as opulent and powerful. The idea for these exhibits began when her former partner had a stroke. During his physical therapy, she met an 85-year-old man and a four-year-old girl doing stroke rehab. It was clear that disability could happen to anyone at any age for any reason. But why did the devices look so cold and clinical? She made her own fancy wheelchairs, learned from her mistakes, and invited others to re-imagine disability through the lens of art.
Opulent Mobility started in 2013 as a small show at the Bell Arts Factory in Ventura and since then has grown to become an international exhibition. The exhibits have been featured in the Improvised Life, Shoutout LA, and on Frances Anderton’s radio program DnA. The 2015-2022 exhibits were co-curated by the disability activist and photographer Anthony Tusler. Opulent Mobility 2022 is online at www.opulentmobility.com and the Opulent Mobility 2023 call for art is now open.
Where can we find you?
Website www.dreamsbymachine.com and www.opulentmobility.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/a.laura.brody
Instagram:
@a.laurabrody and @opulentmobility
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