"an open relationship with time;" crip time and crip materiality, with disabled clay artist Car Riegger [S4E1]
Content note: this episode contains discussion of human specimens displayed for public viewing
On this episode, Elle welcomes Car Riegger, a chronically ill and disabled artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Riegger, is pursuing their MFA, focusing on sculpture in clay and glass to express their experiences with disability. They discusses crip materiality and the display of disabled bodies after a recent research visit to the Mutter Museum. Riegger emphasizes the importance of community and connection within the disabled community, which sustains them through her artistic practice and personal challenges. The conversation also touches on the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on their lives and careers.
Links to Car’s work, as well as all other resource links, are in the full show notes at hoorfpodcast.com
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Episode Resources
Introducing Crip Materiality, by Jessica A. Cooley: https://jessicacooley.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/cooley_crip-materiality_routledge.pdf
The Mutter Museum: https://muttermuseum.org/
Guest Spotlight: Car Riegger
color headshot: Car Riegger is a white nonbinary person with shoulder-length purple hair, two lip piercings, and round metal-framed eyeglasses. Car is wearing a black collared shirt with gold accects, and a black vest. They are standing behind a glass and clay scuplture, and they look professional and confident.
Carly “Car” Riegger is a chronically ill and disabled artist from Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since finding clay, they have been able to express their illness in ways that words could not. Their artwork naturally merged with their experiences with disability. One of Riegger’s biggest projects included a panel and exhibition called #CripClay which was featured at NCECA in Cincinnati, OH in 2023. This exhibition included all artists with disabilities, which was the first of its kind at the conference. Riegger is also the recipient of the 2024 Midwest Artists with Disabilities Award. They have an MA in Disability Studies from The City University of New York, and currently, they are pursuing an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Both Riegger’s artwork and career goals involve disability inclusion and rights. They are working to expand how the arts communities work with artists with disabilities and how disability communities utilize art to express complex disabled ideas.
Website: www.carlyriegger.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/carlyriegger
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