I Wanna Be With You Everywhere
Whether in the virtual space of a Zoom call or the in-person space of an art museum, the members of the cross-disability collective I Wanna Be With You Everywhere (IWBWYE) find joy in coming together. Steered by the artists and writers Amalle Dublon, Jerron Herman, Carolyn Lazard, Park McArthur, Alice Sheppard, and Constantina Zavitsanos, the collective produces uniquely accessible events for an ever-expanding vision of cross-disability community. Recognizing that through a lack of access, disability communities are often barred from cultural institutions and social resources, the collective creates expansive models of creative access. “We—disabled folks, disabled artists—often do a lot alone,” says Herman. “It takes a little bit of courage to say, instead of allowing systems to separate me and to isolate me, I want to be a part.” Capturing the greater I Wanna Be With You Everywhere community at work and at play, this documentary short embraces the collective’s commitment to an aesthetics which incorporates collectively made creative access while highlighting integrated audio description, open captioning, descriptive audio narration, and ASL interpretation integrated into the film itself.
Credits
Director & Producer: Andrea Chung, Adam Golfer. Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski. Series Producer: Nick Ravich. Associate Curator: Jurrell Lewis. Editor: Danya Abt. Cinematography: Adam Golfer. Additional Camera: Daniel Shea, Hannah Whisenant. Sound: Turner Curran, TJ Proechel. Assistant Editor: Stephanie Cen, Sarah Yi Fineman, Michelle Hanks. Color Correction: Cédric von Niederhäusern. Sound Design & Mix: Micah Garrido. Music: JJJJJerome Ellis. Design & Graphics: Chips. Audio Description: A. Sef. Blind Quality Control: Robert Kingett. ASL: D-PAN.
Artwork Courtesy: Amalle Dublon, Jerron Herman, Carolyn Lazard, Park McArthur, Alice Sheppard, Constantina Zavitsanos.
Thanks: Jia Bin, Bojana Coklyat, Crip Movement Lab, Delicia Daniels, Conor Foran, Kayla Hamilton, Kristel Kubart, Elizabeth Motley, People Who Stutter Create, Performance Space, Michelle Lisa Polissaint, Alexandria Wales, Whitney Museum, Madison Zalopany.
New York Close Up is made possible with support from Jane and James Cohan, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Every Page Foundation, the Henry Nias Foundation, and individual contributors.
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I Wanna Be With You Everywhere (IWBWYE) is a group of disabled artists, writers, and organizers collectively producing cross-disability community gatherings by and for disabled people. Since 2019, IWBWYE has centered disability arts and aesthetics at every level of production—from conception to reception—while building the necessary accessibility and infrastructure for the cross-disability community to flourish both remotely and in-person. The collective’s steering committee includes Amalle Dublon, Jerron Herman, Carolyn Lazard, Park McArthur, Alice Sheppard, and Constantina Zavitsanos. Throughout their work as a collective, they offer new visions of togetherness and artistic practice, embracing what Herman refers to as “the beauty of the mess.”
“We—disabled folks, disabled artists—often do a lot alone. It takes a little bit of courage to say, instead of allowing systems to separate me and to isolate me, I want to be a part.”
Jerron Herman