Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
Abstract
This Essay considers inaccessible New York City through the lens of artistic production. The landscape of disability art and protest is vast and wildly diverse. This Essay proposes to capture one slice of this array. From Ellis Avery’s Zodiac of NYC transit elevators, to Shannon Finnegan’s Anti-Stairs Club Lounge at the Vessel in Hudson Yards, to Park McArthur’s work exhibiting the ramps that provided her access to galleries showing her work – these and other creative endeavors offer a unique way in to understanding the problems and potential of inaccessible cities. Legal actions have challenged some of the specific sites these artists address, which will inform the Essay’s study of the interplay between disability, creativity, and urban life.
Disciplines
Civil Rights and Discrimination | Disability Law | Intellectual Property Law | Law | Law and Society
Recommended Citation
Elizabeth F. Emens,
The Art of Access: Innovative Protests of an Inaccessible City,
47
Fordham Urb. L. J.
1359
(2020).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/2727
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Comments
This article was initially published in Volume 47 of the Fordham Urban Law Journal and is republished with permission.