DYSPLA_motion: Neurodivergent Physicality perceived through playful Animated Augmented Reality Sculpture
Restriction of movement restricts neurodivergent thought. Cognitive or physical, ideation or migration. DYSPLA’s investigation of the neurodivergent aesthetic requires motion.
With the support of the British Council and guided by Sensory Anthropologist Dr Ruth Gibbons and her innovative research; a collective of DYSPLA artists from New Zealand and the United Kingdom will create a series of 3DAugmented Reality (AR) Performative Digital Sculptures. We will address the stigma of the disabled body and interpret the concept of ‘Neurodivergent Physicality”. Displayed at Massey University, June 2025.
More details about how to get involved below.
More details about how to get involved below.
Artist: DYSPLA & Dr Ruth Gibbons
Title: DYSPLA_motion: Neurodivergent Physicality perceived through playful Animated Augmented Reality Sculpture
Year: 2025
Digital Sculpture: 6 x .gITF, 100mb (approx)
Film: 6 x 60-180 sec, 4k, .mp4
Billboard Posters: 12 x (1x1.5m) Blue Backed Billboard Paper, 350gsm
Text: 3000 words (approx)
Title: DYSPLA_motion: Neurodivergent Physicality perceived through playful Animated Augmented Reality Sculpture
Year: 2025
Digital Sculpture: 6 x .gITF, 100mb (approx)
Film: 6 x 60-180 sec, 4k, .mp4
Billboard Posters: 12 x (1x1.5m) Blue Backed Billboard Paper, 350gsm
Text: 3000 words (approx)
Sign up to Online workshops here
⚫ 6/7th April 2025 - 8pm GMT+1 / 7am NZST
Theme - Restraint, with Dr Ruth Gibbons, supported by the British Council.
⚫ 4/5th May 2025 - 8pm GMT+1 / 7am NZST
Theme - Movement, with Dr Ruth Gibbons, supported by the British Council.
⚫ 1st/2nd June 2025 - 8pm GMT+1 / 7am NZST
Theme - DYSPLA_motion project in New Zealand, supported by the British Council.
About the Artists
Dr Ruth Gibbons is a Sensory Anthropologist who works in different mediums to explore the experiences and expressions of people's everyday lives. Ruth currently works at Massey University. Ruth is interested in interior dialogue, memory, imagination, bodily perception, embodied knowledge and silences, and uses visual, sensory and bodily perception within her collaborative arts practice. Her work is multi-layered multi-media - including digital animation, sculpture, soundscapes, experimental film and digital collage- using experimental research methods to understand peoples lived experiences. ruth-gibbons.com
DYSPLA is a disabled-led, award-winning collective of artists producing and developing the work of Neurodivergent storymakers. DYSPLA makes art and conducts research into the Neurodivergent Aesthetic with a focus on short form narrative. We work in Digital, Print, Poetry, XR and Installation to elucidate a new artistic aesthetic defined by the cognitive difference of neurodivergence. DYSPLA.com
