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A fabric banner reading 'Disabled People Fight Back ... Nothing about us without us'. In the middle are illustrations of protest signs reading things such as 'Powerlessness = Pain' and 'Society makes people disabled not the disability'.

Catch the the PIP Tapes at People's History Museum in Manchester

1st Dec 2022

Now on show as part the People's History Museum landmark exhibition Nothing About Us Without Us, our project with sound artist and digital storyteller Gemma Nash.

The exhibition explores the history of disabled people's activism and ongoing fight for rights and inclusion, and features banners, t-shirts, recordings and artworks and more.

A photo of 'The PIP tapes' set up at the People's History Museum in Manchester. There is a red box with 2 sets of headphones plugged into 2 tapes, and a large tape printed on the wall with the words 'The PIP Tapes' on it.
Printed material laid out in a glass case at the People's History Museum, the one in the centre reads 'the Tourettes hero'
A T Shirt that reads 'I scare euro typical people' in the style of the 'American Horror Story' title.
A pencil drawing of two faces with hand drawn bold text reading 'Change the conversation change the outcome'
A patchwork quilt at the People's History Museum 'Nothing about us without us' exhibition.
Hand made protest signage, one reads 'Manchester DPAC'
A black and white hand made tapestry reading 'Linda Wooton Heart & Lung transplant patient died 9 days after DWP found her fit for work'.
Photograph of the exhibition in people's history museum, features a mannequin in a wheelchair with flags and framed posters in the background.

Read more about Gemma's PIP Tapes project

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The PIP Tapes

The PIP Tapes is a collaborative project led by sound artist Gemma Nash and exploring disability rights and the role of the cassette tape in crip culture.
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