Disability pop explores disability representation in Tv, movies, arts, and pop culture

Through videos, conversations, games, movie nights, and other very silly endeavors

Image Description: Madison, a white 30-something year old, talks in front of a green screen that flashes a few images showcasing disability representation in pop culture; including a poster for The Owl house, a still from The Candyman, artwork by Christine Sun Kim, a picture from Broadway's Wicked, and a snippet from Dark Disabled Stories

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Movie Nights!

Whether it be virtual or in-person, let’s get together a watch movies that have “interesting” takes on disability. Since 2022 these are covid conscious events that prioritize cross disability solidarity.

A screen shot from an event page that reads "Disability Pride Virtual Movie Night! Wenesday July 26th 2023" Next to the text is a poster for the movie TipToes that most notable features Gary Oldman pretending to be a little person.

Hello, World!

October 29

Prospect Park NiteHawk
New York, NY

Check back soon for more announcements!

December 3rd

Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
New York, NY

Disability Pop presents:

Dykes for accessible Drinking (Dad)

Nightlife is super inaccessible for disabled queers! DADs is a project created in 2024 that pokes fun at the absurd amount of barriers we put up with to get together and have a fun time.

Are you queer, cute, and disabled? Tired of Pride being inaccessible? Don’t get sad! Play Inaccessibility Bingo and commiserate with other crips online. Circle all the access barriers you encounter at your favorite events and venues this Pride and post on social media #DykesforAccessibleDrinking. If you’re feeling spicy, tag the inaccessible event or venue

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People for an accessible Mars (PAM)

A small group of people gather around a table covered with drawing supplies. The two people at the head of the table at pseudo scientists, a couple of goofs dressed in lab coats and glasses pretending to collect data on accessible space travel.

In 2019, Madison Zalopany and Alex Zak created a workshop, called People for an Accessible Mars (PAM), that invited disabled participants to dream of accessible space travel. The project was a response to the recent attempts to colonize Mars and the inherent eugenics policies and practices within that attempt. Although PAM was a precursor to Disability Pop, it embodies the same spirit of disabled folks gathering, dreaming, scheming, and playing

Tactile Paintings

Although a precursor to Disability Pop, 2018 was the year play in disability aesthetics was officially established in Madison Zalopany’s creative work through a series of tactile paintings. This series de-centered sight and encouraged touch and movement. Inspired by different tarot cards, participants could move magnetic paintings with different textures and shapes to create, destroy, and recreate collaborative tactile paintings.

Madison, who was then a 20-something year old, stands with her forearm crutches and high fem pink velvet dress in front of a wall of tactile paintings line up in a row. Each painting is comprised of black moveable objects on a black background

Abstract organic, almost cloud shaped, magnetic pieces float around each other on a white magnetic wall. The pieces are black with gray metallic swirls. Each "swirl" is a raised touchable line

Archived Works

Fun and whimsy has always been central to Madison Zalopany’s work long before they expanded their practice. Below are select works made between 2011-2017.