"Just for a minute..."

Abstract

The International Symbol of Accessibility was developed by Susanne Koefoed in 1969 with minor changes to the color and layout of the image to create a visible sign of accessible public space, adapted and intended for disabilities. This symbol highlights the often unsuccessful attempts to adapt to the ordinary world so that human plurality can be experienced at its core. When non-disabled people use these spaces, such as parking lots, public restrooms, blocked access ramps, or tactile floors, even if "just for a minute..." they reduce the opportunity for people with disabilities to experience the same public existence. If architectural spaces intended for people with disabilities are usurped, what about spaces where people with disabilities can display their nudity, such as artworks...? Are there "reserved spaces" for the expression of the nakedness of anti-normative bodies, such as bodies of people with disabilities? The objective of this text is to shed light on these problematizations from the theoretical point of view, that is, from bibliographical research, and from the poetics of drawing, in order to reflect on the (In)VISIBILITY of these bodies. In the course of the research, it became clear that there is still no building of spaces that allow the naked bodies of people with disabilities to express their aesthetic power, which is capable of breaking with the medical discourse, that restricts these bodies to a perception of a “mistake” of nature.