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Just let me be DysleXic

'So often being dyslexic is framed as ‘not-knowing,’ ‘disability’ or needing fixing but this project took the other position that dyslexics are the experts about their lived experiences.  Through collaborative exploration using digital collage this exhibition explored what it means to think as a dyslexic from a dysleXic perspective.'

These are the words of Dr Ruth Gibbons who curated this exhibition for the Franklin Arts Centre.

A workshop was also part of the exhibition.

'Being DysleXic' was an introduction to dyslexic knowledge and focused on lived experiences and discusing NZ experiences of being dyslexic. There was a chance to explore what it means to be dyslexic in an active and flexible workshop where individual's experiences as a dyslexic was empowered and those who have no experience of dyslexia could come and learn.  The workshop was dysleXic-centric privileging dysleXic ways of seeing the world.


Dr Ruth Gibbons

Ruth Gibbons is a Visual/ Sensory anthropologist who is interested in interior dialogue, memory, imagination, silences and bodily perception through a collaborative arts practice. Her work centres around a multi-layered multi-media approach to understanding lived experience by using digital animation, sculpture, soundscapes, experimental film and digital collage to explore peoples lived experiences. Ruth currently teaches courses in Anthropology at Massey University, Auckland. Her interest continues in understanding dyslexia from a dyslexic point of view which began during her PhD whilst doing research in NZ and the UK.  The current project explored dyslexic thinking from a dyslexic perspective.


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  • WHAT'S ON
    • Clevedon Art Trail
    • Clevedon Kindergarten Atua wall art
    • Sewing with Miss Gracie
    • Kra KoTo Kra - African Drumming
    • Franklin Community Choir
    • Pukekohe Performing Arts - Little Shop of Horrors
  • What's Happened
    • Turning Meh Into Wow
    • Toi - Mauri Creative Arts
    • The Exchange Booth
    • Sanctuary - St James
    • Nga mahi a Tanerore me Hine. Maaori Cultural Experience Rehia
    • Franklin Community Choir Concert
    • Clevedon Art Trail
    • Kiteparaha Waananga
    • Just let me be DysleXic
    • Clevedon Art Trail
    • Taniwha Ventures
    • The Hills Are Alive!
    • Steampunk workshops
    • The Magic of Titanomagnetite
    • Parallel Realities
    • Retelling Our Stories
    • Whitford Christmas Gift and Art Fair
    • Franklin Arts Trail
    • #franklincreates mural
    • Wild Things Workshops
    • Waiuku Maara Kai
    • Active Arts Poetry Sessions
    • WekaWatch Mural
    • Waiuku Mural
    • Puni School Mural
    • Rhythm in the Square
    • Rhythmical
    • The Makers' Market
    • Beachlands Mural
    • You Might Be Surprised to Know
    • Franklin Theatre Masterclass Series
    • A Time To Dance
    • Reduction Woodblock Printing Project
    • Creative Wahine
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  • Lockdown Gigs Info