{"id":68255,"date":"2024-12-02T12:53:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T12:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=68255"},"modified":"2024-12-03T20:37:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T20:37:39","slug":"i-like-to-be-able-to-show-the-beautiful-side-of-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2024\/12\/02\/i-like-to-be-able-to-show-the-beautiful-side-of-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I like to be able to show the beautiful side of disability, as well as the complex, ableist side\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Roath-based artist Delphi Campbell pushes back against traditional stereotypes surrounding disability and menopause<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"Roath-based artist Delphi Campbell smiles in front of one of her artworks\" class=\"wp-image-68346\" style=\"width:772px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape-300x150.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape-770x385.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape-1366x683.jpeg 1366w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape-585x293.jpeg 585w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape-1400x700.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Portrait-landscape.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Delphi studied fine art Cardiff Metropolitan&#8217;s School of Art and Design where she first began to explore making work about her physical health<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At 16-years-old, Delphi Campbell spent a lot of time in hospital and art became a way of helping her mental health and self-image.&nbsp;During university, she began to receive the &#8220;long list&#8221; of diagnoses that contribute to her disability and started to explore self-portraiture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the 26-year-old artist is hosting her first major exhibition Unwanted Flesh, in the MADE gallery, Roath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell says: \u201cSomething hugely important to me in creating my artwork is the opportunity to reclaim my own story.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The soft-sculptures in the exhibition are based on medical images from her diagnoses, and showcases her experience of menopause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ea1014332c8c7d0b9325f8427c220811\">Overcoming ableism<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell is dressed head-to-toe in pink, blending into the enormous soft-sculpture cave in her exhibition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She explains that creating artwork has been hugely important to her in reclaiming her own story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell finds there to be a media narrative that disabled people bravely overcome their disability, she condemns this as \u201cso tired\u201d.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We have rich, beautiful, joyous lives, just like anybody else<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are pains and frustrations with disability, she explains that the true struggle is often with ableism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t overcome my diseases to be here, I have overcome the fact that a lot of galleries aren\u2019t wheelchair <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2022\/12\/20\/how-the-state-of-the-path-network-is-gatekeeping-the-welsh-countryside\/\">accessible<\/a>\u201d she adds, a little exasperated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell&#8217;s fingers are decorated with silver rings that click together as her hands become increasingly animated about the subject.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have rich, beautiful, joyous lives, just like anybody else\u201d the artist says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-pale-pink-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6747fc6da87cd07f6541eed94050bde0\">Campbell explains her love of the colour pink<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe 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title=\"CardiffJomec\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none\" rel=\"noopener\">CardiffJomec<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/cardiffjomec\/cardiff-artist-explains-her-love-of-pink\" title=\"Cardiff artist explains her love of pink\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none\" rel=\"noopener\">Cardiff artist explains her love of pink<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell went from able-bodied to invisibly disabled, and she is now physically disabled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said this transition exposed her to a whole realm of ableism: from fighting to prove that she was ill enough to warrant a seat on the bus, to being infantilised while using her wheelchair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist remembers times when someone commended her for going to the shops or buying a pair of knickers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s insane,\u201d she exclaims, \u201cyou wouldn\u2019t say that to any other 26-year-old.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell&#8217;s artwork is pink and flamboyant and provides a representation of her disabled body which pushes back against the portrayal of disability as \u201cinherently sad\u201d.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI like to be able to show the beautiful side of disability, as well as the complex, grotesque, ableist side\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Working-shot-landscape-1024x512.jpeg\" alt=\"Campbell at work fixing her soft-sculpture installation that is inspired by her experience of disability \" class=\"wp-image-68360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Working-shot-landscape-1024x512.jpeg 1024w, 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sustainability<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medical menopause<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The 26-year-old\u2019s latest exhibition was created while going through medically induced menopause, a treatment for her severe endometriosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast to the vibrant pinks in her exhibition, Campbell has found the experience to be \u201cquite isolating\u201d and \u201cnear impossible\u201d to talk about.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She adds: \u201cI don\u2019t know anyone else who has gone through menopause in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Campbell explained that resources for the subject are often catered towards cis women in their 50s and 60s who have had babies, which affects how you experience menopause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMost of my friends are either having babies or going through that weird second puberty that no one talks about\u201d she adds, bemused by the hormonal changes young women go through in their 20s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artist explained that medically induced menopause has no natural build up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like being hit by a train overnight, which is super fun\u201d Campbell adds sarcastically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been strange losing the experience that you are told makes you a woman, even though my periods were extremely painful and,\u201d she adds with a laugh, \u201cdidn\u2019t even make me fertile!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-68395\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Box-out-close-up-1-1024x512.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/11\/Box-out-close-up-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, 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wp-elements-81e0fffed9175af76553e7e2be29c49c\">1.&nbsp;Make as much as you are able to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4a128b8f3e5742e0fc4cb5f3e9f36520\">&nbsp;2. Spend time in the creating without a specific outcome in mind. It is easy to get caught up in the idea of a perfect outcome and sometimes it\u2019s more rewarding to just play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3dccd1df8fe7b05ad7223e622f69a8eb\">3. Experiment as much as you can.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-155f98ed1106adfd26a04e5a9f5eb7f7\">&nbsp;&nbsp;4. Workshops run by arts organisations like MADE and Umbrella are amazing ways to try new mediums without shelling out for brand new materials and tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-pink-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-f0b117e6e0d36dc0c7b37922f570fd39\">5. 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