Call for Proposals: Digital Installation Commission at London Museum for Curating Visibiltiy

This commission will realise a temporary, highly accessible digital installation rooted in lived experience, coproduction and disability-led storytelling. The work will explore disabled people’s nightlife in London across the 1930s, 1990s and today, celebrating joy, creativity and the right to be present, whilst also imagining a future where nightlife is accessible to all.

The work will centre disabled people as active creators of culture, joy and resistance, rather than as
marginal or excluded figures. Drawing on oral histories, archival material and contemporary perspectives, the installation will explore three interconnected moments:

The 1930s: Ballroom dance, intimacy and interdependence
The 1990s: Punk, counterculture and alternative nightlife spaces
The future: A collectively imagined, fully accessible dream nightclub

The final work is expected to take the form of a 12-18 minute digital experience, using film, animation and sound, and designed for presentation within the museum gallery space.

This commission invites artists to think expansively about access in all its forms. We are interested in
proposals that respond to the realities of the site and its constraints, while also questioning how access can be reimagined, negotiated or made visible. This might include (but is not limited to) physical access, sensory access, digital access, interpretive access, and the emotional or social experience of navigating
cultural spaces. We recognise the scale of this challenge and are keen to support ambitious, thoughtful approaches that acknowledge both the limits and possibilities of the space.

Proposal budget £12,500 (inclusive of VAT, artist fee and travel)

Deadline for proposals: Sunday 15 February, 5pm