Patrick Gunasekera and Georgi Ivers: two artists and their journeys in crip time

Care can come in the form of time, patience, flexibility and community engagement in a world that still poses so many barriers.
Gunasekera. Production still from ‘You're So Brave’. Photo: Rama Dolman. The image shows a female figure holding a microphone in the centre against a stage with red light and two projector panels on each side.

As a newly-found neurodivergent creative, I owe a great deal of gratitude to independent Western Australian artist Patrick Gunasekera in my discovery of the idea of “crip time”.

That’s why when I talked with Gunasekera, and learned about how he negotiates his projects and practice as a disabled artist I was inspired, validated and needed to know more.

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Jaimi Wright is a Development Coordinator for arts organisations and your friendly neighbourhood arts writer. She also writes for Seesaw Magazine and Art Almanac because she can't keep still.