The Mine by Jay Price (Studio 7-131) is a major new artwork available as an interactive game, audiobook, and film.

Launched last week by Shape Arts, a disability-led organisation breaking barriers to creative excellence, it immerses the user in the derelict, underground venue of ‘the mine,’ a disused space found underneath (and locked out of) the art gallery upstairs. The work details historical and contemporary examples of the structural marginalisation of disabled communities. From faeries as scapegoats, to forced sterilisation, right up to the ongoing pandemic, The Mine is a visceral unravelling of ableist social tropes, human rights violations, and grassroots resistance.

The Mine builds on Price’s existing corpus of work, shining a light on the marginalisation of disabled people in society today. In 2021 Price’s work Canaries was commissioned as part of the Adam Reynolds Award shortlist exhibition, Empty When Full. They went on to receive the 2022 Adam Reynolds Award itself, which provides a £10k bursary and a creative residency opportunity to a mid-career disabled artist.

A subversive memorial to the people no-one remembers, their new interactive game-artwork exposes overlooked histories of disability discrimination. Watch trailer here

Download the app for free: https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1ZJ4i
The Mine site homepage: www.shapearts.org.uk/mine