Richmond’s Bakehouse Studios was inaccessible to Uncle Archie Roach before his final tour. Now a group of artists with disabilities is performing there.
In an upstairs rehearsal space at a rattling Richmond sanctuary for musos, a concert grand piano sits at the fingertips of the world’s best artists.
Eliza Hull and other musicians have championed greater accessibility at Bakehouse. Now, she is among a group of artists with disabilities who will perform in its upstairs space, dubbed the “Scrap Museum”, in a show she curated for the live music initiative But there’s a long way to go. For artists with disabilities, Australia’s music industry won’t be truly accessible until they don’t have to worry about performing logistics such as getting through doors to venues and recording studios, and moving from backstage to onstage.Even when artists with disabilities aren’t nominated at awards shows, there should be ramps up to stages to show they are invited, Hull says.
“Often I’ve had a meeting with somebody, and we’re talking about my music, and I’ll say, ‘I’ve got a physical disability’ – they might not notice because I’m sitting down.“I just really wish that we had more representation in all the music industry spaces, so that emerging artists can really see themselves and know that it is an industry that can be and should be inclusive.”
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