The main concept behind Amanada Cachia's Cripping Cyberspace: A Contemporary Virtual Art Exhibition is to perpetuate the expression

of movement of disability activism across the world. Published through the Canadian Journal of Disability tudies as an online exhibition! Amanda gathers numerous artists wor" from different locations and compiles them along with additional resources relative to each piece. Artist statements are #accessibly$ provided in both %T&' and PD( versions! with artist descriptions being provided in the aforementioned format as well as &P). 'astly! interviews ac"nowledgements! and biographies of the four artists are included. (or the purposes and length of this review! * will be criti+uing ,atherine Araniello's! Sick, Bitch, Crip. Sick, Bitch, Crip! by ,atherine Araniello is an online animation with the intention of presenting present-day disability concerns in an alternate space and form. The piece involves three animated characters! who are #ironic! shoc"ing! and allegedly humorous$ representations of the online disabled community. ic" -a wheelchair-bound monitor . /itch!a cigarette-nippled girl with a peg-leg . and Crip! a man comprised of playing cards! beer cans! and fast food in a wheelchair! all 0dance1 and have their bodies2shapes tween around the screen. /y 'cripping' or re-appropriating disability-related imagery and themes and releasing them online! SBC provides an artistic commentary on cyber-theory and the disabled that is freely and widely accessible. &y criticisms with SBC are two-fold. 3hile the thematic element of the text is both significant and present! the execution of these ideas is difficult to assess. (irst! this piece is a continuation of a character2animation that Araniello has been creating over the last year . as a result! this instanced introduction to the one-turned-three characters feels too shoc"ing to effectively ma"e its point without reading through the artist interview. econd! the piece is aesthetically abrasive. 3hile some of this supports the themes of the piece! the technical production behind the wor" seems lac"luster. The internet #or 'cyberspace'! if you prefer anti+uities$ has been rife with low-+uality flash animations for over a decade. (rom an aesthetic perspective! this animation seems incredibly amateur and unappealing . regardless of its positive thematic values. Perhaps if the piece was presented with more bac"ground on the character#s$! or if the specific issues represented in small parts of the animation #such as a can of beans or a peg leg$ were more explicit. *ronically! as someone who is not familiar with the disabled community! after * read the artist interview! * felt as if the piece was inaccessible to those not in the "now. The artist is clearly very passionate! and while her piece is both noble and expressive! when your gallery is on the internet #and 4outube no less$! ensuring +uality and accessibility may better raise awareness for the issues facing the disabled.