Ring of fire : continuations.

This film features black and white illustrations from E. T. Russian's Ring of fire zine series as well as new illustrations featuring people from the disability justice movement. The film has subtitles and audio-described narration.

"Includes sexually explicit content and references to ableism, medically inflicted harm, death and bereavement."-- Content notice from exhibition caption for Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice.

[United States, 2025]

1 online resource (1 video file, 12 minutes 39 seconds) : sound, black and white ; 843MB + 1 transcript

"E.T. RUSSIAN is a multi-sensory artist, maker of comics and zines, disability justice advocate and healer. Russian’s work explores themes of living and dying, connection and isolation, light and shadow. Their work is in the permanent collections of the United States Library of Congress, Wellcome Collection in London, Washington State Convention Center, Wedding Cake House in Rhode Island and the City of Seattle. Russian is the author of The Ring of Fire Anthology and codirector of the documentary Third Antenna. Russian has been published in All This Safety is Killing Us; Graphic Public Health; Disability in American Life: An Encyclopedia of Concepts, Politics, and Controversies; When Language Runs Dry; Skin, Tooth & Bone; Gay Genius and The Collective Tarot. Russian’s work has shown in the United States National Library of Medicine, ABC no Rio, Wing Luke Museum, Center on Contemporary Art, Bellevue Art Museum, Jack Straw Gallery, Flux Factory, Hedreen Gallery, Fantagraphics Gallery, Out of Sight: Survey of Contemporary Northwest Art and the Seattle Architecture Foundation."--From artist's website.

British Sign Language version: Russian, E. T. Ring of fire : continuations. [United States, 2025]. (b33854166)

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Title provided by the artist.

Commissioned by Wellcome Collection in 2025 for the Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice exhibition.

Exhibition caption for Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice at Wellcome Collection: "Commissioned for this display, this animation collages images from the original Ring of Fire alongside new drawings. It pays homage to friends, mentors and ancestors from the Disability Justice movement and arts community, many of whom contributed to the Ring of Fire Anthology and who have recently died. They are depicted here in moments of intimacy, care and relation between disabled people, weaving together memory and fantasy. The film includes an audio-described narration and soundscape which can be listened to on headphones."

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Exhibited in "Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice" at Wellcome Collection, 14 March - 14 September 2025.