Megan Williams

(She / Her)

Megan Williams is a bed-based artist and a full-time sick person.

Her work explores the embodied realities of life with ME/CFS and the conceptual possibilities of collage as a disabled medium.

(Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome – ME/CFS – is a serious, long-term illness that affects many body systems.)

In this piece, I wanted to express the fundamental importance of accessibility in my life and the lives of other disabled people.

I also wanted to express my disability pride. Specifically, the joy that the disabled community continues to bring me.

On an A4 white backdrop, multiple photos are arranged together in a funky and playful hand-made collage.

Within the centre of the page, cuttings from newspapers and magazines are collated together to form the sentence ‘We Say: ACCESS IS LOVE, JOY & FREEDOM!’

Arranged around the text are images of black headphones, a yellow daisy, a brain, a rainbow pride flag, a prosthetic leg, sunglasses, a fidget spinner, a cochlea implant, a guide dog, a Rubik’s cube, medication pills, a walker, a teaspoon, a mobility chair, a toadstool, Van Gogh’s painting of his wooden bed, paint smears, hand-drawn stars and a small pink sign that reads ‘Stop Trying to Control our Bodies.’