genevieverudd | GENEVIEVE RUDD

Exhibition of ‘Becoming’ animation film @ Lowestoft Battery of Ideas

by genevieverudd | Mar 22, 2026 | Blog

I’m sharing my newest artwork – an animation short film ‘Becoming’ will be shown at Lowestoft’s The Battery of Ideas over 3 weekends in spring. The exhibition will be available to view from: 11am to 3pm on: Friday 27th + Saturday 28th March and, Friday 10th + Saturday 11th April and, Friday 17th + Saturday 18th April 2026

This new moving image animation artwork by Genevieve Rudd has
been informed by her Acquired Brain Injury, neurosurgery and long
hospitalisation experiences as a rebirth of her arts practice filled
with life following ABI (Acquired Brain Injury).

 Trigger warning: the short (c.7 min) animation shows some hospital settings and equipment, and scans shown visually & as sound.

Created with technical support, mentoring & editing by Helen Wells;
Supported by First Light CIC Artist Development Bursary in 2025/6.

 venue: The Battery, 119 – 125 London Road North, Lowestoft NR32 1LZ; Venue access info: the venue is a large level-access space with Blue Badge disabled parking opposite the venue entrance with public transport near-by ; my exhibition text printouts are displayed in large print size. The exhibition will be invigilated by venue staff during opening hours.

Over the next 3 weekends, my newest short animation/film will be available to view at Lowestoft’s The Battery of Ideas venue – further details in my Facebook page event link.

dates: The exhibition will be available to view from: 11am – 3pm on Friday 27, Saturday 28 March, Friday 10, Saturday 11 April and Friday 17, Saturday 18 April.

The new work was made during a First Light Lowestoft creative development bursary period with support from multi-media artist Helen Wells.

Facebook Event page: Exhibition of ‘Becoming’ animation film

Walking Across Changing Bodies Talk, link and notes

by genevieverudd | Mar 9, 2026 | Blog

I was delighted to join an esteemed international panel of walking arts practitioners and academics.

I’m sharing some of my notes on my presentation and links to the panel members:

Pam Patterson (CAN), Leena Raudvee (CAN) and Katerina Pistola (GK)

—-

In my talk I wanted to emphasise the practical considerations of walking arts practices with disabled folks from my own experiences – from the need for resting/pacing and energy/fatigue management to finding different sufaces to work on when limbs are affected, to creatively using the body and some gentle creative starting suggestions for getting going with arts practices. Plus I shared how my walking arts practice has evolved in response to my own disability changes in drawing and animation.

the link to watch the talk by wlk · listen · create

is hosted below via YouTube.

25/02/26: online talk: ‘walking arts across changing bodies’

by genevieverudd | Feb 11, 2026 | Blog

I’ve been invited as a guest speaker at WALC [WALK LISTEN CREATE]’s online ‘cafe’ event on 25th February 2026 @ 19:00/7pm on ‘walking arts across changing bodies’ exploring lived disability experience in the living world. info/booking

January 2026: New bursary-supported moving image practice

by genevieverudd | Jan 26, 2026 | Blog, Uncategorized

In 2025, I was awarded a small creative bursary from First Light CIC successfully awarded from an open call-out. I thought it would be straightforward and obvious what I’d do with the fund – to simply try to ‘get back’ to where I was with my career before my Acquired Brain Injury disabled me and halted my life as I knew it. Being given a little budget and space for reflection, piloting and making attempts was hugely helpful and came at just the right time. I ended up utilising the last bit of my bursary to working with multi-media artist Helen Wells, again chosen through an open call, to support me in creating new moving image artwork, learning the basics of stop motion and reflecting on recent health experiences through images. My ambition was to create art that was alive and informed by the realities of my surgery, injury and rehabilitation experience but which could be appreciated with audiences beyond the neurological health world.

I’m really looking forward to eventually sharing the final work – plans tbc and I’m hoping to create more chances to build upon this new foundation of development. I couldn’t have envisioned this change coming from this bursary support, but it was as much entwined with my neuro rehabilitation as it is with my career or identity as an artist – which I’m delighted to say is still very much alive!

Ahead of publicly sharing the moving image outcomes of my time and creative collaboration with Helen, I’m sharing some of the stills captured from the video artwork to give a flavour of the piece!