AlanJames Burns, is a neurodivergent, environmental and audiovisual artist, curator and festival maker producing interactive, socially engaged and site-specific projects. The focal points of their highly collaborative practice are disability, climate emergency and a just society.
Their projects include; Disrupt Disability Arts Festival, an annual festival taking place on at Project Arts centre and online; Divergently Together, 2024-26 a national Creative Ireland and Research Ireland climate action project exploring the climate crisis through the perspective of disability; Our Place, 2023-25, a collaborative place making visual arts project co-designed alongside adults with intellectual disabilities supported by SJOG Liffey Service and Carlow Arts Festival.