What would club nights look like if they were designed around the lived experiences of Disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill people?   

Reimagining nightlife through space, kinship, pleasure, communication, programming, team composition, and the overall clubbing experience, this conversation asks how clubs can move beyond inclusion as an afterthought and instead center access, care, and interdependence. 

 Drawing on an event organized by Montage, Club Dérive, and Dancefloor Intimacy, the exchange focuses on a dedicated access concept and workshops on communication and programming. From this starting point, it opens broader questions about the future of club culture - and who it is designed for.   

PARTICIPANTS

Clara Golfa Sambay, Club Dérive - Radical and experimental club research and design that explores the relationship between environment and clubgoers  

@club.derive

Ali Wagner, Dancefloor Intimacy - Research and education platform committed to reshaping nightclubs and music venues into accessible and inclusive spaces 

@ali___wagner @dancefloor.intimacy

Laura Conant & Jonathan Cant, Montage - Label and event series focusing on concretizing the link between alternative culture and alternative ideals 

@lau_c_n_n_t @crat_j @m0nt4ge

Antonella Candiago - disability rights advocate and intersectional feminist with expertise in sexual justice and accessibility 

@antonella_cnd

MODERATION

Giu Paluku-Atoka - Multidisciplinary artist and facilitator whose practice is rooted in disability justice, trans and queer revolution. As a moderator, Giu is committed to slower, kinder conversations that leave room for complexity and embodied experience.   

@giu_404