Digital Carnival Z

Accessibility

Introduction

Digital Carnival Z strives to make the festival available for everyone to enjoy. Cinevolution understands that access needs are different for everyone and that these needs can also change every day. We will do our best to accommodate your needs before you even attend our programming. However, if there are additional accessibility needs, we will try our best to accommodate. For more information or specific requests, please contact Regan Shrumm, our Accessibility Coordinator, at 778-803-7150 extension 105 or regan@cinevolutionmedia.com.

  1. Access Guide
  2. Audio Festival Experience
  3. Access Offerings for Online Exhibition:
    3.1 Audio Description (AD)
    3.2 ASL
    3.3 Closed Captioning (CC)
    3.4 Transcript
  4. Access Offerings for Events
  5. Access Information for Featured Artist Exhibition
  6. Website Accessibility

The Digital Carnival Z Access Guide is available now. Currently, the PDF has limited screen reader functionality. We encourage screen reader users to use the Word version for the most accessible document.

Download the Digital Carnival Z Access Guide [Word]

Download the Digital Carnival Z Access Guide [PDF]

Created with the blind and partially sighted community in mind, this audio guide to Digital Carnival Z’s festival offerings serves to enhance the experience of all attendees. Listen to the Digital Carnival Z Audio Festival Experience on SoundCloud.

The Digital Carnival Z Audio Festival Experience is brought to you by Cinevolution, Mari “Dev” Ramsawakh, Rebecca Singh of Superior Description Services, with Sound Design by Pino Halili of Post City Picture and Sound.

3. Access Offerings

Digital Carnival Z includes two parts, the Online Festival Exhibition which includes 6 media artworks and a series of live zoom events, and the Featured Artist Exhibition at the Richmond Art Gallery. Access information for each component of the festival is outlined below.

Online Festival Exhibition

The Online Festival Exhibition includes six artworks, all of which are available on this website. Each artwork has its own set of accessibility offerings. Working closely with the artists, these accessibility offerings have been developed in consultation with the community, including individuals with disabilities and organizations focusing on disability services. In most cases, we offer Audio Description (AD), American Sign Language (ASL), Closed Captioning (CC) and Transcripts of the projects. A description of each access offering and the projects that they are available for are listed below.

Audio Description or AD describes the visual elements of a piece, often providing contextual information that allows listeners to enter a work more fully. We have provided audio description wherever possible to increase access for Blind and Partially Sighted audiences, as well as anyone who is not looking at their screen. All audio description included in the festival has been developed by or in consultation with the artists.

AD is available for the following projects. Use the links below to visit the individual project pages, where you will find audio described versions of the work along with other materials, such as audio introductions and transcripts.

For an abridged experience, visit the Described Videos Playlist to view all audio described videos only.

ASL, or American Sign Language, is a language that allows Deaf or Hard of Hearing individuals to not only understand any spoken language, but also understand how music and sounds also play into each piece. ASL is only one type of sign language, but there are many other ones that are used in different cultures and places, like LSQ or Quebecois sign language, or Black American Sign Language or BASL. 

The following projects include ASL access. Visit the individual project pages to find ASL versions of the work along with other materials, such as transcripts.

For an abridged experience, visit the ASL Videos Playlist to view the ASL videos only.

Closed captions are synchronized on-screen text descriptions for videos that display dialogue, identify speakers, and describe other relevant sounds which are visible only when selected. Digital Carnival Z offers closed captioning for video artworks and recordings using YouTube’s closed captioning feature, so viewers can choose the font size, colour, and opacity they prefer. For help turning on captions, refer to the Access Guide or watch this YouTube video.

Closed Captioning is available for:

Closed captioning will also be available for all event recordings, which will be linked here once they are available.

A transcript is a text version of the speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand material that was originally presented in another medium. Transcripts often also include visual information needed to understand the content. We have made transcripts available as downloadable Microsoft Word documents for all audio and video content. All transcripts for artworks were developed through close collaboration between artists, describers, and community consultants.

Transcripts are available for:

Transcripts will also be available for video recordings of the Digital Carnival Z Virtual Festival Launch, Feminist Craft of Care for Times of Crisis, and Visionary Organizing on Social Media.

Table of Contents

All Digital Carnival Z events will have ASL interpretation and Automated Live Captions in English. If you would like to know more about the ASL interpreters for each event, please contact our Accessibility Coordinator, Regan Shrumm at regan@cinevolutionmedia.com or call 778-803-7150 ext. 105. 

Except for Workroom, all of the events will be recorded and captioned, and a transcript will be made available two weeks after the event. The Digital Carnival Z Virtual Festival Launch will also include live audio description provided by Rebecca Singh of Superior Description Services. 

Once the event recordings are ready, you can access them from this page.

UNION is an exhibition with artists Nancy Lee 李南屏 and Kiran Bhumber ਕਿਰਨਦੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਭੰਬਰ. It is presented at the Richmond Art Gallery.

Address

The Richmond Art Gallery is located at 7700 Minoru Gate between Granville Avenue and Minoru Boulevard. It is located inside the Richmond Cultural Centre. 

Accessible Entrance 

The main entrance at Minoru Plaza has five stairs and is accessible with ramp entry. The main entrance has automatic sliding doors. The entrance on the eastside of the building on Minoru Boulevard has six stairs and is accessible with a ramp. This entrance has an automatic push plate/button entrance.

Facility

The Richmond Art Gallery is located on the main floor of the Richmond Cultural Centre. Inside the gallery, halogen and LED lighting is used throughout. All door handles inside the gallery are lever style. While there is no lockers or coatroom, there are coat hooks available at the entrance; however, items are left at the owners’ risk. 

Car Parking

Four accessible parking spaces are located on the ground level of the parkade adjacent to the entrance to the Richmond Cultural Centre. Two of these spaces are van accessible. Additional accessible parking is located throughout the Minoru complex, including near the entrance to Richmond Arenas, the Minoru Aquatic Centre, and the Minoru track.  

Bike Rack

There are three bike racks located by the main entrance on the Minoru Plaza. One bike rack is located by the east entrance on Minoru Boulevard.

Public Transportation

The Gallery is located near the following bus stops:

• The Minoru Gate and Minoru Boulevard bus stop serves line 414.

• The Granville Avenue and Minoru Boulevard bus stop serves line 406.

• The No. 3 Road and Park Road bus stop serves line 402, 403, 404, 406, 410, 414, and 416.

All TransLink buses are wheelchair accessible with 80% of transit stops designated as accessible. For handyDART, TransLink’s accessible, door-to-door shared transit service, please contact TransLink at call 604-575-6600 (local) and 1-844-475-6600 (toll-free).

The closest SkyTrain station to the Gallery is Richmond-Brighouse, which is 1.1 km away from the Gallery. 

Washrooms

On the main floor, there are men’s and women’s washrooms, each with an accessible stall with grab bars. The second floor has both gendered washroom facilities, and an universal washroom with grab bars. All washrooms have baby changes tables, and soap and air dryers are at lower height.

Food and Drinks

Currently, there is no food or drinks available for purchase within the Richmond Cultural Centre. Outside food and drinks are allowed in the Richmond Cultural Centre; however, no food or drinks are permitted in the Richmond Art Gallery.  Water fountains are located on the main and second floors of the Richmond Cultural Centre.

Seating

Seating is currently limited due to Provincial Health Orders. Bench seating (without arms) is available in the lobby of the Richmond Cultural Centre.

Service Animals

Service animals are welcome.

We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of our website for all people, and in doing so adhere to many of the available standards and guidelines. 

This website endeavours to conform to level Double-A of the World Wide Web Consortium W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. The WCAG guidelines were made to help make the internet more user friendly for everyone. Cinevolution recognizes that the WCAG does not address all needs. In fact the WCAG can even be problematic, such as the fact that you do not need to caption podcasts since they are not considered multimedia.

While we strive to adhere to the accepted guidelines and standards for accessibility and usability, it is not always possible to do so in all areas of the website. We are continuing to work on improving the website for screen reader users.

Access Control Button

On the upper right-hand corner of this website, beside the navigation menu, you will find a “universal access” icon, which when clicked will bring up a control panel that allows you to change some settings on this website. Namely:

  • Reset Font Size: increase or decrease the font size
  • Readable Font: change the font to a higher contrast and bolder one
  • Underline Links: add underline links across the board
  • Greyscale: change the images and text to greyscale
  • Reset Settings: Turns all settings back to default (how they were)

We are continually seeking out solutions that will bring all areas of the site up to the same level of overall web accessibility. The site’s accessibility will be kept under ongoing review, and we welcome your input into this, especially if you are having any difficulties with accessing our content, or if the way it is presented could be made clearer.  To do this, please send an email to regan@cinevolutionmedia.com or call 778-803-7150 ext. 105. 

Table of Contents