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As well as being the director of DAO, Trish is also the project manager and co-producer for Freewheeling, the organisation producing Sue Austin's Unlimited commission 'Creating the Spectacle!' Here she blogs about her experiences of this ambitious, underwater wheelchair project.

As the audience grows Trish shares her thoughts on Sue Austin's 'Creating the Spectacle!' and its success an as artwork
23 July 2012

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Side-on view of woman in wheelchair in tropical sea wearing summer. Her arms stretched out and looking up to the surface. Coral in the foreground and a shoal of fish in middle ground across the whole image.

It's a week since we returned from our final filming trip to Egypt and things are really gearing up now for 'Creating the Spectacle!'. We had a double page spread in the Independent on Sunday magazine which really boosted our profile and it featured one of Norman's stunning photos of Sue in the underwater wheelchair in the red sea. This week we are getting the final edit together for footage in preparation for films to be shown at our events, online and at the live site in...

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