Hard To Tell



Photo Credit: jfag

Neuroqueering performance research



Artist Statement

hard to tell is a research group working to expand the space for accessibility practices in the performing arts from a neuroqueer perspective. The project brings together artists and researchers Eris Previtali, Tulls Primultini,  Emi Cantieri and cami strandhagen. 

The project’s title, hard to tell, refers both to the difficulty of finding words to name invisible disabilities and to the trouble of having to disclose oneself within ableist contexts in order to justify one’s needs. Starting from their experiences as neuroqueer artists and audience members, and in dialogue with other artistic practices working at the intersection of performance and disability, the hard to tell research group asks: how can we work with and through neurodivergence as an embodied mode to reorient artistic processes? How can an artistic practice put accessibility into motion? 

Driven by a desire to explore new methodologies for neuroqueering performance, hard to tell seeks to think and practice non-normative modes of relation, perception, and temporality, experimenting with formats such as environment-making, performance, and workshops. 



Team  
emi cantieri, eris previtali, tulls primultini, camilla strandhagen 

Residency support
workspacebrussels, If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution 

Supported by
If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want to Be Part of Your Revolution 



















HARD TO TELL

A BLURRY THING (upcoming)

FERAL REVERIE (2026)



MARIPOSEO (2025)

AND EVERYTHING IS POROUS AS A BODILY CRACK (2024)



“MAKE SENSE WHO MAY. I SWITCH OFF!” (2022)