[accessibleimage] dance, China, Japan- Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Hi,
A couple of excerpt that could be of interest and article about Yann Arthus-Bertrand exhibit in Japan. The first excerpt was of interest I thought because it was an example of how the artists' exposure to deaf-blindness enriched his art and the second of how color blindness was seen as a barrier for an award-winning sculptor by others.

Regards,
Lisa

effect of deaf-blind on art - dance

http://www.cafebabel.com/en/article.asp?T=T&Id=6076
excerpt from article
Frenak tells me about the maturation of his strongly particular style of choregraphy, as his tea cools down on the pedestal table. His parents were deaf-blind and as a consequence the first language he learnt was that of signs, thus instigating in him a great sensibility towards mimics, moves and body language.


extract
http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/features/userobject1ai1881217.html
Zhang became interested in fine art when he was a teenager, wanting to enter an academy of fine arts. But in the physical examination before the college entrance exam, it was found that he was color blind and was not allowed entry any arts academy.
"But my sense of image is still good," says Zhang. "I don't want to give it up."
Zhang started his "playing with mud" as a second best choice since sculpture does not highly value color. So he tried making sculptures with the sticky clay available.
"I found the mud covered rice-wine jars were sticky enough, I removed their contents and kneaded them into sculptures," he says.

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20060406TDY18002.htm


 Yann Arthus-Bertrand invents photography you can feel

The Yomiuri Shimbun
A unique exhibition of touchable photos is under way at the Spiral Garden art space in Minato Ward, Tokyo, allowing even the visually impaired to enjoy experiencing the images.
The exhibition, titled Te de Miru Shashinten: Touch and See, displays about 20 photos taken by world-renowned French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand alongside their touchable versions.
The Touch and See exhibition was first held at the Natural History Museum in London in 2003, and later toured Europe.
The photos on display at the Tokyo exhibition include an aerial shot of a small, heart-shaped "island" in the marshland of New Caledonia and an image of Mt. Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro, where a huge statue of Christ looks down on the port city from above.
At the venue, Bertrand's original photos and the touchable versions are on display side by side.
The touchable pieces are made by superimposing translucent copies of the original photos, and then carving out the landscape from the photos layer by layer to create a relief version of the image.
French eyewear designer Alain Mikli is involved in the project, adopting eyeglass frame production techniques to the photo manufacturing.
Bertrand has long been known for his spectacular aerial photos, and his work has been published in top international magazines such as National Geographic and Life. He has organized a series of exhibitions in many countries under the title of The Earth from the Air.
He launched the touchable photo exhibition after showing The Earth from the Air in Paris in 2000. At the venue, he was asked by a visually impaired child to explain what his photos were showing. But the photographer found it difficult to give an explanation, and became determined to come up with a better way of conveying his work to the visually impaired, with the final results now the subject of the Spiral show.
Until Monday. The venue is a one-minute walk from Omotesando subway station. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.spiral.co.jp or call Mikli Japon at (03) 3401-7981.






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