[blindza] Fw: Blind learn what art sounds like
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BlindZA" <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "NAPSA Blind" <blind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:11:58 +0200
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Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
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Otago Daily Times, New Zealand
Blind learn what art sounds like
By Rosie Manins on Wed, 18 Jul 2012
News: Dunedin | Dunedin Public Art Gallery
CAPTION: Out of sight . . . Blind and visually impaired people interact with
a sound and movement
exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery yesterday. Photo by Stephen
Jaquiery
Visual impairment is no barrier for Dunedin art enthusiasts, who are making
the most of audio
installations in the city.
Blind and visually impaired people were guided through the Dunedin Public
Art Gallery yesterday to
explore Sound Full: Sound in Contemporary Australian and New Zealand Art.
The audio and visual exhibition comprises abstract works by 16 New Zealand
and Australian artists
aiming to draw attention to the connections between art, music and movement.
To those unable to see, it offers the chance to appreciate art by other
means.
Members of the group donned earphones connected to a video and were told
about accompanying imagery,
used microphones to talk tenderly to growing plants, and moved in front of a
video sensor to
orchestrate sound and images on a large screen.
Tour guide Lynda Cullen, the gallery's visitor programmes co-ordinator,
forgot to wear her "noisy
shoes" but managed to steer the group around the exhibition's nine display
areas.
Ms Cullen said sight impairment did not detract from group members'
experience.
"Everybody loved it. It's really important that it's enjoyable and not all
serious, and to show that
art appreciation can be fun," she said.
The hour-long tour is free and open to all.
On Friday, Ms Cullen and a sign language interpreter will guide deaf and
hearing impaired people
through the exhibition, which runs until November 11.
Ms Cullen plans to organise a weekend tour of the exhibition for the blind
and visually impaired in
coming weeks.
SOURCE
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/217543/blind-learn-what-art-sounds
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