A unique art project that invites the public, including the blind and visually impaired, to experience art, each in his way.
Invites all to experience art as consumers of art, and as makers of art.
Our five senses allow us to collect information from the surrounding environment; this data, is then analyzed, organized and reconstructed into coherent mental representations. Since each brain has specific recipes: anatomy, environment, prejudices, biases, conditioning, the process of "reconstruction" is very individual.
If we assume that the body, basket of tools that allows us to perceive the world, is different from person to person, then the perception would always be subjective. However, we must trust that the subjective perception is the only way that gives us access to the object as it is. On the other hand, we believe that the perception of the others is not to far away from ours, because if not, how could we dialogue?
In this project - "Sense the Art" – we seek to broaden the experience of art beyond the visual and invite the public to use other senses to perceive and decode the artworks displayed at the exhibitions. We seek also to broaden the experience of art beyond the visual and create opportunities for blind and visually impaired people to do art.
This is an opportunity to expand the experience options in order to broaden and refine the way we experience specifically art and the world in general. It is an invitation to expand the language that allows dialogue as well as the audience with whom the dialogue is being conducted. It is also an invitation to explore the topic of communication in the specific situation of removing one of our senses (vision).
THE AIM IS TO OPEN THE FIELD OF PLASTIC ARTS FOR ALL AUDIENCES, INCLUDING AND TOGETHER WITH THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PUBLIC.
How do the artist adjust the work to such a public? How does the perception and the communication of the visitor change if one of the sensorial instruments is altered?
Does this experience allow us to become conscious of the fact that there is to the world much more than what we see, and therefore, we ALL are limited in the perception of our surroundings?
This unique project was undertaken in collaboration with the Central Library for Blind & Reading Impaired People, that took over the vital role of transferring the information and messages regarding the exhibition into Braille print and recording all the information for the audio guides. In collaboration with the ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services and Services for the Blind in Israel.
The project includes:
Art exhibitions,
Digital art workshops,
"Sense the Art" conference
The editing and printing of the book "The Poems We Loved", first accessible illustrated book
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