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Blindness

Posted inFilm

A Filmmaker Explores Relationships to Blindness

by Jourdain Searles July 21, 2020November 5, 2020

Grappling with his own loss of sight, Rodney Evans surveys the experiences of blind artists in Vision Portraits.

Posted inArt

Unseen, an Audio Comic Especially Designed for the Blind

Avatar photo by Emily Wilson August 28, 2019August 28, 2019

The protagonist of Unseen, like its creator, is blind. The characters she fights often underestimate her because of her disability — and that’s a big mistake.

Posted inArt

New Ways of Experiencing Art for the Sight-Impaired

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky October 8, 2018October 9, 2018

Shared Vision features commissioned works by 14 sighted, partially sighted, or blind artists formulating new ways to encounter art.

Posted inArt

An Exhibition About Blindness Engages All the Senses

by Timothy Hadfield October 9, 2017

In Naples, using sight, sound, voice, and movement to evoke the varied experiences of blindness.

Posted inArt

Digitizing the World’s Largest Braille Music Collection

Avatar photo by Allison Meier August 10, 2016August 10, 2016

Digitizing braille music isn’t as easy as just scanning the page. The tactile notations require multiple steps for accurate transcription, and their history of touch means the dots are sometimes smashed or otherwise unreadable.

Posted inNews

A New App Attempts to See for the Blind

Avatar photo by Carey Dunne January 19, 2016January 19, 2016

What if your smartphone could see for you, the same way it tells time, takes pictures, crushes candy, and occasionally calls people for you?

Posted inNews

Two Crowdfunding Campaigns Aim to Create Art for the Blind

by Laura C. Mallonee November 17, 2015November 18, 2015

Imagine never being able to see the Mona Lisa, much less understand what people mean when they talk about her enigmatic smile.

Posted inArt

Justine, a Prophet: Blindness and Vision in Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’

by Cynthia Cruz September 5, 2015September 22, 2015

The opening shot of Lars von Trier’s Melancholia (2011) is a close-up of Justine (played by Kirsten Dunst) her eyes shut, her wet, white-blonde hair wild, a feral halo around her face. And then she slowly opens her eyes.

Posted inNews

Museo del Prado Leads the Charge Toward Better Accessibility for the Blind

by Laura C. Mallonee February 12, 2015February 16, 2015

Touching the Prado invites visually impaired people to touch relief replicas of six collection masterpieces.

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