This project came from trying to help people experience a space in a way that most people don’t. This project will heavily involve research and reaching out to members of the blind community. The project involves me searching for prejudice and ignorance in people and myself as well. Originally, I wanted to create a space where sight is not part of the experience to understand blindness as a disability. Experiencing one that is not my own. People tend to be self-obsessed and focus on themselves. I find myself falling victim to this as well. I'm hoping that creating this experience would help me understand this perspective more. Since this is a disability, I also like the idea that viewers can experience a space that isn’t meant for them- that viewers can live in a world for a brief moment that others do their entire life.
Besides the work of trying to spread awareness of others, this experience is also going to hopefully help people experience life in a way that is usually not the way we typically do. As a society, we often view art, but this room is going to take that sense and put it in a coma for a bit. This experience is going to focus on the other senses, specifically touch, hearing, and smell (not sure about smell and taste because some are sensitive to smell, and I don’t know how I could incorporate taste)
Maybe this piece will also help people consider other people's position, and be a bit more understanding of those and thankful for their abilities.
The space will be a dark room that is filled with idioms in a museum-like atmosphere. (maybe) The collection of tactile works may include an iron vibrator, sculpted faces made from materials like iron, wax, or paper(faces might as well be of other animals like a for or something of the sort, and found not created), textured oil paintings, unusual sculptures, found objects, and familiar items such as a stuffed animal. Each object is chosen for its tactile qualities—texture, temperature, weight, and form—rather than visual appearance. There will also be a book and maybe a few other things that don’t have value to them without their sight.
The central aim of this work is to focus on senses beyond sight. Art is commonly created for visual experience; this installation searches for what happens when the feeling is the connection to the space. It encourages participants to calm down and focus on exploring the space through touch and consider how access to art is dependent on sensory ability.
Ultimately, I would like to create a space that doesn’t involve a site to experience it. If it is appropriate to connect the space to disability, I will do that. If it is not them, I will focus on experiencing a space that just doesn’t involve sight.
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