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I dont know, would this have informative value for blind people? But certainly the object is not the artwork itself anymore, its just a transfer of structural i
by baumgarn 11y ago
I dont know, would this have informative value for blind people? But certainly the object is not the artwork itself anymore, its just a transfer of structural information. It is also subject to a high level of interpretation of the recreating sculptor. Doesn't really make sense to me.
There's an irony to them picking the Mona Lisa, a painting that is populary seen as an icon of art, but really only on a very primitive level. It is almost just a media invention of what art is - and there it stops. I'd argue nobody is really seeing the mona lisa anymore.
- panglott 11y agoThe other option is written picture descriptions, which could easily go more than a thousand words trying to capture all of the information discussed in an art criticism class. Things like the composition of elements. It's more typical these days for students who are blind to be in a class with sighted students. You don't want to have to exclude them from the discussion if possible. Ultimately these are just fancy tactile graphics. Sure, it's different, but tactile graphics are well established in math and science education. And 3D printing has real potential here, since tactile graphics can be expensive to produce and distribute for this low-incidence population. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREwnV_XRsA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZREwnV_XRsA
- danboarder 11y agoAs a recognizable icon of art, as you say, I think the 3D print of the Mona Lisa was a great choice to represent this project.