2006-09-28 10:02:29 · 6 answers · asked by Slarty Bartfarst 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
In the Victoria and Albert recently i noticed they had a list in braille for the contents of their cabinets.
also i recall a while ago (in Leeds City Gallery i think) they had certain works of sculpture that could be touched as well as viewed so that blind people could engage with them through touch.
i think as someone above has said, these days they provide headsets to talk the visitors through the galleries which i guess has superceded the braille guide, although this doesnt help if the visitor is also deaf.
I think some of the more tactless comments are made by people who really don't get the fact (or indeed probably don't get much!) that art these days is not simply painting, the visual arts has expanded over the last century to embrace all sorts of media and there are many art installations that make use of other senses than just simply sight.
I would imagine (hope) that with the amount of public funding galleries and museums receive that they would have braille guides available on request, i know recently all of the main public art galleries in london have had to undergo refurbishment to ensure they all have full wheelchair access, so inclusivity is very high on the agenda.
2006-09-30 08:20:18 · answer #1 · answered by R Mutt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because most modern art galleries provide audio guides for the blind - they work on a number system, The National Gallery in London has one of these and when I visited with a friend of mine who is blind, we asked at the main reception desk upon entry and they were more than happy to give her a set.
It's wrong to say that art galleries simpy aren't for blind people - that's simply not fair. Even some people who are legally blind may well be partially sighted, and for those who are completely blind can still enjoy art galleries (although perhaps not to the same extent) alongside sighted people, through use of the audio description.
2006-09-28 17:07:36 · answer #2 · answered by squirrellondon 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wrong catagory why did you put it in television you know T.V. as in shows on tv..
2006-09-28 17:07:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
perhaps they should make talking books for the deaf as well lol
2006-09-28 17:07:51 · answer #4 · answered by duncan 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hahahaha... lmao @ this one... blind dont need to see art galleris and they cant see pictures!
2006-09-28 17:04:13 · answer #5 · answered by Dragonflygirl 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
are you dumb or what?
how the hell are they going to interpret the notices into their imagination
2006-09-28 17:11:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋