From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Jan 5 07:32:12 2011 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 08:32:12 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] A feel for art Message-ID: <6CC588DF64F27444A0B9D05DDC2BA1A84A81B5BEE5@mail1> excerpt But not at the Touching Art: Louvres Sculptures in Movement exhibition now on an Asian tour to Hong Kong. You are encouraged to appreciate art by touching and running your hands around it. Endorsed by the Tactile Gallery at the Louvre Museum in Paris, the exhibition is on view at the Hong Kong Museum of Art. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=36&art_id=106577&sid=30777379&con_type=1&d_str=20101231 -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Wed Jan 5 13:03:41 2011 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:03:41 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Audio Description Course - Spring 2011 Message-ID: <6CC588DF64F27444A0B9D05DDC2BA1A84A81B5BEE9@mail1> forwarding Audio Description Course - Spring 2011 Study Audio Description at Montgomery College this Spring! Audio Description is a literary art form. It's a type of poetry--a haiku. It provides a verbal version of the visual--the visual is made verbal, and aural, and oral. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, describers convey the visual image from television and film that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population * and not fully realized by the rest of us--the rest of us, sighted folks who see but who may not observe. Audio describers provide services in various multi-media settings, including theater, television, video, film, exhibits, museums, and educational venues--but also at circuses, rodeos, ice skating exhibitions and myriad sports events. Joel Snyder President Audio Description Associates, LLC "The Visual Is Made Verbal" tm www.audiodescribe.com jsnyder at audiodescribe.com 301 920-0218 http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=tswsbvdab&v=001QYDB14zrJ4_6HSSmGIJGLP5z26zPXBgpGadKzt9LHcxZON8cK4nfZG06eY16p1msigIH1VyXlXqWLxt3BEFukG-mdL7AsPHpgvosha94xZcENi3TdLoGmg%3D%3D -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Thu Jan 6 08:58:12 2011 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:58:12 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Audio Description: free online course Message-ID: <6CC588DF64F27444A0B9D05DDC2BA1A84A81B5BEED@mail1> Hi, Joel Snyder has developed a online course for Audio Description and it is free! The information and how-tos from Joel Snyder follow. Regards, Lisa Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal - ON-LINE! And FREE! Note: While this option should not be construed as a substitute for a face-to-face training, it may be helpful for some people. Audio Description is a literary art form. It's a type of poetry--a haiku. It provides a verbal version of the visual--the visual is made verbal, and aural, and oral. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, describers convey the visual image from television and film that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population * and not fully realized by the rest of us--the rest of us, sighted folks who see but who may not observe. Audio describers provide services in various multi-media settings, including theater, television, video, film, exhibits, museums, and educational venues--but also at circuses, rodeos, ice skating exhibitions and myriad sports events. * The American Foundation for the Blind now estimates that over 25 million Americans are blind or have trouble seeing even with correction. For broadcast television, on film and videotape and on DVDs, AD enhances the regular program audio, precisely timed to occur only during the lapses between dialogue. Until June of this 2009, description was accessed on televised programs in the United States via a Secondary Audio Program channel; now description audio is one of several additional audio tracks available digitally. This course is particularly timely: President Obama recently signed into law a mandate for description on broadcast television beginning late in 2011. Thus, the need for professionally trained describers will increase dramatically throughout 2011. The sessions will introduce participants to the principles of description, how to produce quality description, and the importance of close communication with the "end users"-people who are blind or have low vision and all people who support this innovative use of technology to provide greater media access. - go to: www.fracturedatlas.org - click on Program & Services - in the drop-down menu, click on ON-Line Courses. Before you go further, you'll need to click on "Become A Member" at the top of the screen. Enter an email address and choose "community"-that's the free option. You should then be eligible to take the course. Once you're all signed up/signed in, you can simply click on Fractured U. and choose Courses at the top. The course is listed about half-way down: Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal. The course was developed and is monitored by Joel Snyder. . One of the first audio describers, Snyder began describing theater events and media in 1981. In addition to his ongoing work in these genres (Kennedy Center, Arena Stage, "Sesame Street," DVDs and feature films), each year he develops audio described tours for major museums throughout the United States including the Smithsonian Institution, the Getty, the Albright-Knox, the National Aquarium, and several State museums and myriad National Park and Forest Service exhibit centers. He has introduced audio description/conducted audio description workshops in 30 states and D.C. and over 25 countries; in summer 2008, Snyder presented workshops in Montpellier, Shanghai, Beijing and provided description for the World Blind Union in Geneva. Most recently, he trained describers in Brazil and presented papers on description in Italy at the International Conference on the Arts & Society and in Spain at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (where he is a Ph.D. candidate, expected 2011). www.audiodescribe.com jsnyder at audiodescribe.com 301 920-0218 JOEL SNYDER President, Audio Description Associates, LLC "The Visual Made Verbal" (tm) ADA logo--an eye within an ear 6502 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD 20912 jsnyder at audiodescribe.com -- 301 920-0218 Cell: 301 452-1898 -- Fax: 408 445-0079 For more information about audio description, please visit: www.audiodescribe.com Director, Audio Description Project American Council of the Blind jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083 www.acb.org/adp ACB logo ADP logo -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From scr at univdesign.com Sat Jan 8 15:03:23 2011 From: scr at univdesign.com (Shirley Confino-Rehder) Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 10:03:23 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud In-Reply-To: <24D7D88B9120494199E9A6946F6344FE@domain.local> Message-ID: HI Lisa, Just came across this email. Wondering how you fared with this project. Have been working with puff paints for tactile paintings of museum quality paintings, very successfully. Curious. Shirley Confino-Rehder On 11/17/10 9:49 AM, "Laurie Kilgour" wrote: > Go to your local art store and look at the acrylic painting mediums - there > are a variety of textures available that would be far easier than glueing > paper on a globe. There are things like 'heavy gel' 'pumice gel' and > others. Also, look at fabric paints - there are puffy and 3-d paints. > > -----Original Message----- > From: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org > [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:27 AM > To: accessibleimage at freelists.org; 'ArtBeyond Sight Theory and Research'; > 'Art Beyond SightEducators List'; > 'art_beyond_sight_learning_tools at nfbnet.org'; 'Access to Art Museums'; 'Art > Beyond Sight Advocacy' > Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud > > Hi, > > I have gotten my hands on a few small globes and am in the process of making > them > tactile (hopefully). So if anyone has done this before or has any ideas > about > it would appreciate any feedback. > > The globes are approximately 15 inches (34 cm) in circumference. About the > size of a softball. > Am starting to paint over the continents with a white glue (like Elmer's > glue) to . Will perhaps have > several layers so that it is easier to distinguish, and perhaps a textured > paper after that. And thought > to use a string/thread for the Equator etc. > > Have thought this could also be done with a large globe but like the idea of > a smaller globe. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > > > > -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/lauri > e%40artgalleryofhamilton.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/scr%40u > nivdesign.com > Shirley Confino-Rehder cid, affil aia Chair, Norfolk Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities http://www.norfolk.gov/humanservices/disabilitiescommission.asp Chair, South Hampton Roads Disability Services Board ?09 http://www.hrpdc.org/ECON/ECON_Housing_SHRDSB.asp 757 625-0969 office 757 513-4880 mobile From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Tue Jan 11 09:31:52 2011 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:31:52 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud In-Reply-To: References: <24D7D88B9120494199E9A6946F6344FE@domain.local> Message-ID: <6CC588DF64F27444A0B9D05DDC2BA1A84A81B5BEFA@mail1> Hi Lisa, I haven't tried out the acrylic painting mediums or gels yet. They sound like they would work really well. Saw that you have a really nice website - www.univdesign.com Best, Lisa -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] P? vegne av Shirley Confino-Rehder Sendt: 8. januar 2011 16:03 Til: Access to Art Museums Emne: Re: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud HI Lisa, Just came across this email. Wondering how you fared with this project. Have been working with puff paints for tactile paintings of museum quality paintings, very successfully. Curious. Shirley Confino-Rehder On 11/17/10 9:49 AM, "Laurie Kilgour" wrote: > Go to your local art store and look at the acrylic painting mediums - there > are a variety of textures available that would be far easier than glueing > paper on a globe. There are things like 'heavy gel' 'pumice gel' and > others. Also, look at fabric paints - there are puffy and 3-d paints. > > -----Original Message----- > From: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org > [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:27 AM > To: accessibleimage at freelists.org; 'ArtBeyond Sight Theory and Research'; > 'Art Beyond SightEducators List'; > 'art_beyond_sight_learning_tools at nfbnet.org'; 'Access to Art Museums'; 'Art > Beyond Sight Advocacy' > Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud > > Hi, > > I have gotten my hands on a few small globes and am in the process of making > them > tactile (hopefully). So if anyone has done this before or has any ideas > about > it would appreciate any feedback. > > The globes are approximately 15 inches (34 cm) in circumference. About the > size of a softball. > Am starting to paint over the continents with a white glue (like Elmer's > glue) to . Will perhaps have > several layers so that it is easier to distinguish, and perhaps a textured > paper after that. And thought > to use a string/thread for the Equator etc. > > Have thought this could also be done with a large globe but like the idea of > a smaller globe. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Lisa > > > > > -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/lauri > e%40artgalleryofhamilton.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/scr%40u > nivdesign.com > Shirley Confino-Rehder cid, affil aia Chair, Norfolk Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities http://www.norfolk.gov/humanservices/disabilitiescommission.asp Chair, South Hampton Roads Disability Services Board ?09 http://www.hrpdc.org/ECON/ECON_Housing_SHRDSB.asp 757 625-0969 office 757 513-4880 mobile _______________________________________________ Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Artbeyondsightmuseums: http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/lisa.yayla%40statped.no -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From scr at univdesign.com Tue Jan 11 16:13:59 2011 From: scr at univdesign.com (Shirley Confino-Rehder) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:13:59 -0500 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud In-Reply-To: <6CC588DF64F27444A0B9D05DDC2BA1A84A81B5BEFA@mail1> Message-ID: Am now trying to finish up some tactile images for the VA Zoo. Just received some money to get the images reproduced. Am interested in what you are doing. Haven't read most of the email I get because of lack of time, definitely of because of lack of interest. Not sure if my article on creating Tactile Images is on my website, but will be glad to send it to you. It is now a featured chapter in the newest edition of THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE INCLUSIVE MUSEUM. Based on a presentation I give to docents and teachers. Will be following your work, Shirley On 1/11/11 4:31 AM, "Lisa Yayla" wrote: > Hi Lisa, > > I haven't tried out the acrylic painting mediums or gels yet. > They sound like they would work really well. > > Saw that you have a really nice website - www.univdesign.com > > Best, > > Lisa > > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org > [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] P? vegne av Shirley > Confino-Rehder > Sendt: 8. januar 2011 16:03 > Til: Access to Art Museums > Emne: Re: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud > > HI Lisa, > > Just came across this email. Wondering how you fared with this project. > > Have been working with puff paints for tactile paintings of museum quality > paintings, very successfully. > Curious. > > Shirley Confino-Rehder > > > On 11/17/10 9:49 AM, "Laurie Kilgour" > wrote: > >> Go to your local art store and look at the acrylic painting mediums - there >> are a variety of textures available that would be far easier than glueing >> paper on a globe. There are things like 'heavy gel' 'pumice gel' and >> others. Also, look at fabric paints - there are puffy and 3-d paints. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org >> [mailto:artbeyondsightmuseums-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Yayla >> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 5:27 AM >> To: accessibleimage at freelists.org; 'ArtBeyond Sight Theory and Research'; >> 'Art Beyond SightEducators List'; >> 'art_beyond_sight_learning_tools at nfbnet.org'; 'Access to Art Museums'; 'Art >> Beyond Sight Advocacy' >> Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactile globe - thinking out loud >> >> Hi, >> >> I have gotten my hands on a few small globes and am in the process of making >> them >> tactile (hopefully). So if anyone has done this before or has any ideas >> about >> it would appreciate any feedback. >> >> The globes are approximately 15 inches (34 cm) in circumference. About the >> size of a softball. >> Am starting to paint over the continents with a white glue (like Elmer's >> glue) to . Will perhaps have >> several layers so that it is easier to distinguish, and perhaps a textured >> paper after that. And thought >> to use a string/thread for the Equator etc. >> >> Have thought this could also be done with a large globe but like the idea of >> a smaller globe. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Lisa >> >> >> >> >> -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- >> _______________________________________________ >> Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list >> Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Artbeyondsightmuseums: >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/lauri >> e%40artgalleryofhamilton.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list >> Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for >> Artbeyondsightmuseums: >> >">http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/scr%40 >> u >> nivdesign.com >> > > > Shirley Confino-Rehder cid, affil aia > > Chair, Norfolk Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities > http://www.norfolk.gov/humanservices/disabilitiescommission.asp > Chair, South Hampton Roads Disability Services Board ?09 > http://www.hrpdc.org/ECON/ECON_Housing_SHRDSB.asp > > 757 625-0969 office > 757 513-4880 mobile > > > > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/lisa.ya > yla%40statped.no > > > -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- > > > _______________________________________________ > Artbeyondsightmuseums mailing list > Artbeyondsightmuseums at nfbnet.org > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for > Artbeyondsightmuseums: > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/artbeyondsightmuseums_nfbnet.org/scr%40u > nivdesign.com > Shirley Confino-Rehder cid, affil aia Chair, Norfolk Mayor's Commission for Persons with Disabilities http://www.norfolk.gov/humanservices/disabilitiescommission.asp Chair, South Hampton Roads Disability Services Board ?09 http://www.hrpdc.org/ECON/ECON_Housing_SHRDSB.asp 757 625-0969 office 757 513-4880 mobile From fnugg at online.no Fri Jan 28 12:50:05 2011 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:50:05 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Blind with Camera School of Photography, 7 Blind Women Filmakers, caps, DadaFest 2010, Hereford Photography Festival Message-ID: <4D42BB7D.5050502@online.no> Hereford Photography Festival Becky Matthews straddles both the [Open Here] collection and her collaboration with the Royal National College for the Blind in Focus Here exhibitions and talks. She oversaw visually and touchably readable art works and road signs positioned around the venue - a revelation about the use of photography for blind and visually impaired people. Accomanying it is Sights Unseen, a touring exhibition curated by the London charity PhotoVoice, and including works from China, Mexico and Israel, which all defy expectations - and fit surprisingly well among current trends for blurred, off-centre, unconventionally composed images sold for high prices by many successful and sighted photographers. http://www.theartsdesk.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=2516:hereford-photography-festival-20-museum-gallery-and-courtyard-arts-centre&Itemid=105 excerpt Innovator, advocate for blind honored Some of the recreational programs he established for the blind seem surprising: a darts club, a choir that produced a holiday CD, a bowling team, pottery and kudzu basket-making classes, photography classes, a hiking and running club, and a book club. He even started a Visionaries in Public Speaking Toastmaster?s Club. http://www2.journalnow.com/news/2010/nov/21/innovator-advocate-for-blind-honored-ar-555627/ http://www.thesource.com/articles/31730/NEW-ERA-CAP-X-JOHNNY-NUNEZ/178/Buyers-Guide?thesource-prod=nc4467sobh0v5au3016qo05f94 New Era Cap the international headwear and apparel brand, is proud to announce its latest collaboration with photographer for the stars, Johnny Nunez. The extremely limited edition cap celebrates the influential work of the EYE CAN Foundation, a non-profit organization that works to improve the lives and opportunities of foster care youth and the visually impaired in order to see a better future. This signature 59FIFTY cap reflects his hip hop roots and illustrates his inspiration of teaching visually impaired kids how to overcome their handicap and embrace photography. The New Era x Johnny Nunez cap has a unique characteristic in that it is inscribed in Braille on the brim which quotes ?history repeats itself, opportunity does not, be ready.? excerpt Blind with Camera at DadaFest 2010 An exhibition by Blind with Camera is showing at the DaDa-Fest International, Liverpool until 3 December 2010. DAO talked to Partho Bhowmick who set up the project in Mumbai, India, in 2006 after being inspired by Evgen Bavcar, an accomplished blind photographer based in Paris. http://www.disabilityartsonline.org.uk/?location_id=1230 link Blind with Camera School of Photography When we think of sight, we think of light and when we think of a blind, we think of darkness. The partition between light and darkness is natural as the polarity between people with sight and people with blindness is deeply rooted in our historical, psychological and sociological influences. Our cultural emphasis on eye centeredness for interpretation of knowledge, truth and reality make it difficult for us to imagine living without sight. Photography by the visually impaired is in the remotest of our imagination and most of us are unaware that they can take pictures and also they can be trained in photography like the sighted people. Blind With Camera School of Photography is a e-school where people with visually impairment can learn art of photography, upload pictures taken by them, share their point of view and their experience of creation. The school also spreads awareness among general public about the challenges faced by the visually impaired and their sensory substitution - proving that though photography by visually impaired looks difficult, they do it just differently. The e-school aims to create a global community where people with visual impairment can learn, enjoy the art of photography and provide a platform to showcase their ?inner galley? of images to the sighted community, and inspire change in the society. http://blindwithcameraschool.org/ 7 Blind Women Filmakers Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX_McJvB_3w This extraordinary omnibus film presents seven shorts made by a group of blind women who each participated in a yearlong filmmaking workshop initiated by director Mohammad Shirvani. Each short opens an intensely intimate window on the everyday experience of the blind while the collection as a whole raises fascinating questions about the nature of cinema itself. Born in 1973 in Tehran, Mohammad Shirvani made his first short film, THE CIRCLE, in 1999. It was among the 7 short films selected by International Critics' Week in Cannes that year. Since then he has made 8 short fiction films and 6 documentary and experimental feature films, which have been screened in more than 200 festivals around the world and won prestigious awards. His first long feature film will be released in 2009. At present, he is the president of the independent Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA). Shirvani's daring and unconventional approach to filmmaking is, perhaps, most apparent with his latest project. After experiencing a dream in which he turned blind he began thinking about how the blind related to his medium. Spurred on by these thoughts he began running workshops for blind women, introducing them to the film making process. http://events.kodoom.com/en/ontario-ca/7-blind-female-filmmakers/27005/e/ From fnugg at online.no Fri Jan 28 12:56:32 2011 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:56:32 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Mixed lot - design and sports Message-ID: <4D42BD00.5070104@online.no> Hi, A bit of a mix and a bit more sort of off subject. Hope you will excuse this but found the articles interesting. Design ideas and sports. Especially liked the article about sports - think it is perhaps also in a way a tool for learning to decipher images. Regards, Lisa HaptoRender: Project to create 3D printed street maps for the blind HaptoRender is an OpenStreetmap project that will produce static maps, repeatable 3D print-outs, focusing on small areas for the blind and visually impaired. http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/623-HaptoRender-Project-to-create-3D-printed-street-maps-for-the-blind.html link plan.b Concept Digital Map For The Visually Impaired http://www.ubergizmo.com/2010/12/plan-b-concept-digital-map-for-the-visually-impaired/ http://www.designwoo.com/2010/12/plan-b-digital-map-to-guide-visually-impaired-in-crowded-city-lanes/ link a bit off subject but an interesting measuring tool that might be handy for visually impaired Rules of Thumb: Ingenious Hand-Held Digital Tape Measure http://www.designwoo.com/2010/09/rules-of-thumb-ingenious-hand-held-digital-tape-measure/ excerpt Papa Sangre: The sonic iPhone horror game you've been looking for Pictures are better in sound in a dimly lit basement, half a dozen blindfolded players are edging cautiously around the room, crunching over tortilla chips scattered on the floor and occasionally dinging tiny bells suspended from the ceiling. Two of them seem to collide briefly, there's a whisper and then a bloodcurdling scream as one of them 'dies'. This isn't a scene from Silence of the Lambs but a Mexican game called Sangre y Patatas -- or 'blood and potatoes' -- now part of the genesis of a powerful and inventive new mobile game played entirely through sound. Papa Sangre, which was released through the iTunes App Store store today, is described as "the first binaural real-time, 3D audio engine implemented on a handheld device". Too often the silent partner in film and gaming, Papa Sangre's ambitious horror game shows how sound has the highest fidelity of any gaming experience -- the fidelity of your own imagination. .... ... Perhaps inevitably, the game took three times longer than the team had planned but gathered a wealth of new insights during the project. "We realised that pictures are far better in sound than in graphics," said Bennun. "Stuff that takes place in your head is far more profound and personal than it is in visual graphics -- it enables the ultimate first person game because you are in the moment in a way you aren't with visual graphics. Your senses map exactly into the game play." Somethin' Else also worked with the RNIB and a team of visually impaired testers. While they didn't set out to specifically design a game for the visually impaired, a game that was mechanically accessible for all players was an objective. "One of them described the game as 'a sighted person's idea of what a sound game should be like', though I'm not sure I entirely agree with that." said Bennun. "We set out to make a horror game before anything else. But blind people perceive the dark in a different way, perhaps one that isn't inherently terrifying for a horror game." Visually impaired players picked up the game far faster than sighted players, he said. "Sighted players typically start a new game by running around straight away and exploring. In Papa Sangre, they weren't able to do that because you can't skip levels -- you have to learn how to play. Blind players started playing in a much more considered fashion which is the only way you can play the game. Every step counts." How to sonify players' behaviour Nick Ryan, Papa Sangre's sound designer, said storytelling techniques had to be simplified for the game. "In radio there are things you can't tell without exposition or things you can't achieve without pictures," he said. "We discovered lots of techniques to sonify the space, but found that what we thought would sound like a river didn't sounds like that at all, so ended up simplifying the space massively. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/pda/2010/dec/20/papa-sangre-game-audio gagets Ok again a bit off subject but interesting design ideas 12 gadgets that make life easy for the visually impaired http://www.designwoo.com/2010/12/12-gadgets-that-make-life-easy-for-the-visually-impaired/ Ten Innovative Designs To Help The Sight Impaired http://www.designwoo.com/2009/09/ten-innovative-designs-to-help-the-sight-impaired/ and again a bit off subject but sounds interesting UNCONSTRAINED WALKING PLANE TO VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SPATIAL LEARNING BY VISUALLY IMPAIRED - Ubiquitous Computing and Communication Journal http://www.docstoc.com/docs/68244794/UNCONSTRAINED-WALKING-PLANE-TO-VIRTUAL-ENVIRONMENT-FOR-SPATIAL-LEARNING-BY-VISUALLY-IMPAIRED---Ubiquitous-Computing-and-Communication-Journal abstract An outdoor navigation aid system for the visually impaired Abstract In order to provide contextual cues for the visually impaired to navigate safely in outdoor dynamic situations, an outdoor navigation aid system, AudioGuide, is developed based on a PDA in this paper. It leverages technological advances in computer vision, global positioning system (GPS), geographic information system (GIS), and auditory displays. The camera embedded in the PDA captures dynamic environmental information; landmark information along the route queried from a map database built on eSuperMap is provided with the help of the GPS. Furthermore, the route is selected based on the user's familiarity, safety, and distance and thus is optimized for the user. Sonification and auditory icons are utilized to provide intuitive navigational information and natural interactions with the user. Initial usability evaluation shows the feasibility and potential of the AudioGuide for the visually impaired people. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F5668971%2F5674145%2F05674377.pdf%3Farnumber%3D5674377&authDecision=-203 excerpt Car rally for the visually challenged in Jaipur Jaipur: Those who are visually challenged cannot drive but, they can certainly help you to get to your destination. That is exactly what a car rally for the visually challenged helped demonstrate in Jaipur. Those with sight were behind the wheels and their navigators were the ones without sight who followed a route map in braille and asked their drivers to repose blind faith in them while they got them to the finishing line. http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/car-rally-for-the-visually-challenged-in-jaipur-79751 Visually impaired people compete in car rally http://contactlenses.co.uk/contactlensesnews/article42209/visually-impaired-people-compete-in-car-rally.html?catid=2&pageNo=1 excerpt Seeing it through A few adjustments and a little time help visually impaired people reach their athletic goals Like most 12-year-olds, Chris Nusbaum packs a lot into the day. He plays piano, sings in the school choir and this winter is taking ski lessons. In the summer, the Taneytown, Md., seventh-grader goes to sports camp and practices archery, rock wall climbing, swimming, judo and canoeing. Born blind due to a retinal disorder, Chris admits that swimming in an Olympic-size pool for the first time was scary when he couldn't touch the bottom. "But when I do anything new, I always convince myself to forget the doubts and try it. I remind myself that there's a first time for everything." Chris attends public school and each summer goes to Camp Abilities in Brockport, N.Y., where hundreds of visually impaired kids get a chance to learn and excel at sports, many for the first time. "Just because you're blind doesn't mean you can't do sports," says Chris. "The motto of the camp is 'A loss of sight, never a loss of vision,' and to me that means that just because you're blind, you shouldn't lose sight of your dreams." http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sc-health-0119-fitness-workouts-for-b20110119,0,1037145,print.story *Jaipur: * Those who are visually challenged cannot drive but, they can certainly help you to get to your destination. That is exactly what a car rally for the visually challenged helped demonstrate in Jaipur. Those with sight were behind the wheels and their navigators were the ones without sight who followed a route map in braille and asked their drivers to repose blind faith in them while they got them to the finishing line. Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/car-rally-for-the-visually-challenged-in-jaipur-79751?cp *Jaipur: * Those who are visually challenged cannot drive but, they can certainly help you to get to your destination. That is exactly what a car rally for the visually challenged helped demonstrate in Jaipur. Those with sight were behind the wheels and their navigators were the ones without sight who followed a route map in braille and asked their drivers to repose blind faith in them while they got them to the finishing line. Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/car-rally-for-the-visually-challenged-in-jaipur-79751?cp From fnugg at online.no Fri Jan 28 15:07:42 2011 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:07:42 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Photography Message-ID: <4D42DBBE.6050007@online.no> lots of links on The Blind Buzz on Photography http://nystagmite.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/the-blind-buzz-on-photography-57/ Blind Photography Documentary - "Out of Darkness" http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nmandri/blind-photography-documentary-out-of-sight http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=109574&code=Ne2&category=2 Photos By Blind Inspire Seoul http://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=109574&code=Ne2&category=2 Training the blind to see http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/3077725.htm Blinkie Photography No longer are my eyes in a dark room http://blinkiephotography.com.au/ article excerpt http://helablog.com/2010/12/new-hope-for-visually-impaired-with-blinput-smartphone-concept/ From fnugg at online.no Wed Mar 2 05:09:40 2011 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:09:40 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] John Bramblitt on CBS news Message-ID: <4D6DD114.5090108@online.no> video and article Blind artist paints a colorful world John Bramblitt's fingertips are as perceptive as his eyes once were Henry David Thoreau once said "the world is but canvas to our imaginations." In tonight's "American Spirit," CBS News correspondent Don Teague shows us an artist who chose to speak through canvas when his world went dark. If you ask John Bramblitt to describe the world, chances are he'll tell you it's colorful. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/01/eveningnews/main20037973.shtml From fnugg at online.no Wed Mar 2 05:14:47 2011 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 06:14:47 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Vatican Museums offer hands-on approach to art for the blind, deaf Message-ID: <4D6DD247.5090601@online.no> Vatican Museums offer hands-on approach to art for the blind, deaf A corner of a sarcophagus is seen in the pre-Christian and early Christian art and artifacts display at the Vatican Museums. The Museums have started special tours for the deaf and blind, offering a multi-sensory experience of some of its most famous works. (CNS file photo/Nancy Wiechec) VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican Museums have launched special tours for the deaf and blind. The two-hour tours are free to the hearing- and visually impaired and seek to offer a multi-sensory experience of some of the Museums' most famous works. http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1100834.htm From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Thu Mar 3 11:50:20 2011 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:50:20 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Blindfold photo workshop Message-ID: <6CC588DF64F27444A0B9D05DDC2BA1A851A9B61F1C@mail1> Hi, Forwarding email from Partho Bhowmick about a new workshop: After pioneering combining the concepts of blindness and photography for last 4 years, early this year Blind With Camera has launched yet another innovative initiative - Blindfold Photo Workshop for the sighted people. These workshops are conducted by trained blind photographers, demonstrating a reversal of role, challenging common perceptions and inspiring social change. Link below has more details & pictures from the workshop http://blindwithcamera.org/blindfold-photo-workshop/ Blindfold photo workshop along with multi sensory workshop (simulation of blindness) is offered to corporate and B-schools as part of their leadership, team building and human development programs. It will generate revenue and provide income / livelihood to the visually impaired trainers & guides. Partho Bhowmick Initiator of Blind With Camera project Founder of Beyond Sight Foundation Mumbai, India Mobile: +91-9821474731 www.blindwithcamera.org www.blindwithcameraschool.org Beyond Sight Foundation is a nonprofit organisation promoting social integration of people with visual impairment by building capacity for "Non-Retinal" Art culture in India. We provide training in art, development of creative skills, opportunity to exhibit artworks, equal access to art, economic opportunity for people with visual impairment and conduct sensitization workshops for sighted people to bridge the gap between "us and "them" and increase tolerance in society. -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services- From fnugg at online.no Fri Mar 11 11:52:11 2011 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:52:11 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Blog Simon Hayhoe Message-ID: <4D7A0CEB.6000101@online.no> Hi, Link to three blogs by Simon Hayhoe on impairment - published by Toronto University's The Bubble Chamber Website. http://thebubblechamber.org/author/simonhayhoe/ Regards, Lisa From fnugg at online.no Fri Mar 11 13:26:29 2011 From: fnugg at online.no (fnugg at online.no) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:26:29 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Thing-Matic 3D printer builder set, Image Feature Sonification, Painter, exhibition Message-ID: <4D7A2305.8080103@online.no> The MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer is a breakthrough in 3D printing technology. We've named it the Thing-O-Matic because it is an automatic 3D printer. All other 3D printers can only do one thing at a time while the MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D printer prints thing after thing! Buy it, assemble it, and enjoy being the first on your block to live in the cutting-edge personal manufacturing future of tomorrow! Wiki for Thing-O-Matic, CupCake CNC http://store.makerbot.com/makerbot-thing-o-matic.html http://wiki.makerbot.com/start http://www.thingiverse.com/ EdgeSonic: Image Feature Sonification for the Visually Impaired http://vision.ucsd.edu/sites/default/files/ah2011_submission_19-5.pdf Edith McClean won first place in the acrylic category. The artist, said Randall, "is about ninety-ish, she's legally blind and she constantly gets prizes. She sells more artwork these days." http://norwalk.patch.com/articles/local-artist-wins-at-rowayton-arts-centers-1st-juried-show-of-the-year John Brambitt http://www.omg-facts.com/view//27858 excerpt Art show questions perceptions on senses UK charity BlindArt's "Touching Art, Touching you," exhibition has come to Banbury. This incredible art exhibition can be found at Banbury Museum in the Castle Quay shopping centre, and is being provided in collaboration with two local charities, Oxfordshire Association for the Blind and Banbury Macular Disease Society. http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/leisure/8887342.Art_show_questions_perceptions_on_senses/ From Lisa.Yayla at statped.no Thu Mar 24 08:54:24 2011 From: Lisa.Yayla at statped.no (Lisa Yayla) Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 09:54:24 +0100 Subject: [Artbeyondsightmuseums] Tactipad, TactileView weblog translations Message-ID: <6CC588DF64F27444A0B9D05DDC2BA1A851A9B61F4C@mail1> Hi, Forwarding email from Jaap Breider in The Netherlands. He designs very innovative tools. Site in Dutch but by clicking appropriate flag will get a translated version. Very interesting about his new Tactipad. Best regards Lisa TactiPad; The art of drawing tactually drawing tactile art Read this newsletter in other languages For the many people I know abroad. When I launched the TactileView weblog I added quite a number of people to the mailing list that I know from my previous career as well. I realized that not everyone could read the Dutch version of my texts or could enjoy the audio part of the videos. I had requests for an international version of the weblog, but right now resources are too limited to create a duo-lingual version. As a first step, I integrated the Google translation routine in the weblog and e-mails system. Newsletters In the heading of upcoming e-mails (in Dutch again) you will find a link that will enable you to have the e-mail messages translated as well. In that case click the link 'Read this newsletter in other languages'. Weblog articles When you now visit the weblog you are able to have the texts of the articles translated into your own language. Simply click the flag or select the language from the list. Unfortunately you will not get a 100% correct translation, but the automated translation will surely give you an idea what I want to explain. Anyhow, when you may have questions please send an e-mail or give me a call. TactiPad The breaking news is that the TactiPad drawing board is at the point of release. For now I am proud to let you know that the TactiPad has been nominated for the ZieZo Innovation price. On April 7th we will know more, so keep an eye open for the upcoming articles. By browsing all the articles you will get an idea for what was already presented. Links to webblog http://www.tactileview.com/weblog/ http://www.tactileview.com/ -Scanned by Exchange Hosted Services-