[Art_beyond_sight_theory_and_research] Tactile drawing aesthetics and a blind woman's drawings of sounds

[Lisa Yayla]

Hi,

Got this information from Prof. Kennedy. Soon in publication in the British Journal of Visual Impairment:

Tactile drawing aesthetics and a blind woman's drawings of sounds John M Kennedy University of Toronto

The Abstract reads:

This paper makes four points. First, in making raised, tangible outline pictures, blind people can invent sophisticated treatments for topics they select themselves. Second, their drawings can be realistic. Thirdly, they can also be metaphoric, in showing sounds for example. Fourthly, their outline drawings use line for surface edges, and they incorporate aspects of perspective such as profiles. These points are illustrated by three drawings by EW, a blind woman. They are sketches of a couple waltzing, a guitar player and a samba band. The account of line and profiles given here for the blind, the essay argues, applies also to Palaeolithic art, as in Herzog's "Cave Of Forgotten Dreams" and Cook's "Ice Age Art: The Arrival Of The Modern Mind."

Best regards,

Lisa




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