ABOUT THIS SITE
For people with sight: the eye leads, the ear supports
For people with vision loss: the ear leads, the eye rests
This site presents recordings that attempt to use audio description and a rich use of sound to help people with vision loss experience works of art. The recordings reflect different production approaches.
Here are some examples:
The recordings for Number 27, Deborah Hall, A Ride for Liberty, The Fugitive Slaves, and Sunday Morning, Women Drying Their Hair first use storytelling techniques to set the context for the work’s creation, and then follow with detailed audio description. All are on the site American Art.
The recordings for Louisiana Rice Fields, Still Life with Parrots, and A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie integrate sounds throughout the narrated historical context and the audio description.
The recording of Nude Descending a Staircase explores the use of sound as analogue for visual elements.
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NOTE: If possible, listen to the recording with headphones (or earbuds).
CREDITS: The recordings in this site first appeared within projects created for Art Beyond Sight, the Ringling Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New-York Historical Society.
Some recordings
For people with sight: the eye leads, the ear supports
For people with vision loss: the ear leads, the eye rests
This site presents recordings that attempt to use audio description and a rich use of sound to help people with vision loss experience works of art. The recordings reflect different production approaches.
Here are some examples:
The recordings for Number 27, Deborah Hall, A Ride for Liberty, The Fugitive Slaves, and Sunday Morning, Women Drying Their Hair first use storytelling techniques to set the context for the work’s creation, and then follow with detailed audio description. All are on the site American Art.
The recordings for Louisiana Rice Fields, Still Life with Parrots, and A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mount Rosalie integrate sounds throughout the narrated historical context and the audio description.
The recording of Nude Descending a Staircase explores the use of sound as analogue for visual elements.
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NOTE: If possible, listen to the recording with headphones (or earbuds).
CREDITS: The recordings in this site first appeared within projects created for Art Beyond Sight, the Ringling Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the New-York Historical Society.
Some recordings