Ellen Mara De Wachter

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Opinion: Why One UK Museum Is Decentring the Visual

A person with white hair, dressed in a black top and grey jeans, walks from left to right using a white cane. They move across a smooth grey floor in a gallery space, dwarfed by a massive, rust-brown steel sculpture that towers behind them. The weathered steel surface shows rich variations in tone and texture, with the sculpture's curved planes leaning at a dramatic angle, creating a sense of weight and movement. The composition emphasizes the relationship between the human body navigating space and the monumental scale of the artwork.

Opinion piece for frieze about ‘Beyond the Visual’ at Henry Moore Institute, an exhibition by blind and partially blind artists, which suggests that ‘disability gain’ can enhance the museum-going experience for everyone

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Image: Fayen d’Evie, Hillary Goidell, Georgina Kleege and Bryan Phillips, Wayfinding ‘Sequence’/Vibrational Re-Call, 2018/25, installation with 2-channel film, 4-channel audio description. Courtesy: the artists