[Art_beyond_sight_theory_and_research] art, audio description

[Lisa Yayla]

 From a display of arts and crafts by visually-impaired members of 
Vista, www.vistablind.org.uk
The exhibition was opened today, 4 April 2008, by the Lord Mayor of 
Leicester at the Richard Attenborough Centre on Lancaster Road, 
Leicester. There's a whole corridor of fantastic work on display, so do 
visit if you can.

http://greetings-condolencences.blogspot.com/2008/04/vista-150th-anniversary-taken-with.html

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MACHYNLLETH

Chasing Sublime Light is an exhibition of paintings and drawings by 
David Tress which explores his experience of travelling in the powerful 
mountainous landscapes of northern Britain @ MOMA Wales until May 10. 
Also BlindArt – a selection of work from visually impaired and sighted 
artists which visitors are encouraged to touch, until April 24
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/2008/04/04/aberdare-91466-20717030/


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PBS - USA
FRONTLINE is closed-captioned for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers and 
described for people who are blind or visually impaired by the Media 
Access Group at ...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/

[Frontline can be seen online - unsure if audio description is also online.]

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perhaps a bit off subject ....

http://celinejulie.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/tran-t-kim-trangs-films-at-conference-of-birds-gallery/

The information below comes from CONFERENCE OF BIRDS GALLERY:

TRAN T. KIM-TRANG: THE COMPLETE BLINDNESS SERIES1992 - 2006, 8 Videos
Opening Party: Saturday 26 April 7pm

Artist’s notes

In 1991, I conceived of The Blindness Series as an eight-tape project
to investigate physical blindness and its metaphors. Three reasons
motivated me: 1) a personal fear of vision loss; 2) blindness has been
a historical concern for many visual artists; and 3) I wanted to
explore the perceptual to conceptual process, which informs all that
we do.


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I choose my friends because I believe it is better to cultivate a few 
close friendships than to maintain many superficial acquaintances. One 
of the artistic friends I met through blogging is Lloyd Bradbury. I am 
sure he's no stranger to you because I often promoted his art blog


http://forever-art.blogspot.com/2008/04/art-of-friendship.html



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http://lloydsart.blogspot.com/


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http://solitairemiles.com/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cunisdiabolis/2441736054/

A disability identity as an entertainer and an artist is a really hard 
thing to define in the US. If you are disabled - physically marred in 
any way - it really goes against your chances in succeeding in the 
entertaining "workplace". If you are not young, beautiful, perfectly 
formed, or at least rich, your chances of success in the entertaining 
business world start to languish. Despite your evident talent.

I am a disabled artist and jazz vocalist living in Chicago. I have 
Epilepsy, Lupus and I am partially blind.


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Visually-impaired artist proves you don't need sight to paint masterpieces
Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:07p.m.


Several months after beginning a degree in visual arts, Mark Couzens 
started to go blind. However, it turned out that was not enough to stop 
him from pursuing his passion.

Mark Couzens splashes his paint through a perpetual fog.

He was diagnosed with rare angioid streaks three years ago, then six 
months later, the bleeding between the retina and macula left him 
legally blind.

http://www.tv3.co.nz/News/Visuallyimpairedartistprovesyoudontneedsighttopaintmasterpieces/tabid/209/articleID/53054/cat/41/Default.aspx


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http://www.tv3.co.nz/VideoBrowseAll/EntertainmentVideo/tabid/312/articleID/53054/cat/41/Default.aspx#video