The Artist_s Magazine 2016-03__

the artist’s lifet EDITED BY MCKENZIE GRAHAM

Feeling is Believing

An exhibition at the Prado Museum helped those with visual impairments

discover art through another sense—touch.

TECHNOLOGY MIGHT OF TEN BE

depicted as the scary, unfeeling robot

of the future but, more often than not,

it’s a brilliant aid we can use to boost,

not diminish, our humanity. h e

Museo Nacional del Prado set up an

exhibition with six artworks of vary-

ing styles printed three-dimensionally

for sight-impaired visitors to touch—

allowing them to see with their

i ngers and therefore gain admittance

to a part of culture from which they’re

often excluded. h ere was informa-

tion in braille, audioguides and even

opaque glasses for those with sight

wanting to share the experience.

A caption in

braille, to the

left of the image,

accompanies the

text to its right.