VIS(ABLE)
VIS(ABLE) uses video to explore the journey of sight loss, from being fully sighted through degrees of visual impairment up to and including complete blindness. Each participant crucially gets to have their own words heard, to express their thoughts about everyday realities as well as describe their often ingenious solutions to negotiating both public and private worlds. Each describes their own personal emotional journey towards acceptance of their condition, and their adaptations to a sight-dominant world are explored through reflections on assistive technology and the haptic design within their environment which emphasises each participant's own sense of agency as active members of society.
VIS(ABLE)
VIS(ABLE) uses video to explore the journey of sight loss, from being fully sighted through degrees of visual impairment up to and including complete blindness. Each participant crucially gets to have their own words heard, to express their thoughts about everyday realities as well as describe their often ingenious solutions to negotiating both public and private worlds. Each describes their own personal emotional journey towards acceptance of their condition, and their adaptations to a sight-dominant world are explored through reflections on assistive technology and the haptic design within their environment which emphasises each participant's own sense of agency as active members of society. The daily experiences of the collaborators in navigating their world are represented by a series of photographic still lifes of the haptic design tools discussed in the interviews.