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Sonic Paintings http://sonicpaintings.com – a Dutch company who
produce “installations that create interactive soundscapes to bring
to life a story in a painting”, using multiple layers of audio: music,
conversation, information about the painter and events.
Soundscapes https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/
soundscapes – a past exhibition at the National Gallery who
“commissioned musicians and sound artists to select a painting
and compose a new piece of music or sound art in response”. Not
specifically for BPS visitors, but I liked that visitors might ‘feel’ the
paintings and ‘see’ the sound.
Simple audio ideas
I’ve tried to increase access using audio in different ways. I think of audio
description as combining sound effects, audio, description, music and points
of view to bring stories to life, e.g. I’ve used audio:
Within an exhibition – the use of the RNIB PenFriend to play sound effects
and audio description within the ‘Into the Blue’ exhibition at Hove Museum.
As part of creative sessions for BPS families – sharing audio descriptions and
music during gallery tours for BPS children at the Wallace Collection.
Combined with tablets and smart phones in photography session for BPS
youngsters – running a ‘Sensory Photography’ session at Hove Museum and
Art Gallery, where BPS young people used tablets and digital cameras to
capture and share their experience of being in the galleries.
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