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Conceptual Art Workshop
for the Visually Impaired
Project 7 - Braille Flyers
Students will find expressions and create phrases based on ideas of (in)accessibility and (in)comprehension. These phrases will be printed as flyers in Braille and distributed by the students to strangers in public. This project will examine barriers of comprehension and limits of understanding, empowering the students through an “other side of the coin” experience that will demonstrate the use of art as a political action in the public sphere.
In Mexico City, there were six different phrases written on the Braille flyers:
"Enjoy your last day. The abyss is beneath you."
"Today you will meet the love of your life... in Sanborn's."
(Sanborn's is a popular Mexican restaurant).
"Exchange this coupon immediately for one free erotic massage."
"Exchange this coupon immediately for the night of your dreams."
"The essential is invisible."
"Nada es verdad, nada es mentira,
todo depende del cristal con que se mira."
...which is a Spanish saying that means...
"Nothing is the truth, nothing is a lie, it all depends on the lens through which you are looking."