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January 17, 2008

The Blind Will "See"

According to the 24-Hour Museum, Gilbert & George have given permission to the national charity Living Paintings to have their famous, 'Thumbing' be made into an image that the blind can "see." Below is a description of what takes place...

"A wooden template will be made of the picture and a plastic mould then taken to produce a raised image of the portrait of the two men standing and thumbing their noses in a deliberately prankish manner – perhaps at the conventions of traditional art.
Blind or partially sighted people will be able to feel their way around the image with the help of an audio description on CD or cassette. The description will direct their fingers, tell the story of the painting and give them a history of Gilbert and George and their work. In this way the senses of touch and hearing combine to make up for the missing sense of sight."

--24hourmuseum.org.uk

| By Nathan Gemayel | 11:23 PM

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Posted by: Heidi Vincent at January 18, 2008 9:41 AM

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