Open AccessBell Bronzes: Reflections on a Blind Visual Arts Practice
Author(s) -
Aaron McPeake
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
disability studies quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-8371
pISSN - 1041-5718
DOI - 10.18061/dsq.v38i3.6479
Subject(s) - distancing , aesthetics , embodied cognition , autonomy , visual arts , citizen journalism , sociology , contemporary art , art , the arts , art gallery , covid-19 , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , art history , political science , performance art , exhibition , law , pathology , world wide web , infectious disease (medical specialty) , medicine , disease
In this article, I reflect upon the issues of beholding participatory multisensory works within the ocularcentric world of the art gallery. The sonic and haptic engagement demanded by my pieces confronts conventions of behaviour in the reception of so-called 'visual art', particularly the kind of aesthetic distancing expected of the autonomous artwork. While such notions of autonomy have been challenged since the 1960s, the curatorial challenges posed by my work reminds us of how far we have to go to cater for a truly inclusive and embodied experience of art.