Tag: blind
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Artist creates interactive art and murals accessable by the Blind
Denver Based Artist, Detour, has always explored interactive art in his practice. He has been working with the elements of sound and color for the past 8 years. It wasn’t until 4 years ago that Detour started creating work that allowed people to touch, feel, and explore his art in a natural way. This lead…
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Artist Creates Eerily Beautiful GIFs Even Though He’s Legally Blind
Artist George Redhawk has put together a series of stunning GIFs, perfectly looped and beautifully haunting. Even more incredible is that Redhawk is legally blind. “With the use of visual aides and computer softwares that aide the visually impaired, [Redhawk] began to explore the realm of photo manipulation with a desire to show the world as…
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Video Captures the Moment Colorblind People See Color for the First Time
It’s estimated that nearly 300 million people across the globe are affected by colorblindness. Valspar Paint, in partnership with EnChroma, is helping individuals experience color for the first time through their campaign #ColorForAll. In the touching short documentary Color for the Colorblind, Valspar Paint provides individuals with EnChroma’s colorblindness-correcting eyeglasses, letting them finally experience the joys…
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John Bramblitt Went Blind in 2001. In 2002, he Started Painting
In 2001 John Bramblitt changed his epilepsy medication. Unfortunately his body had a bad reaction to the new medicine and his epileptic seizures got so severe that the damage caused his vision to go from 20/400 (double the limit for legal blindness) to complete blindness. While John maintained light perception he was no longer able to see…