Daniele Marano touches the tactile model in Karl Farkas Park.
Photo: City of Vienna/Christian Fürthner
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Visible to all: graffiti in Karl Farkas Park becomes tangible!

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In Karl-Farkas-Park in Vienna's Neubau district, art can now not only be seen but also touched. An innovative art project there aims to make graffiti and works of art accessible to blind and visually impaired people. By installing 3D tactile panels, people with visual impairments can now also experience art in public spaces.

3D tactile panels make graffiti accessible!

Erich Schmid, who has been blind since birth, is delighted with this initiative, which enables him to experience art in a new way. The 3D panels offer a tactile experience by depicting a three-dimensional form of the artwork. There is also an explanation of the artwork in Braille underneath.

Graffiti you can touch

The project was initiated by the "Zero Project" with the aim of making art accessible to everyone. Blind and visually impaired people are often overlooked in everyday life and in the art world. Martin Essl, founder of the Essl Foundation and initiator of the project, emphasises the importance of making art accessible to people with disabilities. "It is certainly the case that art is aimed at the broad market. And people with disabilities are not the broad market. Sometimes people think about it, but in most cases they don't," says Essl.

The idea for the barrier-free graffiti comes from Belgrade, where a similar project has already been successfully realised. There, too, the possibility of making works of art tangible through touch has been well received. Involving blind and visually impaired people in the production of the tactile panels is an important step towards inclusion and shows how art can be made accessible to a more diverse society through innovative approaches.

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Source: red, wien.ORF.at

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