Beyond the Visual

Beyond the Visual broadens the discussion of multisensory ways of beholding contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on modes that transcend a dependency upon sight. A central premise is that a shift in the aesthetic engagement afforded by hybrid forms of contemporary art has the potential to op...

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description Beyond the Visual broadens the discussion of multisensory ways of beholding contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on modes that transcend a dependency upon sight. A central premise is that a shift in the aesthetic engagement afforded by hybrid forms of contemporary art has the potential to open up new sensory and cognitive engagements for blind and partially blind people. This is a subject that has rarely been addressed within the literature on contemporary arts or disability studies. Bringing together leading international scholars and artists in the emerging field of ‘blindness arts’, including blind and partially blind artists, curators, advocates for inclusive practices and models of audio description, cognitive psychologists, and theorists of installation, performance and sound art, the book offers a detailed consideration of exemplars of such multisensory engagement, pre-eminently in works by blind or partially blind artists. In so doing, the book not only shifts the discussion on access and inclusivity – reconceiving access as integral to the creative process – but argues that this has the potential to enrich the experience of art for all beholders, moving beyond an often-unexamined reliance on vision.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1668442025-10-01T05:13:49Z Beyond the Visual Wilder, Ken McPeake, Aaron Blindness/partial blindness Blindness arts Contemporary art Installation and performance art Audio description Curation Accessibility Critical disability studies Beholding art Multisensory engagement thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFM Disability: social aspects Beyond the Visual broadens the discussion of multisensory ways of beholding contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on modes that transcend a dependency upon sight. A central premise is that a shift in the aesthetic engagement afforded by hybrid forms of contemporary art has the potential to open up new sensory and cognitive engagements for blind and partially blind people. This is a subject that has rarely been addressed within the literature on contemporary arts or disability studies. Bringing together leading international scholars and artists in the emerging field of ‘blindness arts’, including blind and partially blind artists, curators, advocates for inclusive practices and models of audio description, cognitive psychologists, and theorists of installation, performance and sound art, the book offers a detailed consideration of exemplars of such multisensory engagement, pre-eminently in works by blind or partially blind artists. In so doing, the book not only shifts the discussion on access and inclusivity – reconceiving access as integral to the creative process – but argues that this has the potential to enrich the experience of art for all beholders, moving beyond an often-unexamined reliance on vision. 2025-10-01T05:13:48Z 2025-10-01T05:13:48Z 2025-09-30T08:19:17Z 2025 book ONIX_20250930T101509_9781800088856_2 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/106190 9781800088856 9781787352636 9781800086227 9781800088832 9781800088849 9781800088863 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166844 eng open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/106190/1/9781800088856.pdf UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781800088856 10.14324/111.9781800088856 29b9f0a3-1b0d-4bdd-99d7-b4d3432d7fcc 9781800088856 9781787352636 9781800086227 9781800088832 9781800088849 9781800088863 London open access
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Curation
Accessibility
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Beyond the Visual
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topic Blindness/partial blindness
Blindness arts
Contemporary art
Installation and performance art
Audio description
Curation
Accessibility
Critical disability studies
Beholding art
Multisensory engagement
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics::ABA Theory of art
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Blindness arts
Contemporary art
Installation and performance art
Audio description
Curation
Accessibility
Critical disability studies
Beholding art
Multisensory engagement
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