On 15th October, International Day of the White Stick for the Blind, Eva Fotiadi (PhD) talks on Greek national radio station ERA 1, about the The OtherAbilities artist initiative. Fotiadi discusses the group’s current project, ‘What Do I Hear?’, which involves the production of prototype tools for translating audible sound into vibrations. The short interview was given for a radio show, ‘I exercise my rights . . .’, which considers disabilities, civil rights, and how technology can contribute to attendant activist movements.
Eva’s curatorial research into inclusive exhibitions is supported by Caradt. She is exploring possibilities for making exhibitions accessible to sensory diverse audiences, using tools for sensory translation developed with the ‘What Do I Hear?’ team.
‘What Do I Hear?’ is a collaboration between The OtherAbilities (Amsterdam) and Vibra Fusion Lab (London, Ontario, Canada). It is supported by Mondriaan Fonds, Stimulerings Fonds Creatieve Industrie, and Ontario Research Council.
The short radio interview (in Greek) with Eva can be accessed here
‘Could experimental sensory translation of art works improve their accessibility for sensory diverse exhibition audiences?’
Eva Fotiadi is a researcher within the Situated Art, Design and Technology research group and a theory tutor at the St Joost School of Art and Design, where she is also a member of the Diversity Dialogues platform
The research group Situated Art, Design and Technology (SADT) focuses on the societal embedding and embodiment of knowledge production that art and design research enables. The conducted research contributes to a deeper understanding of technological developments and their impact on people, society, and the environment, and to the development of situated approaches in the creative sector and beyond. In doing so, it advances a wider acknowledgement of artistic and design research as a mode of knowledge production, one that is grounded in creativity and critical imagination as a way of generating insight into, and intervening in, societal transitions driven by technology.
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