Wide Eye Open
Travelling multi-sensory "inclusive" exhibitions of Blind With Camera
In India
01. Piramal Gallery, NCPA (Mumbai) 2007
02. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath (Bangalore) 2007
03. India Habitat Centre (New Delhi) 2007
04. Kala Ghoda Arts Festival (Mumbai) 2008, 2010
05. Academy of Fine Arts (Kolkata) 2009
06. Alliance Franciaise (Mumbai & New Delhi) 2010, 2012
07. Kala Academy (Panjim Goa) 2010
08. Gallery Art & Soul (Mumbai) 2011
09. Harrington Street Arts Centre (Kolkata) 2012
10. British Council (New Delhi) 2016
11. Standard Chartered Bank (Mumbai) 2016
12. Times Literature Festival (Mumbai) 2017
13. National Association for the Blind (NAB), New Delhi 2019
In Abroad
01. DaDa International Disability Art Festival (Liverpool, UK) 2010
02. The Nehru Centre - Indian High Commission (London) 2010
03. Royal Holloway, University of London (UK) 2015
04. Galerie Huit in Arles (France) 2016
05. Art for the Good, Singapore International Foundation, Singapore 2017
06. Malaysian Association for the Blind, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018
07. Linutus, Athens, Greece 2018
Multi-Sensory & Inclusive Design
All exhibitions are multi-sensory inclusive, both blind and sighted visitors can access and enjoy the exhibitions. Each photographs on display in exhibitions has 5 components -
1. Normal print
2. Tactile (touch & feel) version of normal print
3. Audio Description played on MP3 players
4. Footnote in Large Print
5. Footnote in Braille
Along with normal printed invites or e-invites, flyers and brochures we also print them in Braille and audio invitees. Inclusive design have encouraged the visually impaired to visit exhibitions. Since 2007 had footfall of about 60,000 sighted visitors and 5000 visually impaired visitors, many were first time visitor to art gallery.
Activities during exhibtions
To demystify blindness several sensitization and outreach activities are conducted during exhibitions.
1. Blindfold photo workshop with sighted
2. Get your picture clicked by blind photographer
3. Screening of films on blind photographers and blind artists around the world
4. Talk show between blind photographers and established photographer / artists.