Dutch Museum Has Art Show for People with Vision Issues
2021-08-22
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1The Utrecht Central Museum in The Netherlands offered an unusual art exhibit this month.
2Called The Blind Spot, visitors could look at artworks as expected.
3But, they could also touch and smell them.
4The show was designed to provide a better experience for museumgoers with poor eyesight.
5The creators made copies of famous paintings and added representative elements that could be heard or smelled.
6Visitors could even get a "feel" for the art, which included touchable elements.
7Visitor Farid el Manssouri seemed to enjoy his experience.
8He smiled as he moved his hands over cheese, grapes and bread, part of the representation of a famous 1610 painting by Floris van Dyck.
9"The first thing that struck me was the smell," el Manssouri said.
10"I could really smell the cheese, and I touched it too."
11El Manssouri wondered how the food did not fall from its unbalanced position.
12"That was really surprising to feel ... I guess it was glued on pretty well," el Manssouri said.
13Artist Jasper Udink ten Cate and designer Jeroen Prins created The Blind Spot.
14They said they were inspired by an experience they shared with a blind visitor at a past art show.
15They had provided food to go along with an artwork at the show.
16The blind visitor was very moved by that, they said.
17"That moment was the starting point," ten Cate said.
18Steffie Maas is the museum's head of inclusivity.
19She said The Blind Spot was an experiment on the way to more such improvements.
20Visitor Bas Suurland also praised The Blind Spot, calling the experience "quite unique in the Netherlands."
21I'm John Russell.
1The Utrecht Central Museum in The Netherlands offered an unusual art exhibit this month. Called The Blind Spot, visitors could look at artworks as expected. But, they could also touch and smell them. 2The show was designed to provide a better experience for museumgoers with poor eyesight. 3The creators made copies of famous paintings and added representative elements that could be heard or smelled. Visitors could even get a "feel" for the art, which included touchable elements. 4Visitor Farid el Manssouri seemed to enjoy his experience. He smiled as he moved his hands over cheese, grapes and bread, part of the representation of a famous 1610 painting by Floris van Dyck. 5"The first thing that struck me was the smell," el Manssouri said. 6"I could really smell the cheese, and I touched it too." 7El Manssouri wondered how the food did not fall from its unbalanced position. "That was really surprising to feel ... I guess it was glued on pretty well," el Manssouri said. 8Artist Jasper Udink ten Cate and designer Jeroen Prins created The Blind Spot. They said they were inspired by an experience they shared with a blind visitor at a past art show. They had provided food to go along with an artwork at the show. The blind visitor was very moved by that, they said. 9"That moment was the starting point," ten Cate said. 10Steffie Maas is the museum's head of inclusivity. She said The Blind Spot was an experiment on the way to more such improvements. 11Visitor Bas Suurland also praised The Blind Spot, calling the experience "quite unique in the Netherlands." 12I'm John Russell. 13Eva Plevier reported on this story from Reuters. John Russell adapted it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor. 14_____________________________________________________________ 15Words in This Story 16glue - v. to make (something) stick to something else by using glue 17inspire - v. to make (someone) want to do something : to give (someone) an idea about what to do or create 18unique -- adj. very special or unusual