The photos included in the exhibition are supplemented by specially prepared audio comments, while the venue has been chosen deliberately – t / c Origo The new building has received the Latvian Association of People with Special Needs Support an opinion on accessibility of the environment for people with mobility, visual and hearing impairments. The exhibition is produced by the Rucka Art Foundation.
A multimedia exhibition created by the Rucka Art Foundation Invisible lives tells about people with visual impairments living in Cēsis and their experiences. The community of the blind in Cēsis has existed for several decades, and once a well-maintained quarter with a factory, residential buildings and recreation areas was created in the city for the needs of the community. The exhibition, whose works have been created by 15 photographers from Latvia, Serbia and Montenegro, reveals the everyday life of its representatives through the eye of the camera and allows them to approach their lives with documentary, metaphorical and poetic techniques. The exhibition is complemented by a soundtrack – the favorite sound recordings and excerpts from the interviews of the people seen in the photos.
The exhibition was opened with the participation of heroes and photographers, as well as the arrival of Svetlana Sproģe, Chairwoman of the Central Board of the Latvian Association of the Blind, Gata Eglītis, Minister of Welfare, and Anda Čakšas, Member of the people with mobility, visual and hearing impairments. The choir Voices Performed the song under the direction of Inta Teterovska Sleep, sleep, little shit with sign language in exhibitions Invisible lives In this context, the issue of access to art for different groups of society is even more relevant – not only the public environment can be created, but also the offer of art.
“People with visual impairments are invisible in the most direct way of life. They do not always take place in the dark, as only part of the community is completely blind. Some visually impaired people live with varying degrees of visual impairment; Visual impairments are individual, as are people ‘s daily and colorful lives to the sighted to the public as it unfolds away from the eyes – in a narrow, closed environment, “the curator of the exhibition, Līga Lindenbauma, describes the reality of the heroes of the exhibition.
“Accessibility and openness to everyone is t / c Origo the core values we provide with both thoughtful planning and various support solutions – for the visually impaired these are tactile guides and information in Braille, for the hearing impaired – the ability to connect to the hearing loop, but for the visually impaired – special buttons at the entrances, lifts and absence of thresholds. We are pleased that our contribution to environmental accessibility has been noticed, and it is an honor to do so Origo has become the home of a strong and unique exhibition, which allows you to look around not only with the eyes, but also with a more visible heart, “points out t / c Origo un b/c Origo One marketing manager Baiba Brok Malinovsky.
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