In art, ‘vision’ has been considered essential for accessing works of art and has a higher status than other senses. Accordingly, the history of art has unconsciously or consciously set only non-visually impaired people as the entire audience. This would not be much different from the history of assuming only bodies with specific gender, race, and physical conditions as human.
Recently, positive attempts have been made to become increasingly aware of the existence of bodies with various conditions, such as creating miniaturized or three-dimensional versions of the work so that the work can be viewed by touching its surface, and exhibiting it together with a release statement that explains visual information through voice. are being accomplished. However, this process changes the work of art into a texture, shape, and medium that is different from the original, and even changes it to the level of objective information. Seon-young Park and Som-i Lee asked, “Isn’t the art delivered to the visually impaired being translated through senses other than sight and being compressed only to the level of objective information?”, “Can’t the context and aesthetic value of the work be well preserved?” I started thinking about this.
Black Spell Hotel is a book that solves that concern. Readers will be able to come up with their own images in Braille, or conversely, they will be able to imagine the language of Braille after looking at the images.
About the Artists
Lee Somyi a curator working in the visual arts field. When introducing art, we sense the conditions that the curator can set, connect them to the work, and create a situation where new events can be created. I am interested in the time and space of the exhibition hall, the people who come and stay there, and their bodies.
Park Seon-young artist active in the visual arts field. She is interested in the relationship between the desire for possession and images. She goes beyond momentary curiosity about an image and explores the desire to own it. She collects images frequently seen on social media, such as photos of travel destinations, well-prepared food, and decorations, and creates them in drawings as if they are connected to a single scene or narrative. Recently, she has been drawing elaborate and sturdy things with a pencil sharpened so sharp that it looks as if it will break at any moment.
