视·觉——看不见的视界 看得见的感觉
2009（北京）中外视障人士摄影作品展

“尽管我失去了我的视力，但我没有失去我的视觉。”
“当我举起相机，我想记录的不是我看不到的画面，而是我心中的想象。”
“失明并不代表我们无法感知这个世界，只是我们的角度不同而已。”
“你们一定好奇我怎样把握我的镜头，事实上，我并不，这正是我拍摄的技巧。”
“我能感觉到光线照射到脸上，能听到风吹树叶的声音，能闻到空气中花儿的芬芳，然后我按下快门。”
“当你看不见外面的时候，你就会更多的往自己内心看”

——来自视障摄影者的声音
 
本次展览的近30幅作品全都出自中外视障摄影者之手，其中不乏传统意义上的好作品，更有一些非常新颖精彩的拍摄视角，但也有一些没对好焦，甚至连画面都是模糊的，但这些都是视障摄影者真实生活的写照。虽然他们看不到或看不清周围的环境，但是透过视觉以外的其他感觉：如听觉、触觉、嗅觉和味觉，利用摄影的手段可以把瞬间的感觉凝固，同时，视障者也和大家分享了他们的内心世界。每一个视障者通过摄影，不但能够进一步发现自身潜质，也能够更多的感受到自我的价值，表达的自由，感到被接纳的同时又保持独立。虽然他们自身看不到照片，但他们能够理解和感受到他们所想要表达和交流的事物，最终用一种全新的语言来诉说他们对于光影世界的体验、需求、探索与希望。同时通过“触摸版”图片，视障者可以用手在有凹凸感的特殊图片上来体验视觉以外的感受转化为影像的真实感。
 
到底视障人心中的世界是什么样的？
到底我们每一个人心中的世界是什么样的？
视觉——视障人士感官摄影——分享每一瞬间的感觉
 
本次北京展览是基于中国、英国非营利机构Photo Voice、China Vision、北京一加一文化交流中心（暨1+1声音工作室）以及1+1网络广播共同合作的“视觉-Sights Unseen”项目。目的是通过影像的语言来搭建明眼人和视障人之间的桥梁，让视障人群有机会发出自己的声音，消除当地文化背景下对残障人群的歧视和漠视。

2009年5月，作为本次展览主办方的北京一加一文化交流中心，邀请两位Photo Voice的培训师来到北京为视障人做摄影培训。前2天的课程着重于培训有意愿成为未来培训师的视障学员, 之后辅助Photo Voice的培训师对1+1的视障广播制作人开展为期5天的培训班，本次展览中的中方展品将是培训班中产生的作品，并且辅以“触摸版”图片。未来，还会有长期的、更大范围内的摄影培训, 帮助更多视障人发现摄影作为一种交流和表 达的工具和手段，是具有无穷力量的。


感谢所有为此次展览行动的人士的大力支持！
 
 
主办单位：北京一加一文化交流中心
协办单位：Photo Voice，China Vision
承办单位：Intelligent Alternative ，Time Out Beijing
媒体支持：1+1网络广播
 
三里屯Village橙色大厅展区
展览时间：2009 年5月31日 11：00-20：00
地址：北京市朝阳区三里屯路19号三里屯Village橙色大厅，工体北路口
 
西直门奇遇花园展区
展览时间：2009年6月6日至20日
地址：北京市西城区北展北街9号华远企业号D座底商
 
雍和宫益飨沙龙展区
展览时间：2009年6月15日至30日
地址：北京市东城区方家胡同46号大院门口东侧

 

Time: 31 May - 30 June 2009

Location: Beijing

Contents:

Sights Unseen
- Visible feelings in a world unseen -

Photographic Works by Visually Impaired People from China and Abroad (Beijing) 2009


"Even if I have lost my sight, I haven't lost my vision. "

"When I pick up the camera it's not the images I can't see that I want to capture - it's my imagination."

"Blindness doesn't mean that we cannot interpret the world around us, it just means that we have a different angle on it."

"You must be curious about how I operate the camera. There's nothing strange about this - I just have my own technique."

"I can feel the light on my face, hear the wind in the leaves, smell the fragrance of the flowers - then I just press the shutter."

"When you can't see the world out there you tend to look more inside yourself."

--- Voices of visually impaired photographers

Each of the 30-odd images in this exhibition is the work of a blind or partially sighted photographer from China, Mexico or Britain. Many of the works meet traditional concepts of what makes a 'good photograph'; some display very original perspectives, others are blurry and unfocused, yet all are real portrayals of moments in the lives of their visually impaired creators. Even though the photographers nave no, or only limited eyesight, they are still able to perceive the world through the senses of hearing, touch, smell and taste.

Photography is a means of capturing a moment in time, while at the same time communicating one's innermost thoughts to others. Through photography, every visually impaired person can discover hidden qualities, gain a greater self-understanding and express a new sense of freedom. Feelings of acceptance engender greater independence: even without seeing the images they have produced, visually impaired photographers have a full understanding of what it is they want to express, using a totally new language to communicate their experience of the world around them Through a new technique of 'tactile diagrams', visually impaired people can also experience real images translated into tactile form.

"Sights Unseen"  is the result of collaboration between Chinese and international NGOs: Photo Voice (UK), Beijing One Plus One (China), Sight of Emotion (Mexico), OBAC (UK) and China Vision (UK). The main intention of the exhibition is to build a bridge between sighted and non-sighted people, give visually impaired people a new voice and challenge the continued discrimination and marginalization of disabled people in our society.

In May 2009, Beijing One Plus One Cultural Exchange Center invited two British facilitators from PhotoVoice to come to Beijing to hold a photographic workshop for visually impaired people in Beijing. The first two days of the workshops focused on training a small number of local trainers to sustain the project in future. This was followed by five days of training fro the visually impaired staff who form the One Plus One's Radio Production Studio. All the Chinese works in this show were shot by participants in this workshop and some have been reproduced as 'tactile diagrams'. In the future we plan to hold further workshops, so that more visually impaired people can discover the power of photography.

Our heartfelt thanks goes to all those who have assisted in making this exhibition a reality!

Main Organizer: Beijing One-Plus-One Cultural Exchange Center
Co-Organizers: PhotoVoice, China Vision
Host: Intelligent Alternative ,Time Out Beijing
Media Support: 1+1 Internet Media

Sanlitun Village, Orange Hall Exhibition
Time: May 31st, 2009. 11:00-20:00
Address: 19, Sanlitun Street and Worker stadium north road, Chaoyang district, Beijing

Xizhimen Story Garden Exhibition
Time: June 6th-20th
Address: Building D, Huayuan Enterprise, No.9, Beizhan North Street, Xicheng District, Beijing

Lama Temple Yixiang Salon Exhibition
Time: June 15th-30th, 2009
Address: No.46, Fangjia Hutong, Dongcheng District, Beijing

 

 

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