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A Touch of Type – From Cypher to Code

“IN OUR WAY, WE,
THE BLIND, ARE
INDEBTED TO
LOUIS BRAILLE AS
MANKIND IS
TO GUTENBERG.” (HELEN KELLER)

Video installation with three stools in front.

This interactive installation is inspired by the history, practice and future of Braille. It invites us to think about writing as a code and a system for
diversity in communication.

Please do touch! @dialogmuseum #ATouchOfType

The interactive installation can be discovered at the DIALOGMUSEUM from April 27 to July 22, 2023. Admission free of charge.

A cooperation project of the DIALOGMUSEUM Frankfurt, the Institut Designlabor Gutenberg / Hochschule Mainz and DIALOG IM DUNKELN – Verein zur Förderung der Sozialen Kreativität Frankfurt E.V..
With the kind support of the Kulturamt Frankfurt
the Hochschule Mainz and the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft.

Guided tours with curator Klara Kletzka: Wednesday 5.7.23 / 12.7.23 / 19.7.23 at 16:30.

The show table with historical and current aids and books. On the wall info texts and two screens.
A microphone to which a stylized eavesdropper is attached. In the background the wall with projected Braille dots.
Detail of the display table with historical and current aids. On the wall a video film of hands groping over a Braille book.
View into the interactive room, on the right a table with books and stools. On the back wall, a display table with historical and current tools. On the left the audio station.
One person is writing on a Perkins Braille machine, with books and paper next to it.

Imprint

Curators: Klara Kletzka, Dr. Isabel Naegele

Concept: Dr. Isabel Naegele

Press & Editing: Laura Margielsky

Museum education: Annika Frey, Gabriela Spreda

Realization media installations: Meso Digital Interiors, www.meso.design

Software & project management: Max Wolf, Bettina Braun (technology)

Video and audio recording: Constantin Urban, Max Mittelstädt (assistance)

Installation structures: Modellbauwerkstatt Hochschule Mainz, Mathias Ewald

Printing: Werkstatt Druck & Papier der Hochschule Mainz, Marco Moll

Installation graphics: Dr. Isabel Naegele, Stephanie Kaplan

Animations: Saehyeen Shin

Lenders: Blinden und Sehbehindertenbund in Hessen e.V. (BSBH), Dr. Andreas Heinecke, Frankfurter Stiftung für Blinde und Sehbehinderte, LEGO®BRAILLE BRICKS, Susanne Reith

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