Beyond the Visual - Jos Boys, The DisOrdinary Architecture Project and Architecture Beyond Sight
Season 1, Episode 1442, Oct 27, 2022, 10:45 AM
Beyond the Visual, a symposium reflecting on what blindness brings to the experience of art within cultural organisations and beyond was held at Wellcome Collection on Friday and Saturday 21 and 22 October 2022.
Visually impaired and sighted Speakers at the symposium included artists, creative practitioners, disability activists, historians, researchers and scientists together to not only to talk about inclusion and access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people but also to talk about what blind and partially sighted people can bring to cultural experiences for all.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was there for both days of the symposium catching up with some of the key people behind Beyond the Visual and some of the key speakers too.
In the third of Toby’s interviews from the symposium he chats with Jos Boys from the DisOrdinary Architecture project and Architecture Beyond Sight.
Jos is the co-founder, with Zoe Partington of The DisOrdinary Architecture Project and the Architecture Beyond Sight workshops providing opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to take their first steps in architecture and the design of buildings.
Jos explained to Toby about both The DisOrdinary Architecture Project, Architecture Beyond Sight,what blind and partially sighted people can bring to the design of architecture and the built environment and shape better building design and inclusivity around architecture for blind and partially sighted people that will in turn help everyone.
To find out more about The Disordinary Architecture Project and Architecture Beyond Sight do visit the following website - https://disordinaryarchitecture.co.uk
For more about the Beyond the Visual Symposium and the network do visit the University of London research web pages via the following website -
https://www.arts.ac.uk/research/stories
(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)
Visually impaired and sighted Speakers at the symposium included artists, creative practitioners, disability activists, historians, researchers and scientists together to not only to talk about inclusion and access to the arts for blind and partially sighted people but also to talk about what blind and partially sighted people can bring to cultural experiences for all.
RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey was there for both days of the symposium catching up with some of the key people behind Beyond the Visual and some of the key speakers too.
In the third of Toby’s interviews from the symposium he chats with Jos Boys from the DisOrdinary Architecture project and Architecture Beyond Sight.
Jos is the co-founder, with Zoe Partington of The DisOrdinary Architecture Project and the Architecture Beyond Sight workshops providing opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to take their first steps in architecture and the design of buildings.
Jos explained to Toby about both The DisOrdinary Architecture Project, Architecture Beyond Sight,what blind and partially sighted people can bring to the design of architecture and the built environment and shape better building design and inclusivity around architecture for blind and partially sighted people that will in turn help everyone.
To find out more about The Disordinary Architecture Project and Architecture Beyond Sight do visit the following website - https://disordinaryarchitecture.co.uk
For more about the Beyond the Visual Symposium and the network do visit the University of London research web pages via the following website -
https://www.arts.ac.uk/research/stories
(Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)