Authors of the catalogue: Genís Ibanco, curator of the exhibition,
Toca tocar is based on a drawing workshop offered in collaboration with ONCE Girona. The activity took place on January 17, 2019 at the ONCE headquarters in Girona and involved 7 cartoonists, all affiliated with the organization. Participants:
David Abad, 36 years old, blind since birth.
Joan Claret, 51 years old, blind since the age of 23.
Lucía Durán, 50 years old, blind since the age of 47.
Isaac Padrós, 39 years old, blind since the age of 35.
Fran Rodríguez, 37 years old, blind since the age of 7.
Josep Ruiz, 62 years old, blind since the age of 40.
Jordi Salido, 43 years old, blind since the age of 35.
How can you design for those who cannot see? How can graphic design, based on a visual composition, reach blind people? How is the point of intercommunication between this group and sighted people found? The exhibition presented is born from these reflections and the desire to involve blind people, as well as to find answers. With this idea, a drawing workshop adapted for blind people was carried out. The activity, co-organized by ONCE and the Girona Art Museum, took place on January 17, 2019 at the ONCE headquarters in Girona and 7 people participated. The challenge posed to the participants was to draw different objects from everyday life in which design is present.
The process and the result of the experience is what the exhibition aims to highlight. The drawings, which are also included in the exhibition catalogue, are a testament to the expressive capacity of their authors, but also to an enriching and socialising experience that is now being shared. The exhibition project is the result of the final project of the undergraduate studies in Graphic Design by Genís Ibanco (ESDAP, Escola Superior de Disseny i d’Arts Plàstiques de Catalunya, Olot). This work has recently been recognized with a second place in the Gaudeamus Awards of the Official College of Graphic Design and has been awarded a bronze Laus by the ADG-FAD.
This project arises from a reflection and a personal challenge. The field of graphic design is usually based on concepts related to the visual sphere and my initial question that led me to deal with a topic for blind people was: How could I design for people who cannot see? As a result of this question, this approach to the project arises that ends with the ideation of an exhibition for people with blindness. The main axis of this exhibition is drawing as an expression for this group.
Genís Ibanco, curator
The catalogue includes a selection of the resulting drawings.
You can purchase it at the Museum shop and at the Generalitat de Catalunya Bookstore.
