OBSCURITY: Blind Tourism
Student: Anna De Faria Papachristopoulou
Having in mind the experience of visually-impaired people, the starting point of the present project is to challenge individual perceptions of features, spaces and environments on the basis of two questions: Is tourism only a visual exploration through the mind of the visitor? Is sight the only manner to live, mental and physically, a travel experience?
The project proposes a concept able to reveal a city’s essence, challenging the perception one may have through senses other than sight. It aims at diverting the visitors’ perspective of the city from the traditional touristic features, rather challenging senses and emotions, leading the visitor to unexpected sensation and hidden aspects of a city’s culture, history, people and environment.
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