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Kentucky Touch Models Initiative "Louisville’s Textures" Touch Me

Kentucky Touch Models Initiative "Louisville’s Textures" Touch Me - is a musical montage based on a photographic essay composed of the plethora of public cultural treasure found within Louisville, KY - most of which is unfortunately inaccessible to the sight-impaired, without touchable 3D models.

  • The Kentucky Touch Models Initiative
    Director
  • Runtime:
    10 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 15, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United States, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - The Kentucky Touch Models Initiative

The Touch Models Initiative is allied with blind and low-vision citizens, their advocates, and their families.
The initiative proposes offering 3D tactile models for the sight-impaired at public venues.
The goals of the Touch Models Initiative are to:
1) facilitate more meaningful experiences of the physical world which may be inaccessible for the blind and visually impaired,
2) welcome all visitors and their families to venues with inclusive multi-sensory experiences.

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Director Statement

Too many of our sight-impaired citizens and neighbors live a life of social isolation and cultural segregation.
Yet, they and their families are taxpayers, consumers of products, and contribute to our financial prosperity which pays for incentives like the public art, cultural events, and the venues which are meant to be enjoyed by all.
With a nominal expenditure, cities can profoundly address the cultural discrimination of one of our most overlooked minorities,

So that EVERY citizen can feel a part of their culture.

“worse than being blind - is having sight but no vision”. Helen Keller