Art beyond what we can see – Dr. John Kennedy
What might come as a surprise to most people is that the visually impaired can draw!
Dr. Kennedy is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and is especially interested in the theory of pictures drawn by people who are blind. The key idea is that lines in outline drawings mean the same thing to the sighted and people who are blind - edges of surfaces, such as profiles of people and corners of cubes. These shapes are understood via touch as well as vision. We also talked about how drawing kits are now made available free to all children who are blind in the US and his book on the topic: Drawing and the Blind: Pictures to Touch.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Background
05:51 Drawings with raised lines
09:58 Process of drawing of congenitally blind individuals
11:26 Novice drawers: sighted vs. blind
17:24 How do blind artists use color?
22:25 What can we learn from blind artists?
31:13 Impact of drawing on blind people
34:59 Conclusion