Podmedia
December 3, 2004MSN have just put their blog service live, the eagled eyed Bernie Goldbach has quickly noticed and set up a blog space dealing with “Podmedia“.
I’m using it to talk about our Podmedia project from my perspective as a technologist interested in accessibility and a critic committed to narrating visual art to the blind.
This is a fantastic idea, most art we see is untouchable, except for the odd few exhibitions that allow for interaction. During these installations the blind person can get an understanding for shape, texture and interrupt the art for themselves. The trouble with masterpieces such as The Birth of Venus or The Tribute Money by Masaccio is that they will never know what they look like. It would be interesting to see how my sister (an art teacher) could describe vividly ‘Soft Construction with Boiled Beans’ (about The Spanish Civil War) by Salvador Dali or to explain any works by Piscasso and podcast them.
