This is an archived event from Culture Days 2021.
Images
RING OF FIRE
Digital
Comedy Deaf & Disability arts Fibre & textile arts History & heritage IndigenousDate and time
This activity runs the duration of Culture Days.
Location
online
Port Burwell , ON, ON
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Its a prototype tactile graphics pictograph braille storyboarding video my elderly blind mother was PRODUCER of in Milton Ontario Long Term Care Allendale in July to October 2017.It was crafted for the geriatric needs of the other 199 residents in that LTC so was a first of its kind prototype.Ring of Fire refers to the Johnny Cash tune which the residents liked. It used foam 8 x 11 sheets with self adhesive foam weatherstripping to make the stick figures.What is called EXCALIBER 5959 for the Blind. Dr Sonnet L'Abbe referred to its earlier tactile graphics method as 'Brilliant' back in early 2015. The official public unveiling of Caliburn/Excaliber 5959 occured in Issue 3 of the Peterborough arts magazine The River.
Organizer
Harry Reis
Artist