Accordingly, the exhibition recreates the paintings of famous artists in a more multidimensional way, with accompanying objects, sounds and smells to help special visitors enjoy the works with other senses. Therefore, this is a unique exhibition where visitors are encouraged to "touch the artifacts".
For those with normal vision who still want to enjoy the exhibition in the true spirit of the event, the organizer will provide them with a blindfold.
One of the paintings reproduced at the exhibition is "Still Life with Fruit, Nuts and Cheese" by the Dutch artist Floris van Dyck, painted in 1610. Faridel Manssouri, a deaf visitor, said his first impression when coming to the event was the very realistic flavors. Running his fingers over the details of the reproduced painting, he felt very excited to be able to smell and touch the cheese on it. He was also surprised to be able to feel the entire table of food in the Dutch artist's work hanging on the wall without any dishes falling.
Sharing the idea of doing the project, artist Jasper Udink ten Cate and designer Jeroen Prins said that they started thinking about organizing the exhibition when they were doing business with food products based on the idea of an artwork. The duo was particularly impressed by a blind female customer, when she showed special interest in these products and that was what inspired them to start the project.
Steffie Maas, representative of the Central Museum Utrecht, said that “Blind Spot” is an experiment on the way to perfection, which includes expanding access to the works in different ways and improving the facilities to cater to different visitor segments.
