Catalogue of the exhibition «Contemporaty Graphics in Braille»
«Contemporaty Graphics in Braille» is an exhibition of graphic works from the museum’s collection, adapted for visually impaired and blind people and together with them. The exhibition is based on the originals of seven graphic works, their three-dimensional models, adapted labels in Braille and a detailed audio guide with audio descriptions.
PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art
Author and curator of the project: Anna Suvorova. Chief consultant: Natalya Savinova. Team: Olga Badina, Alexander Koshelev, Ekaterina Gammer, Andrey Epishin, Irina Nasyrova, Vyacheslav Prosvirnov, Valentina Rakisheva, Olga Rusinova, Natalya Savinova, Vasilya Tarasova.
Catalog designers: Yaroslav Subbotin and Dmitri Makonnen.
The project «Contemporaty Graphics in Braille» reached the final of the main museum festival «Intermuseum 2017» as the best project aimed at social interaction; became the winner of the VII Regional Award in the field of public relations development «Silver Archer» in the nomination «Promotion of culture and historical heritage»; became a laureate of the Perm Territory Award in the field of culture and art in the nomination «Cultural, leisure and educational activities» in 2018.
It was important for the authors of the project to talk to visually impaired and blind people about graphics, a direction in art that is most difficult for them to access, to show works from the museum’s collection that are not exhibited on a permanent basis, and to discuss what differences exist in the languages of graphics.
Dmitri Makonnen: «For the cross-cutting theme of the catalogue, we chose the visualization of touching the Braille font. The feeling of pressing on the letters. These are lines of repeating circles of varying intensity depending on the degree of sensation and pressing on the letter itself.»
Catalog: 64 pages. Circulation: 300 copies. Fonts: Kazimir Bold & Proxima Nova. ISBN 978-5-9908996-9-8
The catalogue features 7 artists. Three spreads for each author. Sergey Gorshkov, Sergey Kamennoy, Mikhail Pavlyukevich, Nikolay Panitkov, Olga Subbotina, Olga and Alexander Florensky.
Dmitri Makonnen: «The double-page half-title consists of three elements. The author’s name, the title of the work, and specially commissioned photographs of close-ups of hands touching a three-dimensional painting from different angles.»
Dmitri Makonnen: «The second spread on the right side exhibits the painting in its original form.»
Dmitri Makonnen: «On the third spread there are photographs with small details or general views.»
The modular grid consists of 8×13 blocks.
The set in the center of the strip takes 4 modules with a reverse paragraph indent of -1 module.
