“Deafblind Be Different Sensory” Art Exhibition

Does loss of vision and hearing mean loss of everything? Helen Keller, a deafblind, said, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.”

In March and April, a “Deafblind Be Different” Sensory Art Exhibition was held by our Resource Centre for the Deafblind. It firstly exhibited those art pieces created by the deafblinds. The exhibition invited attendees to walk in their shoes, to use other senses to explore the same colourful world. Together, we shall move through darkness to brightness, through monotone to vibrancy.

Five deafblinds (Wing Hong, Hester, Yin Mui, Tony, Judy) created various form of art, e.g. braille graphics, sketches, alcohol ink art and claborate-style painting to show the uniqueness and talent of their own. They wished the attendees can sense and feel their world through art, knowing that their world was not just black and white, but full of colour and passion, just like everyone does. Their creation included animals, plants and human. They hoped to show the great things about life and let the audience to treasure what they have in life.

The exhibition also featured “human library” and a “sensory art handcraft workshop”. The participants could exchange their thoughts with the deafblinds to understand the challenge they faced in life; they could also learn the paper quilling art from deafblind to know better how it was created through the sense of touch.

Over thousands of public came to this 14 days exhibition, including visitors and art groups from Shanghai, Singapore, Germany and Mexico. They realized that the world of deafblind is more than monotone – No matter what obstacle encountered in life, with the passion in heart, you could discover the beauty of art and make your life more colourful.