Early career research symposium
Sensory Innovations and Creativity in the Arts
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
![Fayen d’Evie, 'From Dust to Dust: Prologue' 2018 (featuring Aaron McPeake's 'Resonant Cuts' 2011) A woman is raising her hand to touch metal sculptures hanging from the ceiling. There are seven of them, each a vertical slice cut from a bell.](https://images.henry-moore.org/uploads/2023/09/Fayen-dEvie-From-Dust-to-Dust_-Prologue-2019-featuring-Aaron-McPeake-Resonant-Cuts-2011.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Exploring ideas of ‘disability gain’ and ‘blindness gain’ in the arts, highlighting how an expanded approach to the senses are creatively explored across different art forms.
This symposium is part of a three-year research project, Beyond the Visual: Blindness and Expanded Sculpture. The project, a collaboration between the Henry Moore Institute, Shape Arts and University of the Arts London, was the recipient of the inaugural Arts and Humanities Research Council Exhibition Fund. The project will culminate with a landmark 2025 exhibition at the Henry Moore Institute, foregrounding work by blind and partially blind artists.
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Call for participation
We are currently accepting submissions for this symposium which examine how an expanded, multisensory approach can lead to innovations that benefit both creative practitioners and those who behold and experience their art.
![Fayen d’Evie, 'From Dust to Dust: Prologue' 2018 (featuring Aaron McPeake's 'Resonant Cuts' 2011) A woman is raising her hand to touch metal sculptures hanging from the ceiling. There are seven of them, each a vertical slice cut from a bell.](https://images.henry-moore.org/uploads/2023/09/Fayen-dEvie-From-Dust-to-Dust_-Prologue-2019-featuring-Aaron-McPeake-Resonant-Cuts-2011.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Sensory Innovations and Creativity in the Arts
Call for participation
Early Career Research Symposium, to take place:
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Wednesday 27 November 2024
Deadline to apply:
Friday 27 September 2024, 17:00
![Aaron McPeake, 'Once I Saw it All' 2022 A splayed hand touching a bronze plate with lines of single black letters recessed into it. The letters are from a Snellen eye test chart and reduce in size from top to bottom.](https://images.henry-moore.org/uploads/2023/09/Aaron-McPeake-Once-I-Saw-it-All-2022.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Beyond the Visual: Blindness and Expanded Sculpture
Research Season
Autumn 2024 – Spring 2025
This Research Season explores engagements with contemporary sculpture using senses other than sight, challenging the dominance of sight in the making and appreciation of art.
Aiming to rethink the under-representation of blind and partially blind arts practitioners, we’ll investigate the relationship between artworks and audiences, the varied ways in which sculpture can be experienced, and what is gained from creative practices that emphasise a broader approach to sensory experience.
![Fayen d’Evie, 'From Dust to Dust: Prologue' 2018 (featuring Aaron McPeake's 'Resonant Cuts' 2011) A woman is raising her hand to touch metal sculptures hanging from the ceiling. There are seven of them, each a vertical slice cut from a bell.](https://images.henry-moore.org/uploads/2023/09/Fayen-dEvie-From-Dust-to-Dust_-Prologue-2019-featuring-Aaron-McPeake-Resonant-Cuts-2011.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Early career research symposium
Sensory Innovations and Creativity in the Arts
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![Aaron McPeake, 'Once I Saw it All' 2022 A ring of metal, roughly 30cm in diameter, hanging on a loop of string. A hand is steadying the ring, while a second hand is poised to strike it with a small, square hammer.](https://images.henry-moore.org/uploads/2023/09/Aaron-McPeake-Once-I-Saw-it-All-2022-1.jpg?resize=16%2C10&gravity)
Conference
Blindness and Expanded Sculpture
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Workshop
Collaborative Audio Description
10:00–15:30
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Getting here
Henry Moore Institute
74 The Headrow
Leeds
LS1 3AH
United Kingdom
T: 01132 467 467
E: reception@henry-moore.org