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Posted by Jeannie Choe | 30 Aug 2007
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Scott Wayne Indiana's public art project for the blind, Braille Graffiti, "is an attempt to create a unique moment for a blind person who might happen across one of these bits of braille graffiti." The project was inspired by an interview with a blind person who chose to remain anonymous. 5 phrases were printed and scattered about the streets of Portland, Oregon, delivering messages like "You don't have to be blind to see that the writing is on the wall" and "Tiny bubbles that randomly rose from the paper in this arrangement."
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cool....however, i dont like how they have a label that says "braille gaffiti". to me that totally takes away from it: it's no longer graffiti in braille for blind people; it's now a "look how cool this thing we did is"...ie designed NOT for the blind but for the sighted. so...in the end is neither graffiti or braille (as far as braille may be defined as a medium of communication for its intended viewer). will brialle labels reading "visual graffiti" be placed on "normal" graffiti?
I agree with Jim's comment. The white label is not necessary to me. It is not a big issue for normal people to notice this graffiti as it is for blind people.
believe me, i thought about this a lot. the blind person is still the one who actually reads the graffiti, the labels are merely there so that they will get noticed, like all graffiti. if it was designed for the sighted, i would have included the english words too. "seers" won't know what they say. this empowers blind people. lastly, the labels were actually the suggestion of a blind person who also said if they caught wind of a project like this, they'd make a day trip to go read the graffiti in the urban setting. cheers, swi