Enter the museum of Paul Tetar van Elven. When you look at a painting, much more happens than just what you see. Let's discover together which senses are hidden behind the painting.
The idea is to make the exhibition about Thérèse Schwartze (7 Nov. 2021 - 27 Feb. 2022) and the museum as a whole more inclusive by the way the story is told/expressed. The museum is located in the old home of Paul Tetar van Elven, a painter with a fairly visual collection, which could also come to life in a different way. We can make a general move towards more accessibility and inclusion so that the museum can also offer people with a sensory disability a complete experience. This requires a personal narrative with multiple perspectives, so that Paul Tetar, Thérèse Schwartze and the possible next exhibitions come to life through sensory translations.
We want to achieve this through a personal approach per individual. The basis is therefore a training 'Unseen' and 'Unheard' as awareness of what we should pay attention to as volunteers and staff. Also think of a special tour for people with a visual and/or hearing impairment. But the exhibition itself will also have to stimulate multiple senses. Think of a radio play or soundscape as a translation/interpretation of a painting, being able to touch painters' keys (the texture of different types of paint and the brush use thereof) and describing three works of art (so that these can be offered textually or audibly and investigating how you can best describe this).
Royal family portraits
Making the portrayed royal family tangible, which are normally never really tangible. A personal approach as if you are very close by combining the perfume of the royal family with the worn fabrics, seen in the painting.
“Soundscape of a painting”
Making an image auditory, a kind of radio play-like composition to translate the experience of a painting into sound. An associative translation between senses.
