Biennale, Ca’ Foscari scholars and the ‘Venice that you don’t see’

The Venice that you don’t see, but hear, sense, and are moved by. Blind.wiki, the collaborative and multimedia artistic project by Catalan artist Antoni Abad, tells it and, thanks to the Ramon Llull Institute, it will be a collateral event at Biennale Arte 2017 from 13th May to 26th November at Cantieri Navali di Castello (Calle Quintavalle).

The protagonists are 55 people, from students to citizens, many of whom are blind or partially-sighted.

Weekly, for months, they have wandered around the city to ‘map’ places, dangers, and suggestions directly through their smartphones in the form of thousands of voice recordings that can be listened to in the blind.wiki app (available for iPhone and Android).

Ca’ Foscari has been involved with the project through their Disability and DSA services. Many Ca’ Foscari students have collaborated to these mappings with suggestions in English.

Here are the interviews with Giulia Bencini, Rector’s Delegate for the Initiative and support in assistance, integration and wellbeing of people with disabilities, and with students Simone Boso and Davide Gallo: