The collaborative audio tour by the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and University of Stuttgart is now available to visit at the Alte Staatsgalerie. With 21 stops developed in collaboration with students from Dr. Jessica Bundschuh's course "The Blind Witness: Poetry and Painting" and an introduction by Prof. Dr. Christiane Lange and Katharina Rohne from the Staatsgalerie, as well as Dr. Jessica Bundschuh and student assistant Sui Lung from the University, the audio tour spans approximately 70 minutes. It aims to let you rediscover paintings by artists such as Rembrandt, Johann Heinrich Füssli, Edward Burne-Jones, and Caspar David Friedrich through sensory-focused verbal descriptions, especially for blind or low vision individuals. The tour is available in English and German, with a selection of stops also being available in Ukrainian.
The objective of each audio guide entry is sensory immersion, linguistically conveying the visual world of the painting through as many senses as possible: What sounds can be heard? What does it smell like? How do fabrics and objects feel to the touch? What does the wind feel like on one’s cheek? What is the mood of the scene?
Through this, the tour aims to create community both on an institutional level between the University and the Staatsgalerie and for visitors of various backgrounds by incorporating as many senses as possible and showcasing a diversity of voices and languages. We invite visitors to the Staatsgalerie to listen to our descriptions and reflect on our impressions to develop a relationship with these artworks embedded in a communal and public museum space!
The tour is available for online access at home or on your smartphone during your visit to the Staatsgalerie!
