Visual art experiences through touch using haptices




Riitta Lahtinen, Russ Palmer, Stina Ojala

Heikki Ruismäki, Inkeri Ruokonen

International Conference of Intercultural Arts Education

2012

Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences

5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF INTERCULTURAL ARTS EDUCATION 2012: DESIGN LEARNING

PROCD SOC BEHV

45

268

276

9

1877-0428

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.563

https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/32125732



Dual-sensory impaired person's perception of visual art (paintings, photos, statues etc.) may differ to those who are sighted. In such cases approaches defined as environmental description can be used to enable experience of different art forms. Environmental description can be portrayed through touch. (Lahtinen, Palmer & Lahtinen, 2010.) Art elements are portrayed through haptices i.e. touch messages during interaction between two people. Haptices are formed by combining haptemes, i.e. they obey the grammar of touch. This originates from social-haptic communication (Lahtinen, 2008). In this article these grammatical elements of touch are analysed further, especially in connection with experience of perspective. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Professor Heikki Ruismaki and Adjunct professor Inkeri Ruokonen

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