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Meeting the creative challenge of accessibility : m useums and d iscovery centres

Meeting the creative challenge of accessibility : m useums and d iscovery centres. ECSITE 2012, Toulouse Marcus Weisen marcus.weisen1@gmail.com. P ower and role of museums , and discovery centres. ’’ M ’ iIlumino d ’ immenso. ’’ Giuseppe Ungaretti

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Meeting the creative challenge of accessibility : m useums and d iscovery centres

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  1. Meeting the creative challenge of accessibility:museumsand discovery centres ECSITE 2012, Toulouse Marcus Weisen marcus.weisen1@gmail.com

  2. Power and role of museums, and discovery centres ’’M’iIlumino d’immenso.’’ Giuseppe Ungaretti True love of knowledge wants to be shared. A civilization which refuses to share is not a humane civilisation.

  3. My messages Accessibility: • is a societal project (un projet de société) • is a human and cultural right • boosts organisational creativity • widens access for all

  4. Inclusive design for an inclusive society Diversityis the norm in 21st Century society. Designingfor 21st Century diversityis an extraordinarydesign opportunity. Europe 80 million people withdisabilities in Europe. Close to 200 million older people in 2030. Culturally, ethnically, racially diverse.

  5. Trafalgar Square: access, elegance and inclusion in the inclusive square

  6. Trafalgar Square before: access, elegance and inclusion?

  7. Nouveau PatrimoineNouvelles qualités architecturales High Art Museum, Atlantaarchitecte: Richard Meier

  8. Laban Dance Centre, LondresHerzog de Meuron

  9. A note on design for the 21st Century Architecture and design can express societal change and give it space for playful expression The body’s re-conquest of space is part of this renewal: : ‘’Ich denke ohnehin mit dem Knie.’’ ‘’ Anyhow, I think with my knee.’’ « De toute façon, je pense avec les genoux. » Joseph Beuys

  10. Access to museums is a human and cultural right The cultural rights of disabled people “People with disabilities have the right to take part on an equal basis in cultural life…” United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with a Disability (2008), art. 30

  11. Access to museums is a human and cultural right Government institutions, leisure and cultural organisations should develop comprehensive access policies and action programmes designed to significant and lasting improvements for all people with disabilities.” Council of Europe Recommendation R (92) 6 (1992)

  12. How accessible are museums and discovery centres Overwhelmingevidence shows thatitis not very accessible. The accessible offerremainshighlylimited and bears no relationshipwith the fabulouswealth of world cultural and scientific collections and exhibits. There islimitedprogress on e.g. accessible and inclusive exhibition design and digital media.

  13. Human and cultural rightsdenied? Europe 1990-2011 • Billions spent on new museums and major extensions, hundreds of millions on exhibition design • Verylittleconsideration has been given to access to collections and experience for disabled people This is an ethicalscandal of big proportions and represents a mis-appropriation of public and privatefunding. In itsfundings practices, museums and discovery centres practice cultural apartheid.

  14. Un-plucking exhibition design

  15. → the path to the accessible museum

  16. reste jonché de nombreux obstacles …

  17. A jigsaw: Mathias, mynephewwith Asperger, gets a treat

  18. In the same exhibition: loads ofun-used design for all potential

  19. Bizarres obsessions of designers: text panels as instruments of torture

  20. Learning for changephoto: Martin Luther King Centre, Atlanta

  21. Learning from the past (1998) :investbig money wisely, youmay not begivenitagain • a major museum • a tactile gallery • a health hasard • no audio guide • greatideas end in disapointingresult • cost: 100,000 Euros

  22. Learning from the present :investbig money wisely, or makeerrorsreversible • EP Parliamentarium • ambitiousaccess • AD and SL in 4 languages • no dimensions of buildings given in AD • ergonomically not easy • visuallyconfusing for partiallysighed people

  23. Towards inclusive design

  24. Vers le musée accessible : Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie

  25. Cité des Sciences, Paris • portion of all exhibitions to be accessible since 1986 • tactile images, audio descriptions • summary in French Sign Language for each exhibition • deaf actors present information for all • animation as (almost) universal language of communication

  26. Animation as an (almost) universallanguage of communication

  27. www.tate.org.uk/imap • makes the passage of figurative to modern art accessible to visuallyimpaired people • Winner of 2005 Jodi Award for accesible digital culture www.jodiawards.org.uk

  28. Learning from the pastlooking to the future • makehumanrights the foundation of ourwork • adopt inclusive design and personnalisation bring • committ to a culture of evaluation • performmyriadcreativegesturesevery-day • embraceorganisationaltransformation.

  29. Learning from a great leader “A customer is the most important visitor to our premises. He is not dependent on us. We are dependent on him. He is not an interruption on our work. He is the purpose of it. He is not an outsider on our business. He is part of it. We are not doing him a favour by serving him. He is doing us a favour by giving us opportunity to do so.” Mahatma Gandhi

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