NOTES ON BLINDNESS – Screening and Q&A
Beecroft Art Gallery Lecture Theatre, Victoria Avenue, Southend on Sea, Essex, SS2 6EX
Saturday 20th May : 2 – 4pm FREE but booking essential via EVENTBRITE
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/notes-on-blindness-film-screening-tickets-34231691912
After losing sight, John Hull knew that if he did not try to understand blindness it would destroy him. In 1983 he began keeping an audio diary. Over three years John recorded over sixteen hours of material, a unique testimony of loss, rebirth and renewal, excavating the interior world of blindness. Published in 1990, the diaries were described by author and neurologist Oliver Sacks as, ‘A masterpiece… The most precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read.’
Since premiering at Sundance in January 2016 (alongside our virtual reality project) the film has played at over 40 international festivals. It won the Best Documentary at the British Independent Film Awards and was nominated for 3 BAFTAs (including Best Documentary and Outstanding British Film).
Writers and Directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney wrote the screenplay whilst on Residence at arts organisation Metal in Southend on Sea. They will be hosting a Q&A session after the film screening.
Further details: Dr Lee Campbell [log in to unmask]
Dr Lee Campbell
Lecturer in Fine Art, University of Lincoln
You don’t need eyes to see, you need vision: teaching art to students with vision impairment:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/insight-online/fine-art-adaptations-student-vision-impairment
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