CUAG Audio Description tour for Drift: Art and Dark Matter: Recent Episodes

Carleton University Art Gallery

CUAG has developed an audio description tour for "Drift: Art and Dark Matter," designed for gallery visitors who are blind or who have low vision. It is intended for in-gallery use, but can also be used remotely.

"Drift: Art and Dark Matter" is a residency and exhibition project generated by Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute and SNOLAB.

For more information on the exhibition: cuag.ca/exhibition/drift-art-and-dark-matter/

The tour provides an overall description of the exhibition, and a description of the installation "n-land: the holographic (principle)" by Jol Thoms. The descriptions are accompanied by interpretations and further prompts for connecting with the themes of the exhibition.

This tour was produced by CUAG, in collaboration with Carla Ayukawa and eight members of the Ottawa blind and low vision community.

It was developed as a Creative Access Working Groups project, funded by a Canada Council for the Arts Sector Innovation grant, in partnership with Critical Distance Centre for Curators and Tangled Art + Disability. It was also supported by the Mame Jackson Experiential Learning Fund.

This is the full version of the CUAG Audio Description tour for Drift: Art and Dark Matter, and includes chapters.

The chapter concludes the tour and provides the thank you and credits.

This chapter invites you to touch the art installation and focus on its soundscape.

This chapter recites the extended label for “Blank Spots” by Nadia Lichtig. It is written by curator Sunny Kerr.

This chapter invites you to focus on the light element in the artwork.

This chapter introduces the large installation by Nadia Lichtig, called “Blank Spots.”

This chapter provides additional interpretations and reflection prompts for The Bulk sculpture.

This chapter will recite the extended label for “n-Land: the holographic (principle)” by Jol Thoms. It is written by curator Sunny Kerr.

This chapter describes Jol Thoms’ sculpture “The Bulk.”

This chapter provides interpretations and prompts for further reflection about the map of the Sudbury Bedrock Compilation from Canada’s Geological Survey, and a copy of the Robinson-Huron Treaty.

This chapter describes a map of the Sudbury Bedrock Compilation from Canada’s Geological Survey, as well as a copy of the Robinson-Huron Treaty

This chapter describes the “n-Land'' video artwork by Jol Thoms.

This chapter provides you with opportunities to think more about this video.

This chapter will provide you with an introduction to Jol Thoms’ installation, “n-Land: the holographic (principle).”

This chapter provides you with a description of the wayfinding tools that are part of the audio description.

This chapter provides you with a physical description of the art gallery.

This chapter introduces the exhibition.

This chapter introduces the audio description tour.