Curated by Eddie Summerton (SCO), Norman Shaw (SCO) and Annika Dahlsten (FIN), BLIND SIGHT is an exploration and study of the relationship between visual art and sound within the format of the CD.
50 artists (25 Scottish and 25 Finnish) were invied to submit a CD recording to be installed as a jukebox presentation in Centrespace VRC, Dundee, Scotland and Artspace Titanik, Turku, Finland.
Both Scotland and Finland have visual cultures which thrive on linkages between image and sound; from early myth to contemporary sonic and visual art. This installation will benifit from a parallel presentation of these comparative cultural topographies on the fringes of Northern Europe.
The audio pieces will cover songs, sounds, stories, recordings and karaoke. Alongside creating a sound piece, each artist will submit a CD cover for display.
The CD is a familiar portable artefact that can demonstrate inherent links between audio and visual art on a variety of levels.This exhibition will investigate these links across a broad range of approaches, displaying works by artists who work both in sonic and visual material.
