Sunday 15 October 2023 17:00
October 15 has been established worldwide as the White Cane Awareness Day, and the SNFCC in collaboration with liminal have designed an experience that aims to familiarize the public with, and raise awareness of, the barriers faced by people with visual impairment, inclusion, and the right to independent living. The activity is based on the SNFCC’s Multi-sensory Guided Tour, adapted for sighted people, and makes use of tactile stimuli and the three-dimensional model of the premises. It starts from the interior of the National Library of Greece and ends with a route at the Park that is specially designed to reinforce participation and interaction among participants.
Activity Design – Implementation: Anna Maria Foskolou, Kalliopi Gkika
Sunday, October 15 | 17.00–19.00
Multifunctional Space II National Library of Greece (Meeting Point)
Up to 20 participants - For Members and their guest
Free admission; online preregistration required
Preregistration for Members’ activities in October starts on Oct. 01 at 12.00
A few words about the facilitators:
Anna Maria Foskolou, president of Arogi, an association of people with visual impairment that is active in the Cyclades, interacts and shares with the public the experience of transitioning from light to darkness, and the value of the white cane in the everyday life of a visually impaired person who wishes to live safely and independently.
Kalliopi Gkika, guide to “works of art” for visually impaired persons and head of operations at the Tactual Museum, immersively presents the rationale behind the design of the multi-sensory guided tour of Stavros Niarchos Park for visitors with partial or total vision loss.
