Making pictorial art accessible to the blind is not a new idea, it has been done several times and with various techniques in the past. Our first attempt took place in 2015, but the technology we had available at that time didn’t allow us to reach the quality we wanted for our experience. Since then several people have had a similar idea and have performed it in different ways. Nevertheless, we think that THEA goes further in making the sensory experience more detailed and clearer. The level of realism and volume achieved by the THEA objects are much more that a low relief.

THEA is a big and ambitious project. Our initial goal is to create, besides the already created prototype, 21 more pictosculptures to build a touring exhibition for blind people.

Visitors will have the possibility to use a specifically programmed app for the exhibition. This app will guide them through the exhibition and will give them additional audible information about the art pieces while they are touching them.

After this, we would plan to create an online library of the created 3D models so that anyone around the world can download them, print them and make them available for all.

Future steps would include creating more pictosculptures based on the most famous artworks of all time and allowing any one to contribute to these 3D models giving them access to publish their content onto our online library.

If you would like to financially contribute or help in any possible way to make it real please contact us and we will send you additional information on how to do it.