‘The Blind Man’ is an audio piece produced for the Joint-Venture Performances festival at Cabaret Voltaire, within Manifesta 11, Zürich.
This 45-minute long soundscape was played once in an environment of total darkness, emphasising the physical impact of the listening experience. Sound sculpts the space, an invisible sculpture that can be walked through like air. Through its exploration of sound’s physicality, ‘The Blind Man’ challenges the traditional relationship between art and visual perception, particularly for visually impaired individuals. The only surviving records of this impromptu performance are a sombre photograph and a drawing that represents the soundscape’s thematic.