Światłoryt – metoda adaptacji sztuk wizualnych na podstawie wybranych fotografii ze zbiorów Muzeum Fotografii w Krakowie

Abstrakt

The paper discusses ten photographs from the holdings of the Museum of Photography in Kraków and their adaptation prepared through the application of the MT3D (Multilayer Touch 3Deep) method which allows the blind to participate – to a certain degree – in the perception of photography. It introduces the originators of the Światłoryt (‘light relief ’) project, i.e. the Museum of Photography in Kraków and Managers of the Future Foundation Moffin, presents the Multilayer Touch 3Deep method, discusses terminology, explaining the meaning of the coinage swiatłoryt, and by referring to the term of photography, demonstrates the features which the two media share. The author has made an attempt to describe the method of adapting photography, and presented specic elements of the Światłoryt project. The paper brings up the issue of choosing photographs for adaptation through the application of the MT3D technique. It explains the criteria of the selection of themes, the technique, the authorship of the photographs, the legal status, as well as the function of photography, by showing the details of selecting objects for adaptation. The method that has been used includes the analysis of the photograph, its form, content, function, and the contexts associated with it. e author discusses the rules of creating a description of the work, and presents its necessary features; she explains the term of audio description, and describes the physical form of the adapted photographs. The article offers an attempt at an analysis of the reception of adaptations of photographs created via the MT3D method, and an explanation how (if at all) art translated into an adaptation is able to influence the blind and visually impaired persons, how is shapes their creative perception, and what it can offer to them. The study is supplemented with an illustrative annexe containing the selected photographs and images of the physical adaptions based on them. The audio description texts have not been included in the paper.