The sculpture Deafblind Shape is the outcome of the relationship between GUIDO DETTONI and the association APSOCECAT in Barcelona, a group of deafblind people, their families and the professionals who help them.

Their collaboration began with the proposal to create a shape aimed to be “tactile symbol” of deafblindness. To achieve this, Guido Dettoni requested to share moments and actions with deafblind people and their interveners in order to be able to feel and comprehend how they would “live” the matter through hands. Thus, an experience took place for them to shape it  without any aware intention. Moreover, shaping jointly did show up being a possible other way for both of them to communicate emotions and sentiments.

This experience was for Guido Dettoni the source of inspiration to create the Deafblind Shape and at the same time it has been the first experimental workshop of the Handsmatter Deafblindness program.

A sculpture conceived to be touched and held in hands. The close link between hands and mind is important to this artist and this acquires a special meaning in this artwork, dedicated to deafblindness.

Intuition and sensory perception allow an increased sensitivity and understanding towards this disability. It is not only its symbol but an intervener between the world and the deafblindness condition.

A PROJECT OF SOLIDARITY

October 2009, through APSOCECAT (Catalan Association for Deafblind People), Guido Dettoni donated his creative work to all deafblind people so that the benefits from the commercialisation of Deafblind Shape replicas could be an additional resource for those specific associations and entities distributing them worldwide

Info: APSOCECAT and NESHER