BRAILLE ART

TitleBRAILLE ART
BrandNGO "BELAYA TROST"
Product/ServiceNGO "BELAYA TROST"
Category E02. Ambient Outdoor
Entrant POSSIBLE MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Idea Creation POSSIBLE MOSCOW, RUSSIA
PR POSSIBLE MOSCOW, RUSSIA
Credits
Name Company Position
Vlad Sitnikov Possible Moscow CCO
Maryam Akhunova Possible Moscow Creative Director
Yuri Korobov Possible Moscow Creative
Roman Antonov Possible Moscow Art Director
Evgenia Kuznetsova Possible Moscow Art Director
Anna Trotsina Possible Moscow Designer
Oleg Sedikin Possible Moscow Programming
Sergey Rozhnev Possible Moscow Client Service Director
Natalia Khorokhorina Possible Moscow Account Director
Anna Smal Possible Moscow Account Manager

Write a short summary of what happens in the ambient or digital execution or campaign.

To help blind people feel less alienated we created something that could only be experienced through eyesight: the first ever Braille graffiti, a tool for communication easily accessible to both social groups to allow effortless dialogue between strangers by combining written text and braille. A Braille-art gallery combining visual symbols with Braille text. The gallery showcased the stories of three famous blind people set against their achievements: - The story of musician Ray Charles and his classic “Hit the Road, Jack”; - The story of record-setting runner Marla Runyan and a stadium; - The story of programmer Mikhail Pozhidaiev, who created an operating system for the blind, and a circuit board. Each story consisted of the protagonist’s biography and an inspiring message: “Art / Sport / Science doesn’t care whether you’re blind or not. What’s important is to see your own potential. We see possibilities in everyone.”

Cultural/Context information for the jury

According to unofficial sources there are more than 14 000 blind people in Yekaterinburg. Most of them are not well-adapted to life in a society. For them moving around the city is very uncomfortable, people do not pay any attention to them – and these are only few of the reasons why the visually impaired do not want to have an active position in a society and act more boldly.