Access Tour Exhibition

Audio Described Tour of Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

Join guides Andrew Mashigo and Lynn Cox for a special tour of the exhibition Ai Weiwei: Making Sense, for blind and and visually impaired visitors, and their companions.

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© Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio

What to expect

Andrew Mashigo and Lynn Cox lead a tour through the works of artist, activist and collector Ai Weiwei in this solo exhibition presented as a commentary on design in relation to histories, memories and values.

Through his engagement with material culture, Ai explores tensions between past and present, hand and machine, precious and worthless, construction and destruction.

The tour will take place in the ground floor gallery and surrounding grounds of the Design Museum.

The tour will be from 11:00 to 12:15.

A handling session and refreshments will happen from 12:15 to 13:00.

Booking information

Free event. Pre-booking required.

The tour will be from 11:00 to 12:15.

A handling session and refreshments will happen from 12:15 to 13:00.

Due to limited capacity, this tour is only for blind and visually impaired visitors and their companions. Guide dogs are welcome.

Please ensure you only book if you plan to attend and please cancel your booking in advance if your availability changes.

Suitable age: 16+

Facilitators

Lynn Cox

Cox is a Director at MaMoMi Initiative and an established artist who has exhibited internationally. Her perspective, as a visually impaired artist, grants her the privilege of creating and appreciating art through all of her senses. As a psychogeographer, she connects locations via their ambiance. She facilitates sensory art workshops, leads artistic projects and presents at conferences and seminars and is a qualified coach and mentor working with creatives with and without additional access requirements.

Andrew Mashigo

Mashigo is an artist and museum educator who works collaboratively with blind and visually impaired creative practitioners to develop workshops, exhibitions and tours. He is also the founder of MaMoMi, a community interest social enterprise which enhances the experiences available to the visually impaired, deaf-blind and those at risk of exclusion.

The exhibition

Ai Weiwei: Making Sense

The artist's first exhibition focusing on design will mix recent works with commissioned pieces inviting us into a meditation on value and humanity, art and activism. Tickets on sale.

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Background image: Ai Weiwei, Still Life, 1993 - 2000. © Image courtesy Ai Weiwei Studio