Blick in die Sammlung, Besucherinnen vor dem Perseus-Zyklus von Edward Burne-Jones
The Poetics of Sight

A Collaboration with the University of Stuttgart

This tour takes you on an auditory journey through our collection. Students from the University of Stuttgart have written multilingual literary texts that vividly describe works by renowned artists, from the early modern period to the 19th century. In this tour, you can rediscover paintings by artists, such as Rembrandt, Johann Heinrich Füssli, Edward Burne-Jones, and Caspar David Friedrich.

In the seminar “The Blind Witness: Poetry and Painting” from Dr. Jessica Bundschuh of the Department of English Literatures and Cultures, the enrolled students explored how they could improve access to art for people who are blind or have low vision. To this end, Katharina Rohne, Head of Digital Mediation at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and Dr. Jessica Bundschuh worked with the students to develop an audio tour that appeals to all the senses and, thereby, expands the audience of visual art through literary description.

Prof. Dr. Christiane Lange (Director of Staatsgalerie Stuttgart), Dr. Jessica Bundschuh, Katharina Rohne, and the student assistant Sui Lung will tell you more about this project during a brief introduction at stop 101 of the tour.

You can access this Staatsgalerie collection tour on your smartphone while at the museum, at home, or even on the go. For an undisturbed listening experience, we recommend using your own headphones during the audio tour. 

This exciting tour is perfect for anyone who loves art and language, especially in combination; we wish you ‘happy listening’! 

Tours

A collaboration with

 

Logo of the University of Stuttgart

 

 

Project Management

Dr. Jessica Bundschuh, Lecturer in English Literatures and Cultures, University of Stuttgart

Katharina Rohne, Head of Digital Mediation, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

 

Audio Production

Sui Lung, University of Stuttgart

Special thanks go to Prof. Dr. Toni Bernhart, Modern German Literature, University of Stuttgart, for his support with the audio recordings.

 

Texts

The texts were composed and recorded by students from the department of English Literatures and Cultures, University of Stuttgart:

Selin Balikci, Lea Berner, Levi Blum, Luis Engelhardt, Anneliese Frolow, Oliver Hanus, Nadja Hieber, Felix Huber, Kerstin Kurz, Mariia Liashenko, Sui Lung, Roberto Martinez Coello, Anabel Münzer, Danny Naumov, Jule Schermann, Jenny Schloske, Max Schmid, Johanna Schmidt, Petrunjela Sohn, Pelin Tusgül, Virgil Wiegand, Katrin Zultner

The texts were reviewed by:

University of Stuttgart: Dr. Jessica Bundschuh, Sui Lung

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart: Prof. Dr. Christiane Lange, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Director; Dr. Sandra-Kristin Diefenthaler, Head of the Department of Research and Curator for German and Dutch Art before 1800; Dr. Christofer Conrad, Curator for 19th Century Art; Katharina Rohne, Head of Digital Mediation; Susanne Kohlheyer, Coordinator of Education and Inclusion

During the project, the collaborating students had access to the collection, as well as to the library of Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and were also allowed to use images and texts from the collection via the Digital Collection of Staatsgalerie Stuttgart.

 

Images

Tour start page: Group of visitors in front of the Perseus cycle, © Oliver Kröning

Tour of the collection: Exterior view of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, old building, © Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Tour with simplified navigation: View of the collection, © Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Tour to read along: Two visitors in front of a painting, © Staatsgalerie Stuttgart