The project was part of the Trellis initiative at University College London. Trellis brings together researchers, artists, disabled and non-disabled people to explore and discover new perspectives into enablement.

Working with Beyond Sight Loss, a group for people who are blind or partially sighted, and a project team comprising academics from the UCL Global Disability Hub, the project aimed to reveal how the sensory experiences of different materials, focusing on tactility and sonicr esonances, can provide an understanding of diverse environments. During a workshop, the members of Beyond Sight Loss shared insights into their nuanced sensory and spatial understanding through materials, leading to questions of what touch means if it is mediated between the skin and one or more materials, and how visual information of materials can belie their characteristics,for example, weight, surface texture and malleability.

In the workshop,several participants spoke of their reluctance to visit an art gallery due to the lack of accessibility and difficulty experiencing art without vision.Utilising construction materials (e.g. steel, aluminium, Perspex), a series of artworks were designed with Beyond Sight Loss members and academic Maryam Bandukda to form a multi-sensory gallery experience. Shaped into disks,different construction materials were ‘played’ on a turntable, and theresulting sounds heard through headphones, accompanied by a set of textured prints created from the various material surfaces. An audio guide, created in collaboration with the participants, supported all visitors in exploring the exhibits.