Layers of Vision

Exhibition Report: Layers of Vision – Seeing Access Through Touch

In 2022 I was proud to be part of Layers of Vision—a groundbreaking group exhibition held at Bush House, King’s College London. Featuring ten visually impaired artists, the exhibition explored what it means to live and create in a world designed for the sighted, challenging the norms of accessibility within galleries and museums.

This wasn’t just an exhibition. It was a collective statement.

Each artist brought a unique response to the experience of navigating visual culture without relying solely on sight. Through sculpture, sound, installation, and touch-based practice, Layers of Vision invited audiences to step outside the visual hierarchy and experience art in new, multi-sensory ways.

My contribution to the show was a bold and playful piece titled “Fab Too Touch”—a 2-metre-tall braille piece of the iconic Fab ice lolly. The work reimagined a nostalgic British treat as a symbol of inclusion. Just as the original Fab lolly is layered in texture—sprinkles, chocolate, strawberry—my version invited people to touch, feel, and explore its surfaces through braille, texture, and playful interaction.

The title, Fab Too Touch, wasn’t just a pun—it was a declaration. My art isn’t just visually striking; it’s built for touch, for connection, for breaking the “do not touch” rules that have long excluded the blind and visually impaired from fully experiencing art.

Layers of Vision made visible the gaps in access still present in cultural spaces—but it also offered a hopeful glimpse of what’s possible when inclusion isn’t an afterthought, but the foundation.

Together, we reshaped the idea of what an exhibition can be—where vision is just one of many ways to experience the world.