The Pictures for the Human Rights Festival

Inclusive exhibition and guided tour design

Photograph of the hall from above, with rows of chairs and an angular exhibition wall beside them

Location: Forum Campus Geesseknäppchen, Luxembourg
Date: 12–17 December 2022
Organized with: ACAT Luxembourg and Young ACAT

This initiative created an inclusive exhibition and guided tour for the opening ceremony of the Human Rights festival in Luxembourg. The main hall accommodated 200 people, with the first row reserved for wheelchair users.

The exhibition displayed 30 articles and artworks in a unique setup, each with an audio description played from a wireless speaker inside a triangular structure. Narrated by voice-over artists, the descriptions used metaphors at the request of visually impaired visitors, to make them aesthetically engaging. External lighting illuminated each artwork during playback, drawing attention and helping visitors with hearing impairments.

Sign language interpreters were present during guided tours and speeches. The goal was full accessibility and inclusion for all participants.

Four renders of the hall and exhibition route, with a red tactile path and wheelchair users

Four diagrams of the accessibility systems: tactile paving, sound, information panels in braille and lighting

Audience in a hall, including wheelchair users, watching Narek Minassian speak on a projection screen