Gaia Squarci – Broken Screen « burn magazine

Gaia Squarci – Broken Screen

 Gaia SquarciBroken ScreenWhen you’re losing sight, the world starts to appear fragmented, like through a broken screen. Then you stop understanding where light comes from.” Dale LayneThe blind liv…

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The blind live in a sighted world. They function in a system constructed on the rules of seeing. Many of them could once see, but after going blind they were forced to reinvent themselves, and their quality of life became deeply affected by disability law, support in the private sphere, and the level of awareness in the society around them. I asked them to guide me into their lives