Accessible illustrations in the voices of the illustrators

Places People Grabbed Me When Trying to Help  

Digital Illustration, 2023

Created and described by S.K. Schäfer. 

[busy train station ambience throughout]

A well-dressed, sight-impaired man is pictured in greyscale on a plain white background. He is around 30 years old, white, and styled with a rough beard, large glasses, and a casual waistcoat. 

[white cane on floor]

He stands holding his white cane, staring despondently at you, as the numerous, disembodied, vividly-coloured hands of strangers grab him all over his body. 

[distorted voices in background]

Each of the hands are prominently labelled with the body part they are grabbing; shoulders, arm, hips, wrist, even his cane. 

[footsteps]

The hands and their labels are the only coloured portions in the entire scene, drawing focus away from the person and dissecting him into parts. As the hands grab him, he looks resigned to yet another invasion.

[distorted voices]

[ambience fades]