1 10 1 http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/files/original/730c944157b3cedf72fb3814505aadb0.tif 26ac3d0c814fe131664407ad9c197382 Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/_Proposed Acquisitions/PA2015.85_07.zif Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Type The nature or genre of the resource electronic media Has Version A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/_Proposed Acquisitions/PA2015.85_07.zif Requires A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence. 20914 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PG2015.25 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Javier Téllez Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Valencia, Venezuela, 1969 - Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2007 Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. Promised gift of Jeanne and Michael Klein, 2015 Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. 16mm film transferred to HD video, color, sound Title A name given to the resource Letter on the Blind, for the Use of Those Who See [Carta sobre los ciegos, para uso de los que ven] Description An account of the resource Javier Téllez film and installation work challenges the role of authoritative institutions and established notions of normalcy. For this black and white film transferred to video, Téllez stages an enactment of an Asian parable that recounts how six blind individuals were asked to touch an elephant and relay their experience. The title for the piece is borrowed from the name of an essay by eighteenth-century French philosopher Denis Diderot and suggests the difficulties the blind and the sighted have in understanding each other’s experience. The blind may not see the world as the sighted do, while the sighted only have a limited experience of living with blindness. This work--part scripted fiction, part documentary film--opens a path for mutual understanding through the moving acceptance of our shared humanity. PG2015.25