03:26Music never looked and felt so good: Bulgarian artist creates instrument for deaf and blind children
Bulgarian visual artist, Polina Gerasimova designed a keyless musical instrument with vertical LED lights and a braille touchpad to allow deaf and blind children to make music together and feel the melody.
Footage features colourful LEDs of the instrument 'Muziko', the artist performing rhythms, elaborating on the instrument, and working with braille fonts on the device, in Sofia, on Monday.
"Actually, I think not being a musician helped a lot. Because I started from the very beginning and taught myself how to make a rhythm, play the piano or the drums," said Gerasimova.
Muziko which was created with the collaboration of a team of engineers and musicians is equipped with infrared sensors to detect movement and can be played by up to two people.
"The main idea that we've already tried, and I really want to see it come to fruition, is this: to have a deaf child and a blind child stand facing each other and use the senses they have," said the visual artist.
03:26Bulgarian visual artist, Polina Gerasimova designed a keyless musical instrument with vertical LED lights and a braille touchpad to allow deaf and blind children to make music together and feel the melody.
Footage features colourful LEDs of the instrument 'Muziko', the artist performing rhythms, elaborating on the instrument, and working with braille fonts on the device, in Sofia, on Monday.
"Actually, I think not being a musician helped a lot. Because I started from the very beginning and taught myself how to make a rhythm, play the piano or the drums," said Gerasimova.
Muziko which was created with the collaboration of a team of engineers and musicians is equipped with infrared sensors to detect movement and can be played by up to two people.
"The main idea that we've already tried, and I really want to see it come to fruition, is this: to have a deaf child and a blind child stand facing each other and use the senses they have," said the visual artist.