Discovering Sculpture Through Touch: Tactile Tour

Tuesday 13 October, 11am–1pm

Join Nilgün Güven from Vitae Veritas, an experienced access consultant and describer with a long-standing reputation for creating much-loved tactile experiences for blind and low vision audiences, for a hands-on exploration of Melbourne Sculpture Biennale 2026 at Billilla Mansion.

This immersive tour, designed for blind and low vision audiences, invites participants to discover selected sculptures, installations and site-responsive works through touch, description and dialogue. Encouraging curiosity, discovery and engagement, the tour explores materials, textures, forms and ideas through an embodied experience of the Biennale and Billilla Mansion.

About the facilitator:

Nilgün Güven is a producer, director, artist and culture agent whose business and arts practice is concerned with the intersectionality of human rights, inclusion and access, aesthetic innovation and creative production. A trained and practising audio describer and tactile tour guide since 2012, Nilgün has extensive experience in tailoring and applying this service for visual art exhibitions, films, live productions and events.