'Push / Pull' – Blind Community Day

ACE warmly invites members of the blind and visually impaired (BVI) community to explore Shan Michaels’ Can Touch This – a tactile installation co-created with and for the BVI community in South Australia.

Visitors are welcome to explore the space freely, play dress-ups, build cubby houses, and experience the textured surfaces, soft sculptures and soundscapes designed for touch. You’ll also have the opportunity to create new elements to add to the installation and make it your own.

This relaxed, drop-in event is open to people of all ages. Parents, teachers, support workers, wheelchairs and Guide Dogs are welcome.

Support

Adelaide Contemporary Experimental (ACE) is supported by Create SA and Creative Australia.
Push / Pull is supported by City of Adelaide, and History Trust of South Australia. Shan Michaels is
supported by Arts Queensland.
Special thanks to project partners the South Australian School and Services for the Visually Impaired,
and The Mercury.

Image: Shan Michaels' studio (2025), detail, Adelaide Contemporary Experimental. Photography by Lana Adams.
Image alt text: Small, soft pink pom-poms arranged on a textured pink fabric surface to spell out the phrase "can touch this" in Braille. The arrangement is precise and deliberate, inviting tactile interaction while maintaining a playful, monochromatic pink palette.