Doznania estetyczne Głuchych i słyszących osób dorosłych oglądających interaktywne instalacje w galerii sztuki. Raport z badań pilotażowych
Aesthetic experience by the Deaf and hearing adults viewing interactive installations in an art gallery. Report from pilot studies

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to study if deafness reduces understanding and liking of interactive installations. The research involved participants who were deaf from birth and participants who were hearing. Both groups of participants viewed the installations in a contemporary art gallery and then assessed to what extent they understood and how much they liked these artworks. The involvement of the audience in physical interaction with works of art was also assessed (based on the declarations of the participants). As predicted in the hypothesis 1, Deaf viewers understood the installations worse than the hearing viewers. Contrary to the prediction (the hypothesis 2), Deaf participants liked the installations more than the hearing participants. Both yielded effects can be explained by the reduced ability to abstract thinking in Deaf individuals. Importantly, we consider the present study as a pilot. Due to its narrow scope (the research material consisted mainly of works of art whose essential element was sound) and preliminary nature, the results obtained should not be generalised to the reception of contemporary art as such by Deaf people.

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