'The Many Lives of a Snake Goddess' project compares how different English genres and styles shape our engagement with these figurines, including new poems by Ruth Padel.
Before listening to any of the recordings, we hope you are able to take a moment to view this object independently, then see how the later descriptions alter your perspective.
Karly Allen provides an audio description of a figurine. AD is a practice-based form of ekphrasis used to support blind and partially sighted people in museums and culture.
Lucia van der Drift shows how we can use art to take time out in a mindfulness approach, supporting the 'slow looking' movement.
Tanvir Bush is a blind creative writer, who describes her engagement with the Minoan Snake Goddesses through fragments and touch.
Award-winning poet Ruth Padel has created 15 new poems reflecting on her personal take on these iconic figures and Minoan Crete.
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