Tactileye is an artist collective of 9 members including both sighted and visually-impaired artists. We focus on creating what we call”tactile theatre”, also known as “massage theatre”, which is an origi- nal performance genre that have participants touch materials or pose certain gestures to experience a story while they are blindfold- ed-like an immersive cinematic experience without visuals.
We brought our tactile theatre piece Nezha Conquers the Dragon King to places including Beijing Feinaki Animation Week and LPS Art Fair, while also performing it as free solo performance for visual- ly-impaired participants. Tactileye regularly co-hosts workshops with Guangzhou Tree of Life Disabilities Innovation Center and Guang- zhou Heart Brew Cafe, both of which are organizations focusing on providing opportunities for visually-impaired communities. We also have hosted pop-up improv tactile theatre workshops with Guang- zhou Soeng Joeng Toi art space.