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Eye for Colour Exhibition

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Narrator: You will hear someone talking about
a colour exhibition.

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Announcer: Now. I'd like to welcome onto our
show today Darren Whitlock, who's going to

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tell us about a very vibrant exhibition.

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Darren: Thanks. Melanie. Yes. in fact, it's
an exhibition called 'Eye for colour'. It’s

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packed with hands-on exhibits and interactive
displays and it explores the endless ways

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in which colour shapes our world.

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Now. there are 40 exhibits altogether that
come under six main sections. Sadly. I haven't

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got time to tell you about them all today,
so let me just give you a taste of what's

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on offer.

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So to start off. there's a section simply
entitled 'Seeing colour', which is. well - as

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the title suggests - about how we do just
that. And it’s a good starting point, because

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basically, you look at the museum gallery
through a giant [question1]eyeball that’s

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standing on a circular foot What you don't
know is that this houses a 32" camera and

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screen, and the overall effect of these is
quite amazing.

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Another section that’s very interesting
is called 'Colour in culture'. Here, there

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are a number of activities designed to illustrate
the powerful links that exist between colour

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and certain aspects of our [question2]lifestyle,
and this is done through a range of images

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and objects. You can visit the color cafe
that contains meals that really make you question

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how conditioned you are. How hungry do you
feel you're faced with a plate of pink and

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green fried eggs and blue sausages, for example?
This section also includes activities that

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give visitors some idea of what it's like
to view the world with a visual [question3]disability,

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which is something that many people have to
do.

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Then there's a 'Colour in nature' section,
designed to illustrate the many amazing colours

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that we see everywhere around us - from rainbows
to autumn leaves - and to give us an idea

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of what its like surviving in the external
environment. So you can try camouflaging yourself.

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This really is one for the kids - dressing
up ir a suit and then selecting a [question4]background

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where, to all intents and purposes, you disappear.
And you can look at the world through the

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eyes of a dog or fish .. what do these creatures
really see?

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I’d recommend ending the trip with a visit
to the '[question5]mood room', which explores

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the influence of colour on the way we feel.
Here, you can lie back and listen to music

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as a projector subtly alters the [question6]lighting
in the room and with it. the atmosphere. How

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does each colour affect your emotions? You'll
be surprised!