Time Shift highlighting accessibility for the blind

4 December 2024

Immersive exhibition gives glimpse of future for blind people - IFB Hamburg funding project

The “Time Shift - Journey into Tomorrow" which has been on show in Dialoghaus Hamburg since April, shows how modern technologies can improve the everyday lives of the blind. The concept by Dialogue Social Enterprise complements the "Dialogue in the Dark" exhibition carried out in conjunction with the Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank (IFB)’s Profi Impuls #Update Hamburg funding scheme. The scheme provides grants of up to EUR 100,000 for individual projects and EUR 200,000 for collaborative projects that focus on social challenges.

Time Shift encouraging experiments and talks

"Accompanied by a guide, our guests get an impression of what an inclusive future could look like and how to shape it themselves," said Anna Sieroslawski, a representative of Dialogue Social Enterprise. Time Shift works similar to an escape room. Visitors explore their surroundings in complete darkness and decide what to do using special devices for orientation. Artificial intelligence, an algorithm for inclusion, diversity and alternatives (AIVA), interacts with the guests. The exhibition encourages people with and without disabilities to talk to each other. "We show in concrete terms how accessibility can be achieved," said Mario Rosenbaum, who developed the concept with Anna Sieroslawski.

Anna Sieroslawski and Mario Rosenbaum, Dialogue Social Enterprise

Promoting accessibility in companies

Time Shift is aimed at groups of four to 12 people. However, the concept will be expanded soon to appeal to companies that want to make their corporate culture more inclusive and are interested in specific team-building activities.
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Sources and further information

IFB Hamburg

The Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank (IFB Hamburg) is the main development bank in Hamburg. It specialises in housing and urban development and as well as stimulating business, innovation and the environment. On behalf of the state, it grants loans, subsidies and equity investments and provides security for investment projects across Hamburg. More information can be found on www.ifbhh.de.