A World of Inclusion: Exploring the "Entre Luces" Room

It is a space made up of ten replicas of emblematic works by Pablo Gargallo, such as Buey, Star Mask, Rooster, Picador Mask or Greta Garbo with hat, whose main feature is that they can be touched for the enjoyment of art and culture.

The aim of the touch room is to highlight the accessibility of culture and promote equal opportunities through the figure of the Aragonese sculptor Pablo Gargallo and his works.

The room has three tactile areas to complete the visit with additional information: a tactile book, a three-piece puzzle...

... and 20 disks of sculptural materials that allow learning adapted to people with any type of disability.

All videos have audio descriptions of key visual elements, subtitles, sign language, and pictograms, which provide information through images and symbols. Visitors also have touch-sensitive vinyl guides.

It is also an opportunity to get to know the sculptor's oeuvre in its entirety, since the works exhibited in this room are replicas of sculptures on loan to other museums, such as the Reina Sofía Museum or the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

The seeds of the project were planted in 2015, when professors Jesús Gazol and Víctor Monforte, during a cultural visit to the Pablo Gargallo Museum, saw an opportunity to learn a craft like welding through art.

The pieces that make up this room were made by the students of the Welding, Boilermaking and Metal Construction course at the San Valero Center in Zaragoza, a team made up of more than 30 young people between the ages of 16 and 18.

The Center has included this artistic project in its educational program, so they had to immerse themselves in the study and practice of cutting and welding sheet metal, recreating the particular process of the Aragonese artist.

On this touch screen, you can access information about the works and how the students of the San Valero Center created them, with all the accessibility resources.