On the occasion of the International Day of Deafblindness, the Lega del Filo d’Oro once again draws attention to this unique and specific disability and to the rights of a non-negligible segment of the population. To promote awareness of deafblindness at an international level, this year too the foundation is promoting the global initiative «Yarn Bombing», the colorful street art revived for the fourth edition by the network Deafblind International (an organization that supports the development of services worldwide to improve the quality of life of deafblind people) which will live in a colorful explosion of yarn artefacts that will cover public spaces, monuments, parks and symbolic objects of the 11 regions in which it is present the foundation, to give life to a large patchwork woven with all the colors and threads of solidarity.
Yarn Bombing was created to involve people with deafblindness in a fun and creative way large-scale tactile art project, breaking down prejudices and raise awareness about deafblindness. Also for the 2024 edition, deafblind and psychosensory impaired people were involved in the creation of colored squares and pom poms, knitted or crocheted, to be used to “colour the world” through a simple “thread”: an activity made possible thanks to the Foundation’s occupational laboratories, which aim to stimulate the creativity and residual skills of those who cannot see or hear.
Added to their artefacts were also those created by family members, supporters, volunteers, staff and friends of the organization which, on the key day tomorrow, will cover the streets, parks, objects and monuments of the 11 regions in which the Foundation is present, to give life to a large patchwork woven with all the colors and threads of solidarity. The colorful artefacts will also be installed in Novara, in Piazza Puccini.
«The “thread” has a very important symbolic meaning for our Foundation: it represents that golden thread of good friendship, chosen in 1964 by our founder to make the world aware of the condition of people with deafblindness and to ensure that society realizes of them. – underlines Patrizia Ceccarani of the Lega del Filo d’Oro foundation – the installations are a very important opportunity to raise awareness”.
