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Blind Field Shuttle<\/span><\/i> (2010\u2013present) is a collaborative walking performance in which Carmen Papalia guides large groups of participants on a non-visual walk through urban or rural environments. Standing in a single-file line behind the artist, participants hold onto the arm of the person in front of them and agree to keep their eyes closed for the duration of the roughly hour-long walk. An extension of Papalia\u2019s personal walking practice, the performance invites participants to exercise their non-visual senses while collectively negotiating movement, obstacles, and the cultural context in which vision is dominant. As participants move together, the work reveals both the barriers created by visual primacy and the interdependent support networks that underpin disability culture. Blind Field Shuttle challenges assumptions about disability and accessibility by treating disability as a revelatory, valuable experience and accessibility as a \u201ctemporary, collectively-held space.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants meet at the MAI Caf\u00e9 – Walking circuit to be determined.<\/p>\n

register<\/a><\/p>\n

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Participant accessibility:<\/b><\/p>\n

You must wear comfortable shoes suitable for walking over varied terrain and be able to walk in a single-file line while holding onto the arm of the person in front of you. A secure area is available at the MAI where you can store bags and personal items during the performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are a Deaf or D\/deaf participant, ASL interpretation can be provided (please fill up the registration form and specify your needs).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Participants who use mobility devices or who cannot participate in the single-file walking arrangement will be offered an alternative one-on-one or small-group, non-visual experience of the work.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19272,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19270","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","season-25-26-en","event-category-community","event-category-performance","event-category-workshops","event-program-public-plus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlind Field Shuttle with Carmen Papalia — MAI | Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/blind-field-shuttle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blind Field Shuttle with Carmen Papalia — MAI | Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Blind Field Shuttle (2010\u2013present) is a collaborative walking performance in which Carmen Papalia guides large groups of participants on a non-visual walk through urban […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/blind-field-shuttle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MAI | Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/mtlartsinter\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-02T21:35:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Sans-titre-18-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mtlartsinter\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/blind-field-shuttle\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/blind-field-shuttle\/\",\"name\":\"Blind Field Shuttle with Carmen Papalia — MAI | Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-02T20:43:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-02T21:35:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/blind-field-shuttle\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/blind-field-shuttle\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/blind-field-shuttle\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"blind field shuttle with carmen papalia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/\",\"name\":\"MAI | Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels\",\"description\":\"La perle des arts interculturels au c\u0153ur de Montr\u00e9al. 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