Shiying Du

This video focuses on the distance between what navigation apps imagine and the lived experiences of wheelchair users. Through visual languages, it present the collision between the "map’s fantasy" of accessibility and the "body’s reality." Centered on the core proposition of wheelchair travel, the exhibition reveals the hidden dimensions of wheelchair mobility. The Blender route model reconstructs the real route—including its slopes, surfaces, inclines, and textures—confronting the physical and sensory conditions that wheelchair users must personally navigate, which are the challenges ignored by navigation interfaces. The layered Blender model disassembles the hidden physical, emotional, and sensory conditions behind accessible travel, exposing the multiple layers that current apps cannot perceive. All works stem from embodied fieldwork in Wuhan, juxtaposing the digital reduction of mobility with the body’s lived reality. It not only reveals the invisible labor of disabled navigation but also offers a new perspective on accessible design, inviting audiences to rethink the possibilities of designing for accessibility.