Industry officials said April 23 that the group is producing tactile exhibits using PosArt to help people with disabilities and other underserved visitors experience museum displays.
PosArt is POSCO Group's premium color steel sheet made by applying high-resolution inkjet printing to specialized steel. Using 3D layering that builds ink in stacked layers, it delivers image quality more than four times sharper than conventional color steel sheets, the company said.
In February, the POSCO 1% Sharing Foundation produced tactile exhibits using PosArt and donated them to the National Museum of Korea. The foundation said applying PosArt to artworks allows delicate raised textures, enabling visitors with visual impairments to feel details by hand. POSCO Humans, a POSCO Group social enterprise and a standard workplace for people with disabilities, handled production to help link steel technology with art and support a broader culture of giving.
The donated items fall into three categories: a large feature wall at the entrance to the calligraphy and painting gallery; a tactile table that lets visitors explore representative calligraphy and paintings with their fingertips; and four showcases designed to store artifacts safely.
Separately, POSCO Art Museum is running exhibitions where visitors can experience PosArt. The shows, titled 'Spirits of Water' and 'Recorders of Nature,' examine the value of the Korean Peninsula's disappearing natural ecosystems as artistic records and run through May 3.
The exhibitions include a hands-on area featuring PosArt works made with POSCO Group's steel technology, allowing visitors with visual limitations to explore the shapes of fish, insects and plants through touch.
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