"What do I see? That’s an interesting question. I get no light perception at all now, so I’m not really aware of light and dark. However, my inner sight is uncannily strong and getting stronger, so sometimes I don’t actually feel very blind.

"The art I make is three-dimensional and made up of plaster, concrete and found objects. I’m doing a piece at the moment that is enormous braille cells, which you can’t actually read because they are too big to feel. That’s actually the name of the piece, 'Too Big to Feel.' 

"I visualize the world and think you can use that library of images as a basis for rebuilding a visual world, [as one also can] with the help of audio description and clever people who can describe things and bring the actual visual world to life. That combines with your memories to enhance one’s inner world. In that respect I think I see quite a lot." — David Johnson

Director Jessica Sarah Rinland follows artist and piano tuner David Johnson in an exploration of visual language and blindness. Inspired by Harun Farocki's The Expression of Hands and Jorge Luis Borges' essay Blindness, Rinland only reveals certain details of the sculpture, allowing Johnson’s inquisitive hands to guide the way and leaving us to imagine, just as he did, the sculpture as a whole. 

John Gibson’s “Hylas Surprised by the Naiades” is exhibited as part of Sculpture Victorious at Tate Britain, which runs until May 25.