Comments on: Picture What You Hear

Picture What You Hear

moonbird — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:00:36 -0800

Sounding Art: Paintings by a synethete. [?]

By: moonbird

moonbird — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:02:58 -0800

that would be 'synesthete;' my s kept changing colors.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 16:07:55 -0800

I like them--it's such an interesting condition...i'm glad people with it can function.

By: Fourmyle

Fourmyle — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 23:11:50 -0800

Wassily Kandinsky was, to my knowledge, the first synesthete to paint music as he saw it. It's interesting to see the similarities to his work in Jane Mackay's paintings.

By: gravelshoes

gravelshoes — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:18:37 -0800

there was an interesting related article in the Guardian last week about the composer Vaclav Halek, who composes music sung to him by mushrooms. Some people have put it down to synaesthesia, but I prefer to believe in musical fungus.

By: caution live frogs

caution live frogs — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 10:39:43 -0800

ah. the "s" makes it make sense now moonbird. i was worried for a moment that by "sounding art" you meant paintings made with the use of some sort of paintbrush-as-sounding rod. that link, i would not have clicked on. synesthesia though, that's worth a look.