When we watched the Ted talks on "Making sound visible through cymatics" I instantly thought of this video I saw recently on Facebook about someone with Synesthesia. It is about this girl, Melissa McCracken who is able to turn sound into beautiful paintings. Personally I am not music inclined but from an artist's perspective I found it astonishing how she can transform any kind of genre into something so beautiful.
I also think we can all agree that the last video; "Listen" was extremely powerful. The end in particular reminded me of something that has been a part of my life for about fourteen years. Swimming. When I'm under the water you think you can't hear anything, but if you pay attention and listen you can hear so much more. The noises you hear are difficult to explain unless you experience it yourself. In all honesty it is one of my favorite feelings there is.
I'm looking forward to this project and to see what other noises you miss in the everyday life. There is so much that goes unnoticed and I think if you take the time out of the day there is something you can always learn.
We talk about Synesthesia in FST302 Exp. It's such a cool way to rethink our ideas as artists.
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