UKSA 2011 AGM & CONFERENCE
University of East London
Sat 26 - Sun 27 MARCH, 2011 &
Hosted by Dr. Mary Spiller, Dr. Ashok Jansari and the School of Psychology at UEL. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Edward M. Hubbard PhD from the Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Visit the Association website for more information http://www.uksynaesthesia.com/agm2011.htm
When We were Children
When we were children words were coloured
(harlot and murder were dark purple)
And language was a prism, the light
A conjured inlay on the grass,
Whose rays to-day are concentrated
And language grown a burning-glass.
When we were children Spring was easy,
Dousing our heads in suds of hawthorn
And scrambling the laburnum tree -
A breakfast for the gluttonous eye;
Whose winds and sweets have now forsaken
Lungs that are black, tongues that are dry.
Now we are older and our talents
Accredited to time and meaning,
To handsel joy requires a new
Shuffle of cards behind the brain
Where Meaning Shall remarry colour
And flowers be timeless once again.
Louis MacNeice, June 1944
Slavek Kwi -from the Interpretation series-http://www.artificialmemorytrace.com/
Dr Mª José de Córdoba: analysing the mind in search of synesthesia
Helena Melero: exploring the synesthetic mind
Javier Domínguez: visualising the invisible of art and science in nano art
Jose Antonio Fernandez: intermodal immersion
Dr Mohamed Ahmed Radi Abouarab: the Copto
Dr Timothy B. Layden: Interpeting the senses in contemporary art
Dr Mª José de Córdoba: synesthesia in print making
Dr Víctor Parra: corporal synesthesia and visual art
"Due to popular demand, The Whisky Taster has been extended to play until Saturday 27th February
Barney and Nicola are advertising wonder kids. They win accounts with wit, charm and a secret weapon - Barney's ability to feel, smell and taste colours, and to translate these sensations into words.
Lately Barney has been finding things far too colourful and wishes his full throttle London life was more black and white, but Nicola is hell bent on winning accounts at all costs. When the two hire an old Scottish Whisky Taster to help them with a new campaign, his strange wisdom slows the Londoners to a stop, just as the deadline looms.
A technicolour story about seeing things too clearly in a city that never stands still.
James Graham won the Catherine Johnson Award for the Best Play 2007 for Eden's Empire (Finborough). His previous plays include Little Madam and Sons of York at the Finborough, where he is Writer in Residence; Tory Boyz (Soho Theatre) and suddenlossofdignity.com (Bush).
Please be advised, this play contains real cigarretes cigarettes" Taken from the Bush theatre site: http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/production/the_whisky_taster/
Read a review: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-whisky-taster-the-bush-london-1886098.html
Sandhi Schimmel Gold says:
"Every number, letter & musical note is a color.
I think when I approach a new piece, I rotate some kind of color wheel in my head to create absurd color combinations. I don't know how NOT to be a syn, so it is hard to say how it is different. I suppose I experience everything in color."
She also experiences eidetic imagery, which is similar to photographic memory.
