Synesthete Neuro-biography: from family secret to artistic depiction and cultural activism

Painting by Carol Steen

Synesthete Neuro-biography:

from family secret to artistic depiction and cultural activism,

by Hervé Pierre Lambert

Autobiographical descriptions in the age of neurological synesthesia research: particular patterns of description in synesthetes' autobiographies

Excerpts from "Synesthesia: views from the Inner Landscape" (originally, "La Synesthésie : Vues de l'intérieur" by Hervé Pierre Lambert:

Link to original article: http://epistemocritique.org/la-synesthesie-vues-de-linterieur/

Excerpts translated into English: http://www.bluecatsandchartreusekittens.com/Synesthete-Neuro-biography.htm

The shape of music from China's Tang Dynasty as seen by Ninghui Xiong and Timothy B Layden

These paintings were produced over the summer of 2015 as collaboration between Nunghui Xiong and Timothy B Layden after meeting at the VI Interantional Congress on Synesthesia, Science and art held in Spain by the ARTECITTA FOUNDATION, May 2015.

Timothy B Layden,

 Triptych of fantasy music from Chinese Tang Dynasty 

(left to right: Qing Bei Le; Li Sao; Wang Zhoujun), ink on paper

Ninghui Xiong,  

Wang Zhoa Fantasy, mixed media on Canvas

Ninghui Xiong, 

Qin Bei Lie Fantasy, 

Mixed media on Canvas

Ninghui Xiong, Li Sao Fantasy, mixed media on canvas 

Beautiful Synesthetic paintings by April Zanne Johnson

www.aprilzannejohnson.com

TEKNESYN - Exhibition of Synaesthetic Art- May 16-18, Alcala la Real, Spain

TEKNESYN

TEKNESYN is a series of art exhibitions that will take place as part of the V international Congress on Synesthesia, Art and Science, which will take place in Alcala de Real, Jaen, Spain May 16, 17, 18 and 19, 2015

Synaesthetic artists work on synaesthesia

Curator Timothy B Layden

These artists, each within their own medium, have developed a language to communicate the subtle unique details of their personal synaesthetic experiences. Using traditional engraving techniques, video, mixed media installation, drawing, painting, illustration and design, they show us personal distinctive aspects of their experience. They not only succeed in creating art that is intriguing and often sublime, but also invite us to participate more fully in their experiences of synaesthesia through their art, allowing us a deeper understanding of their experiences, perhaps enriching our awareness of our own experiences and broadening our capacities to enter into discourse around the experiences of others.

ARTISTS:

•                Maria Jose de Cordoba

•                Tremedad Gnecco

•                Michael Haverkamp

•                Timothy B Layden  

•                Nadja Plein

•                Christine Söffing

•                Arlene Rabonowitz

•                Pepa Salas Vilar

•                Raewyn Turner

•                James Wannerton with Dominic Davies

•                Students of Dormers Wells High School, London UK 

Pepa Salas Villar

http://www.pepasalasvilar.com

Three artist who record sound through visual art

Can you see where they're coming from?

What about synesthesia, is it linked?


Find out more about the artists:

Geo-Suk Yeo
http://art.cappuccinonet.com/www/index.php?locale=en&page=projects_05


Ted Vasin
http://www.tedvasin.com/

Lesley Fin
http://www.lesleyfin.com/

The Shape of Sounds, by Timothy B Layden

The Shape of sounds slideshow with sound and image of works in progress by Timothy B Layden

An analysis of synesthetic experience with visual and sonic art; searching out sounds in the environment and in music which hold within them strong colour, shape and movement. These are captured creating sound recordings. The recordings are edited into musical soundscapes while drawings document the colour, movement and shape of sounds. Once a sound compositions and their corresponding drawings are completed, mixed media paintings are developed on paper registering the texture and movement of the shapes of overall sound compositions. Finally a large scale series of paintings are being developed together to capture the overall spatial/colour/kinaesthetic environment of the sounds. See more at: http://www.tblayden.com/