Synesthesia Response

I found this reading to be kind of difficult to comprehend. I did find it interesting to read about medical studies that show possible connections between neurological synesthesia and historical artists. This is a type of art and inspiration that I have never considered before, and it was interesting to read the stories of the artists' experiences.

There were some examples that I felt like I could someone understand, but some of them seemed a little too abstract for me. The story behind the Vision piece was something I could imagine happening, because we all see shapes and colors when our eyes are closed, and maybe the experience is different during a process such as acupuncture. The piece titled Vivaldi however, was way beyond anything I can imagine being plausible. I cannot imagine listening to an orchestra or any music for that matter, and coming up with a painting like that. I cannot imagine certain notes feeling like certain colors or a particular pattern to be painted. It is kind of neat to read about people that do have these unordinary experiences, especially when this connection has been studied and has intrigued artists for hundreds of years.

To The Beat response

I thought this film by the Scratch Film Junkies was pretty cool. I specifically liked the patterns and colors schemes that were used throughout. I thought that the live footage mixed in was better in some places than others, specifically the shots in the beginning were really cool with the live action intertwined. The shots mixed in at the end however I thought were less impressive, maybe because they seemed too random and abstract for me to appreciate. While the title was indicative of the use of sound, I was nevertheless happy with how the music and the images were linked; beating together in some places, while existing in comfortable separation in other places.

Overall, I liked it a lot more than other experimental projects that I've seen.