Monday, September 9, 2013

Cymatics and Synesthesia


The ideas of cymatics and synesthesia are both very intriguing to me. The ability to be able to show listeners shapes, colors, and other predominantly visual ideas through sound is an amazing talent and exciting concept. I think an interesting concept to explore would be to bridge the two ideas together to create a representative of certain shapes or colors.  I think I lean towards the idea of explaining colors through sound more than shapes; however, there’s definitely a cool idea here to use cymatics for a shape inspiration then bring in sounds of colors. Maybe even taking these two ideas, melting them together, and creating a sound portrait that provides enough detail for the audience to be able to visualize the original message.
Dealing more with synesthesia and being able to express colors through sound, it makes me wonder if there’s certain tones, speeds, pitches, or octanes in which people are more prone to think of certain colors. If there’s not a study on this already, we should definitely investigate that question. I understand that people interpret things in different manners, but I wonder if through cultural interactions, experiences, and just living, certain groups of people are more prone to lean towards and visualize specific colors during certain sounds. 

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