This is the blog for Project Iris where Amber and Sam talk about their synesthetic experiences, share artwork, discuss science, and give updates on the gallery.
I first discovered COLOURlovers when I was looking for a way to easily present color palettes for a web development project, and I have since used it as a way to catalogue people’s colors. One problem: The colors I see for someone are not always the same colors on the screen. The colors from the application always have a gloss, while sometimes someone is a soft matte.
Perry Hall is an architect and an artist. He is also a synesthete who developed an application that turns what you see into what you hear. The app is called Sonified, and is available for both the iPhone and iPad for the price of $1.99.
While Sonified turns images into sound, Hall does the opposite. He doesn’t paint directly what he sees from synesthesia. Instead, he takes inspiration from sound and movement. Hall’s Sound Drawings are created by channelling sound in a vessel with different kinds of paint. The results are filmed. Another form of synesthesia-inspired art is Livepaintings, where Hall creates films of paintings that change over time.
