Synaesthetic
Opens Friday, December 5. A free opening reception will be held from 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM.
Institute for Human Science and Culture, 3rd Floor Atrium
Do you experience colors when listening to music?
Does a scent evoke a specific shape?
Do certain letters appear in distinct colors?
Can sound produce a physical sensation?
Such are the effects of synesthesia, a neurological condition first documented by psychologists in 1800s. Linkages between the senses have long fascinated visual artists: from Vassily Kandinsky (a synesthete himself) to Bauhaus teachings in 1920s, to students in the Myers School of Art. In Synaesthetic, Myers student artists explore interaction, not just between the senses, but of art and its location. How does location shape and respond to the art placed within it? How does place-specific art open dialog and layers of meaning?
The site-specific installations created for Synaesthetic hope to satisfy the eye, while also awakening other senses, so that the atrium of the Institute for Human Science and Culture can be seen, felt, and heard as never before.
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