Visual Music series
by Negin Ehtesabian
"Beethoven's
Symphony no.5" Series
2020
"For the One
In the Sky" Series
2021
Visual Music series is a research-based series of works combining visual art and music, to specifically investigate the unconscious experiences between the visual and the audio. Chromesthesia is when sound involuntarily evokes an experience of color, shape, and movement. In music, for instance, there is an experimental effect of the colors in addition to the normal auditory sensations. Using color codes and computers, I am attempting to bring this Chromesthetic experience into a digital format.
This project started by looking at a carpet design map. A small fragment looked like a computer pixel when it was down and the larger whole was unable to be seen. Considering that carpet weavers themselves use the designer's code to make each knot, bit by bit, they are only seeing a fragment and not the whole. I was fascinated by what this experience is and where there are other sensory experiences happening. What does the fragment offer that is not part of the whole?
