Series: Analogy of the Sēnsus
Series: Analogy of the Sēnsus
Collages
This group of works presents a compilation of photocopies of previous ink drawings and canvas paintings, both juxtaposed and later superimposed by new and more recent images. The works explore the subject matter through a pictorial investigation of the phenomenon of synesthesia - or melding of the senses.
Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon which inspires or evokes enriched visual and cognitive reactions. Psychological and scientific testing and experiments have indicated that once we acquire language, synesthesia-like mappings of the human brain hint at our ability to consistently relate complex relationships with shape and sound. Other studies report synesthesia during lucid dreaming (or the awareness that one is dreaming while asleep) as well as its link to déjà vu, clairvoyance, and premonition experiences.
Sometimes artists can simulate the experience of synesthesia, but not entirely the neurological condition. Historically it has been used by many artists, such as Edvard Munch, Vincent Van Gogh, Wassily Kandinsky, and Giuseppe Arcimboldo, as a way of evoking, through visual stimuli, synesthesia-like reactions in the viewer.