Synaesthesia Gallery AR

Encounter 1

Encounter 1

1. Music by A. Scriabin, Sonata N5 Op. 53 (1907) / Art by Timothy B. Layden (UK/USA), painted live during the concert Sound as Vision Trinity College Dublin, 2019. Piano performance by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine).

Encounter 2

Encounter 2

2. Music by A. Scriabin, Prelude N1 Op. 74 (1914) / Art & Piano performance by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine), 2017.

Encounter 3

Encounter 3

3. Music by E. Granados, N5 Andaluza Spanish Dances Op. 37 / Art & Piano performance by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine), 2018.

Encounter 4

Encounter 4

4. Scientific Talk by Prof. Jamie Ward, University of Sussex. Art by D. F. Caspar (1774-1840), Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818. “As painter, philosopher, and poet, Caspar was the finest example of the doctrine of Synaesthesia in the German Romantic visual arts” (Linda Siegel, 2014).

Encounter 5

Encounter 5

5. Music by F. Liszt, Sonata in B-minor/ Art by Timothy B. Layden (UK/USA), painted as a concept symbol of the whole sonata, 2021. Piano & Music Analysis by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine) for the British Neuroscience Association Festival.

Encounter 6

Encounter 6

6. Music by F. Chopin, Ballade N 1 Op. 23/ Art by Ninghui Xiong (China), painted in 2016 for Piano performance by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine).

Encounter 7

Encounter 7

7. Music by John Cage, In a Landscape (1948) / Art by María José de Córdoba Serrano (Spain), 2002, matched associatively by performer. Piano performance by Mads Haahr (Ireland/Denmark).

Encounter 8

Encounter 8

8. Music by R. Schumann, Piano Quintet in E-flat major Op. 44/ Art by Carol Steen (USA), painted for Brain Awareness Week, 2021, funding award by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS). Piano performance by Svetlana Rudenko & RTE ConTempo Quartet: Bogdan Sofei (violin 1), Ingrid Nicola (violin 2), Andreea Banciu (viola), Adrian Mantu (cello). Sound Engineering by Ruth Kennington (recording made remotely during COVID pandemic).

Encounter 9

Encounter 9

9. Art by Geri Hahn, textile artist-synaesthete (USA), Correlative Conjunctions BUT, NOT, AND / Music Composition (2018) & Piano performance by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine).

Encounter 10

Encounter 10

10. Music by S. Rachmaninov, Prelude G-sharp minor Op. 32/ Art (2015) & Piano performance by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine).

Encounter 11

Encounter 11

11. Interview with James Wannerton, President of the UK Synaesthesia Association, “Tastes” of Kandinsky. Art by Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Swinging (Schaukeln), 1925.

Encounter 12

Encounter 12

12. Art by Carol Steen, President of American Synaesthesia Association, Gold Sounds, painted on song by Tamia Leave It Smokin' (2021)

Encounter 13

Encounter 13

13. Music by G. Faure, Dolly Op. 56 N3 The Garden of Dolly/ Art by Ninghui Xiong (China). Piano 1 by Ann Marie O’Callaghan (Ireland), Piano 2 by Svetlana Rudenko (Ireland/Ukraine)

Encounter 14

Encounter 14

14. Art by Timothy B. Layden (UK/USA). Music by Timothy B. Layden & Gary Blake (UK), Algae Magnet, 2019.

Encounter 15

Encounter 15

15. Art & Music by Svetlana Rudenko for Alice Dali Augmented Reality Experience: Chapter 2, The Pool of Tears. Narration by Mads Haahr (Ireland/Denmark) from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.