Journal on Synaesthesia and Art available to purchase now

The Journal: 'Synaesthesia: Cross-Sensory Aspects of Cognitive Activity Across Science and Artack' is available in print and is available to purchase now.

Cover photo of Svetlana Rudenko, visuals by Maura McDonnell. IASAS, 2019

Available now

It is very exciting to see the cover photo for the just published journal - Synaesthesia: Cross-Sensory Aspects of Cognitive Activity Across Science and Art is of a photograph from the multimedia concert in which pianist Svetlana Rudenko and I (visuals) collaborated on in Moscow in 2019.

Anton Dorso has edited the journal bringing together and documenting all the presentations, papers, art exhibits, concerts, and all aspects of the conference. See CC Harts post below for links to the journal and for details and how to purchase.

The international conference was organised by the International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists and Scientists and was held in Moscow in 2019 and huge thanks especially to CC Hart for all she did to coordinate a very large international and local gathering.

I attended this conference and it was an incredible gathering of artists and scientists and academics. The multimedia concert that Svetlana Rudenko and I presented (Svetlana Piano and Maura Visuals) was held at the Conservatory, Small Hall, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow. Svetlana and I collaborated on two concerts and a paper presentation and we had a very moving visit to Alexander Scriabin 's museum.

Visit the following webpage for details on how to order: https://iasasevents.com/2022/08/01/synaesthesia-cross-sensory-aspects-of-cognitive-activity-across-science-and-art/?fbclid=IwAR3bDBht3qLm1DBOJE5nkKlOmzXjkgGFdAUAkyZhaYttz9u0xBBJJvUKJk8

Contact - Augmented Acoustics

Felix Faire (UK), a Parametric System Designer had designed some very interesting interactive installations. One of these, Contact is an interface with which to manipulate and visualize sounds. Beautiful results. View Contact: Augmented Acoustics CONTACT: Augmented Acoustics from Felix Faire on Vimeo . "CONTACT is a tangible audio interface to manipulate and visualize sounds generated from interaction with a simple wooden surface. Any physical contact with the table generates acoustic vibrations which are manipulated and visualized LIVE as they occur using several communicating pieces of software. All code will be opensource and available on github. Bartlett School of Architecture Msc AAC Tutor: Ruairi Glynn" More information: http://www.coroflot.com/felixfaire/profile Vimeo Channel: https://vimeo.com/felixfaire

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International Call for Works - VISUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL

I am very happy to announce the call for works for visual music films for a visual music festival devoted to contemporary practice to be held at the University of Kentucky, US. Why I am very proud is one of my former students is involved in organising this, well done Kristine SCFA Visual Music Festival 2025 @ The University of Kentucky Call for visual music films, Deadline is 15th December 2024 General Rules: • The films must be made entirely with abstract imagery, avoiding representation. That is: no cars, no people, no landscapes, no texts, etc. • You can use any technique you’d like: drawing, video composition, cgi, scratch, op-art, stop-motion, camera-less… • The soundtrack cannot feature any words, in any language. If you’re using a song, this must be instrumental or feature non-narrative voices, (no lyrics). • Maximum running time is 8 minutes. • Open and/or closing credits are welcome. • Films must have been produced after 2017. • We kindly request authors to enter their fi...

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