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SYNAESTHESIA 

My process of live painting involves capturing moments of 'chromaesthesia' (my personal sense of sound to colour synaesthesia, the crossing of sound to colour senses),

revealing glimpses of what music 'looks like'.   To me, this is a world consisting of moving iridescent, colourful shapes and lines emerging from darkness.  

These are unique not just to individual notes but especially to intervals, timbre, dynamics, rhythm, texture, ext.   Combined, these elements create a vast, moving image.  

It is only possible to present small moments of this experience, as by the time I able to paint one stroke the music has already moved on to a new place.

The end result of a live performance can be thought of as a visual memory or remnant of a piece/concert.  I seek to create an experience where an audience

is able to watch a live representation of synaesthesia unfold before their eyes and experience music, as if you could see it.

In collaboration with composer/pianist/organist Dennis Tjiok

EXCERPT - XHI PRESENTS: SONG OF THE SANDS

Gallus Theater, Frankfurt, Germany

04/05.01.19

​Filmed by: Alex Sto

Music by: Dennis Tjiok

Dancers: Sarah Wunsch, Sophia Wunsch

Vocals/Text/Story Telling: Kevin Oakes

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