Experience Wassily Kandinsky’s Art Through Simulated Synesthesia

2/25/2021

https://hyperallergic.com/622263/experience-wassily-kandinskys-art-through-simulated-synesthesia/

Have you ever thought of what it's like to listen to a painting?
Wassily Kandinsky is an abstract painter who had synesthesia, which means that as he was painting, the colors, shapes, and visual stimuli equate to a sort of symphony.
Google Arts + Culture created a project to display what his paintings might have sounded like as he was creating them.
Not only is “Play a Kandinsky” a unique and personal look at an artist’s experience and process, but it’s also a fascinating embodiment of a condition that, like the art it inspired, can be somewhat abstract.

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/sgF5ivv105ukhA

16 Comments

Marc P

4/13/2021 09:46:46 am

This is pretty great and quite innovative! Whoever thought of listening to a visual art? Very enjoyable and so interesting to kind of be inside Kandinsky's mind while listening to these paintings.

Anahy Aragundi

4/13/2021 10:02:46 am

Wow this was so fun to look at and a very different way to approach to painting! I like how you get to choose the sounds. Thank you for sharing Clarisse(:

lupita link

4/18/2021 10:06:28 am

IU have never heard of this. this is great! I would loooove to experience this myself. Thank you for exposing me to "Play a Kandinsky:" I can't wait to look more into this.

Jiyoung

4/22/2021 09:27:47 am

I'm so glad and grateful to know this through you. I think the sound makes Kandinsky's painting shine even more! It was such an interesting experience and I thought that I should experience art in a wider way.

Mike

4/27/2021 12:54:41 pm

I thoroughly enjoyed this article. It was very well written and very informative. Thank you for taking the time to publish it.

Shawn

4/27/2021 01:03:26 pm

This is a very interesting way to look at art. I really enjoy it and appreciate being able to see it.

Mariel

4/27/2021 03:29:09 pm

This is something new to me. The sounds are very stimulating. You can really interpret the emotion.

Nicole Nesbitt link

5/2/2021 10:19:29 am

This was so fun to interact with. Thanks for sharing!

Mark

5/12/2021 09:08:19 pm

What an intellectual mind. Very well written and quite a unique topics. Thank you for the knowledge you spread the words brought so much emotion.

Miguel

5/12/2021 09:17:19 pm

Wow that’s an interesting way for someone to use this ability and record what they see to share with the world.

Angela Thomas

5/12/2021 09:25:37 pm

This is interesting and beautiful. Thank you for sharing Clarisse! Very cool interaction.

Mimi

5/12/2021 09:30:10 pm

What a cool interaction with art! I wonder what it would be like to interact with other paintings with Kandinsky perspective!

Amy

5/12/2021 09:35:50 pm

Interesting perspective of painting and color! I have always found Kandinsky’s process fascinating

Allie

5/12/2021 09:38:55 pm

I love Kandinsky. Thanks for posting

Sergio

5/12/2021 09:40:24 pm

Cool article! Interesting interactive painting.

Johnny

5/13/2021 01:26:42 am

Very interesting. Kandinsky’s work is amazing!

Experience Wassily Kandinsky’s Art Through Simulated Synesthesia

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