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Artists with Synesthesia
Vincent Van Gogh
Many art historians believe that Vincent van Gogh associated sounds with colors
Various letters that Van Gogh wrote to his brother reveal this evidence, as he wrote
“Some artists have a nervous hand at drawing, which gives their technique something of the sound peculiar to a violin.”
Melissa McCracken
McCracken translates the sounds and notes she hears into different textures and hues that she sees from listening to songs
John Lennon- Imagine
Daniel Mullen
Mullen worked with the artist, filmmaker, and synesthete Lucy Engelman to visualize how she perceives time, numbers, and letters through painted rows of plexiglass.
Each piece is a visualization of how she imagines time periods.
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