Beijing 2016 International Synaesthesia Art Exhibition
News: As one of events in Beijing Station for the "1st Synaesthesia Art Exhibition and Forum - Cross Regional Synaesthesia Survey",首届中国联觉艺术展论坛 “跨地域的联觉调研” "Beijing 2016 International Synaesthesia Art Exhibition" will be open soon! During the opening day of the exhibition on Oct.9th, the inauguration ceremony of "1st Synaesthesia Art Exhibition and Forum - Cross Regional Synaesthesia Survey"首届中国联觉艺术展论坛 “跨地域的联觉调研” will be held at 15:00pm on the same day in Beijing No1 Art Space as well.
Host:
-Beijing No1. Art Space, International Foundation Artecittà, Chinese Synaesthesia Alliance
Support:
-Granada University
-UK Synaesthesia Association
-International Association of Synaesthetes Artists Scientists
-Yangmei-Yihua Culture Development Company Ltd.
-Music Painting Synaesthesia Studio
Exhibition Curators:
-Jianwei HE (China),
-Timothy BLayden (UK),
-Dina Riccò (Italy)
Foreword by Exhibition Academic Chair:
Maria Jose De CórdobaSerrano Dr.
Director of International Foundation Artecittà
Professor of Fine Arts,Granada University
Recall that synesthesia is aneurological condition that we all have at birth, and that some people keep throughout his life, namely the ability to experience several simultaneous sensations from more than one sense, in response to a single sensory stimulation. The most commonly used definition of the term"synesthesia" and probably cause fewer errors, is the etymological:Sin = Union + Esthesia = Senses: Union ofthe senses. Synaesthesia fulfils and behaves as a real perception, as it has been proven by severalresearchers (Dr. Maurer Daphne; Dr. Ramachandran and Edward M Hubbard andothers)We know that there arevarious degrees and levels of synesthesia (low, medium and high intensity), andmore than 60 categories, for example:music/colour;space /time, numeric /space, word/color, letter/color, sound/shapes,gustatory/colors … A new term with regards conceptual low intensitysynaesthesia is called ideaesthesia (earlier called quasi- synaesthesia)and ninety-nine percent of the population seems to experienceit, more related to cognitive development (or perhaps all are related to cognitive development and / or processing of information) and psycho-socialsynesthesia (the hope is green, for example, or "I have a black day"...). Ultimately these are the demonstration that our thinking is multi-modal.
It is believed that synesthesia and creativity go together, ie, the experience mostprevalent artists, painters, musician, poets and creative people, so throughouthistory have been the artists who have demonstrated the existence of thiscondition . Some artists we can mention are: Kandinsky; Paul Klee; OlivierMessien; Vladimir Novokob…
It is for this reason that here syanesthesia examples of artists from around the world areshown, to illustrate how this condition is used in art, we can see artsworksfrom Timothy B Layden (London), Carol Steen (New York);Dina Riccò(Milan),Carol Steen (New York),JamesWannerton (London),Christina Soffing (Ulm) ,Raewyn Turner (New Zealand)、Pepa Salas Vilar(Hannover)、Tremedad Gnecco (Canada), Michael Haverkamp (Cologne), Ninghui XIONG (Beijing). Thoseartworks are according to their synesthesia experience. We also observed some feature among artworks from other Chinese artists, Lei WANG, Mu Xi, Wu Fa ZHOU, Rui TANG where synaesthesia was expressed not intentionally. Also we can see visual music productions (MuVi),international contest on visual music and synesthesia), from some students,professors and artists using the concept of synesthesia, or their synesthesia expression for their creations.
Photographs byJian Wei HE in the exhibition reflected Chinese culture and landscape indicted this rich culture in synesthesia. In China, it is also known since ancienttimes this phenomenon various schemes relating such matters as seasons of the year, body parts, facialfeatures, and planets (Reference to some report from Jewanski, Sean A Day), Since ancient times, China shows in his art andmusic intimately linked processes multisensoriality, emotion and poetry, whichwas shown emotional synesthesia and interaction between music and painting. There will be also in display the Xiang ZHANG’s music scopeof chimes inspired by ancient Zeng Hou Yi decoration pattern related to 28groups of star, the photo of stone inscription of HAN related to Chinese mythology by Qingang FANG, the study of Dunhuang frescoes related to automaticmusic instrument playing by Li ZHONG, as well as oil painting of Ninghui inspired by ancient Gu Qin music “the dialogue between fisherman and woodcutter”.And thus it is to be linked our coming project: “Cross regional synesthesiasurvey in China”. 首届中国联觉艺术展论坛 “跨地域的联觉调研”Our objectives are to study the relationship between synesthesiaand creativity, sensory representation through language, also to make acomparative study population between European and Chinese, in the educative andartistic scope and current practice in education by synesthesia creativity.
Oil painting of Ninghui XIONG (Parts), inspired by ancient Gu Qin music “the dialogue between fisherman and woodcutter”, more focus on music synaesthesia in shape and line in the painting.
Artecittá International Arts Foundation as a proposal framed by the concept reinforced bythe ideologue D'Urso on a Utopian City of Arts, part of the German tradition ofGropius' Bauhaus, trying restoration and reconciliation between differentactivities art, not marginalizing craft and artistic disciplines and transformthem into something according to the new architecture.Artecittà has developed through internationalconferences “Synesthesia, science and art” since 2005, in which scientists andartists from around the world meet and discuss their new findings about thiscondition, creating new networks of scientific communication, as well as newworking groups, including Ninghui XIONG and Tongjun DING from China. It was them,several centers of China are currently incorporated.Thanks to the work of Ninghui and his collaborators Tongjun DING and Lei WANGfor their great support to bring me here in the project, 中国联觉同盟之路 Road Map of CSA and they are now as memberof big family in Artecittà. I do hope to learn more here in China through the project because his culture and art isimbued with an exquisite sensibility, in every sense.
Since over 25 years study in synesthesia, especially for our development in Artecittà and itssponsored international congress of synaesthesia,including my interdisciplinarystudy group in Granada University with Oscar Iborra / Emilio Gómez from experimental psychology,for the coming event “Cross Regional Syanesthesia Survey and Synaesthesia Exhibition and Forum in China”首届中国联觉艺术展论坛 “跨地域的联觉调研”, I would like to raise the topic asinterdisciplinary study of synesthesia which is very important starting point to introduce about concept ofsynesthesia and its study. Our topic is Interdisciplinary Synesthesia Study and not only in art, music and literature, but also in otherfields like Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Language and Education.Becausewithin the overall project proposal interdisciplinary research on synesthesia, I raised in 2000/2, which includedthe acquisition of new knowledge of synaesthesia that can be useful to create new products and new procedures on technologies of representation and creation, based on theuse of different senses interfaces. Education and formation; Services and software are enabling the design of new methods using multimedia systems andsimulation, with specific application possibilities (people with disabilities).Its development becomes an integrated project. An investigation in which each area of knowledge should transfer results for the solution (scientific /technological objective) or finding solutions of common problems raised. In my conclusion,new approaches in the field of arts education that the university provides students with a creative response, motivates them in the generation of new projects, ideas and artistic production
I do appreciate theinvitation hosted by Mr. Jianwei HE at his Art Gallery with Ninghui and hisfriends for the great effort for the exhibition. I amvery happy, excited in this new project here in China, and hope to return oftento continue learning Chinese culture and its synesthetic abilities.
Maria José De Córdoba Serrano Dr., Aug,2016
CV of Maria José De Córdoba Serrano
Contratada Doctora Permanente, Tutoradocente movilidad internacional，Facultad de Bellas Artes, . ,,Doctorof Fine Arts.
Maria José has been researching on the synaesthesia field since the 80’s. Inaddition, she also researches in other topics such as visual music, engravingand new materials and illustration systems on synthetic polymers.
Forerunner of the study and promotion of synaesthesia in Spain, she has managed to organize five International Congresses on Synaesthesia, Science and Arts, unique in Europe due to their multidisciplinary character and bringing together the highest level of researchers among more than universities from 40 differentcountries. Likewise, she has been able to put in contact several national and international research groups which, sharing their ideas and progress, havecreated new projects and even implemented University Masters, Summer courses,international contests on Visual Music, etc. and the establishment of an international and multidisciplinary research group.whose members are all of them of the International Foundation Artecittà.
She was Leading the project for the publish of one of the important synaesthesia research books in 2014 - "Synaesthesia: Theoretical,artistic and scientific foundations" (ISBN 8493905496,9788493905491, N.º de páginas 372 páginas)
Maria José has in their artistic journey morethan 200 exhibitions between national and international. Several engravingprizes and painting. Have medal to the merit of the Fine Art in the year 2009.And her work is in museums like: Museo del Ermitage. SanPetesburgo; Museo de Arte Moderno de Santo Domingo; Museo de Arte Moderno deMinks; Calcografía Navioal, España, Museo del Grabado, España....
Exhibition Curators CV
Dr. Timothy B Laden, Artist in painting, drawing, digital media, sound and writing. Curator of ArtExhibition of 5th International Congress on Science Art and Synaesthesia, ArtecittàFoundation UK delegate
Dr. Dina Riccò, PhD in Industrial Design, Associate Professor at Politecnico di Milano. Directorof International Culture Project Artecittà , Director ofInternational Contest of Visual Music and Synesthesia since 2007.
Artworks in the Exhibition:
Jianwei HE (China)::Music of Jing (photo)
Lei WANG (China): Tone of TANG (oil painting)
Mu Xi（China）: Chant of Lutus (oil painting)
Maria José De Córdoba Serrano (Granada Spain): Dreamland (engraving)
Timothy B Layden (London UK):Tres Elementos- shape of sound (painting)
JamesWannerton (London UK): Taste of Time (photo)
Christina Soffing (Ulm Germany) :Laszlo. Sonatina, opus 11, Satz 1 (oil painting)
Carol Steen (New York USA): Melody of Flute
Michael Haverkamp（Cologne, Germany）:
Arnold Schönberg, Colors, 3rd movement of 5pieces for orchestra op.16,
computergraphics base on frequency analysis, 2005
Ninghui XIONG (Beijing China): Chopin Prelude No.3 in G major (oil painting)
1st Synaesthesia Art Exhibition and Forum appointed media support
Art Synaesthesia Painting Music Studio