Advanced Beauty

Quite possibly my favorite communal art video project from this year, Advanced Beauty is a collaboration of video and sound sculpture.

Inspired by sound → color synesthesia, in which people experience colors in response to tones or other aspects of sounds. There are two categories of this type - narrow band → color synesthesia and broadband sound→ color synesthesia. Narrow band uses the timbre or key to provoke particular color experiences. Broadband also includes a variety of sounds such as a doorbell or a window opening that will elicit visual experiences.

I often think in color, which could be a form of this phenomenon. It's stimulating, although it can make it difficult to translate my thoughts into speech sometimes.




Advanced Beauty 12 of 18 / Directed by Paul Simpson from Universal Everything on Vimeo.


Advanced Beauty 9 of 18 / Directed by Marc Kremers from Universal Everything on Vimeo.


Advanced Beauty 8 of 18 / Directed by Universal Everything from Universal Everything on Vimeo.


Advanced Beauty 6 of 18 / Directed by Robert Hodgin from Universal Everything on Vimeo.


Advanced Beauty 3 of 18 / Directed by Karsten Schmidt from Universal Everything on Vimeo.

Khoda's psychological thriller

Khoda from Reza Dolatabadi on Vimeo.


6000 paintings.
2 years.
1 5-minute film.
Found via colourlovers.

for your thorough enjoyment

I am impressed.

Giant's Causeway

Though it certainly looks chiseled and hewn, this incredible rock bridge is completely natural - 40,000 interlocking basalt columns which are mostly hexagonal. These basalt rocks were formed when molten lava was pushed through cracked chalk beds. As the lava cooled, the liquid basalt contracted into distinctive shapes.

Images via Reformation Tours, Aberfeldy, Travels in Ireland and Letter to America

Magic Garden

Eric Staller has done some kick ass exhibitions. I tend to use traditional items as my base, but his work is so much more intense than anything I could put on paper.

Brandberg Massif

Image via mromeijn

Like a giant, knobby mesa, the Brandberg Massif rises out of the Namib Desert in Namibia, Africa. This granite intrusion is riddled with caves full of art and is home to many unusual plants and animals that flourish in the hot, dry environment.

Rainbows

Rainbows

(Images via Daily Mail, wikipedia, wikipedia and National Geographic)

This brilliant prism of the color spectrum can be seen in everything from garden hose sprays to rainstorms and squalls.

(Image via missourisky)

They’re stunning, yet easy to explain: rays of light refract in molecules of water, causing a prismatic display of the color spectrum. The rainbow is made up of “Roy G. Biv” (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) but the colors are actually a continuum, not distinct “stripes” of separate hues.