There are many different movements in the history of art and science that have considered the idea of interfacing and experiencing the world through synaesthesia.

Science: machine translation

 

Throughout the history of art, there have been movements that epitomized the society from which it came. Not only was style defined by the times, but music as well. Artists from each particular era or movement choose their aesthetic in response/reaction to the social climate.

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The London Punk scene, when it started, was a reactionary movement that wanted to go against the blue collar stigma. Since its beginning, it has grown and ironically had a heavy hand in defining popular culture.

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The Futurists movement came about in 1909 when F.T. Marinetti published his manifesto "The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism. They believed in the future and the "destruction of syntax."

Jazz music explored ways in which the bustling city could be captured through music. It's nontraditional scales and improvisation were also captured in the paintings of the time.


Joseph Mueller Brockman created compositions that used a grid system, but at the same time, it was expressive of its content, music.

 

 

Technology has allowed the machine to become a major player in the art world. Through the use of machines that translate music into visuals, there is allowed a certain amount of creative translation that transcends the traditional way of looking at the painting or listening to music.

Jazz artists have used the color organ for some time now to interpret music.

The Music Animation Machine is a tool that uses color and specific locations when defining a music note.


Modern, and more interactive adaptations of the color organ have been made, such as the computer software Screen Dance.