The exhibition, Maestros and the Machines asks the question:
What would happen if the Master artists of antiquity—met the technology of today?
Detail of a photo by Francoise Bouffault
Patricia Lynne Duffy wanders and wonders…and takes in scenes at the opening
High-tech machines could sculpt the sculptures.
Images of flowing water could merge from the statue to show Aphrodite’s life-giving power
A blanket of flowers could envelop the image of Michelangelo’s statue to pay homage to its greatness
Photo by Francoise Bouffault
Photo by Francoise Bouffault
Sound-generated colors (inspired by Hokusai’s cherry blossoms) could create environments all their own –and transform all who pass within..
Music could be played on an instrument without touching it—just moving its sensors
A simple “coloring book” dinosaur could be liberated from its flat perspective
and break free to a 3-D perspective to show more of itself and then migrated to a big screen for all to see
And then all the human viewers could get together for a party—in an ever-evolving Mondrian-esque environment…and celebrate that…
Patricia Lynne Duffy is the author of the now classic, Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens:how synesthetes color their worlds, the first book by a synesthete about synesthesia. An audio version of the book with research updates, music by synesthete-composers, and an “Afterword” is recently out, available from Audible . Duffy also contributed a chapter,“Synesthesia and Literature” to the Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia. See her website, https://www.bluecatsandchartreusekittens.com/
Photo of PL Duffy by Karyn Meyer