Master Degree Project
( ink on transparent films, 85mm lens, openFrameworks )
A project about numerical synesthesia
Starting from my own synesthetic experiences, the project
is an attempt to illustrate the personification of numbers
and their associations with a specific gender, colour, shape
and sound.
The actor / viewer controls the projection of 100 videos through the use of a calculator. Every calculation and
result produces a new sequence built up from a range of corresponding videos.
It is up to the viewer to associate numbers to tell his own mnemotechnical story. The repetition and oppressing rhythm of the visuals impress on the viewer as a new way for memorizing large numbers.
An experimental approach to motion graphics
using the technique of shaped Bokeh's
By masking a 85mm lens with a typographic counter-shape an animation is generated by randomly moving light sources.
Filmed in different environments, a distorted reality is being created and suggests the sensorial dizziness of
synesthetic perception.
The approach aimed to move away from conventional aesthetics of Animation Softwares like "Processing" or
"After Effects" to retain a sense of craftsmanship and an element of randomness in the creative process.