In the first scene, the chaotic chatter of birds replaces the sound of clarinets, where the rise and fall of the piñata elevates the dance of the composer. 

The series of arrangements of these visuals and sounds reimagine the original meanings that we give them.

I participated in a month-long artist residency at Arquetopia in Puebla, Mexico. During this time, I embraced the process of textural mark making and created a short film with my collection of recordings, inspired by the idea of Synesthesia and Mexico as a place.

I’ve always been fascinated with Synesthesia, a condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to involuntary experiences in another. You can think about it as a layering of senses, where multiple connections within the brain are activated. An example is sounds triggering sight, where a synesthete listening to a symphony may see a stream of colours dancing in front of their eyes.

I wanted to use this condition as an inspiration to explore how one sense can be perceived in a new and unexpected way when paired with one or more senses, through the medium of drawings, video and field recordings.