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The Nature of Sound and Vision in Relation to Colour

What is the fundamental relationship between sound and vision and how does one affect our reading of the other? Does the role of sound within the context of art exhibitions affect the visual impact of the work?

This research stems from work with scientists, looking at fundamental wave theory and acoustics to explore the audio/visual relationship. It relates these findings back to Fine Art examples and analyses the author’s various approaches to working with sound and vision. The paper analyses the practice-based research that has been carried out through a number of experimental installations and public exhibitions. In particular the research looks at how these examples help us to understand the complexity of the issues of the relationship between sound and visual aspects of our lives. It also considers the way in which sound affects how we experience visual art by taking into account its own sound environment.

The paper was published online and later in Colour in Biology, Engineering and Art: Inspiration for Design. This has led to further research in this field through ongoing collaborations with The University of Edinburgh such as the Sound in a Manmade Enviroment collaborations funded by EPSRC. During the development of this paper limited parts were given at the Institute of Mechanical Engineering at the Linean Society 19th November 2007. Related exhibitions include Milieu, Falkirk Wheel, UK and Sonitus, Ventakappa Galery, Bangalore, India 2008.