Name: SYN CITY
Start: 2017-11-16T18:00:00-08:00
End: 2017-11-16T22:00:00-08:00
Location: Building Bridges Art gallery

SYN CITY

Building Bridges Art Exchange, UCLA Art | Sci Center, IASAS

<H2 CLASS="null">SYN CITY: a multi-sensory imaginarium of scientific delight + artistic inquiry + synaesthetic confession</H2>
<H2 CLASS="null">SPECIAL BENEFIT / FUNDRAISING EVENT</H2>
 
SYN CITY is a one night only exploration of merged perception. A pop-up event immersed within the installation Synaesthesia: what is the taste of the color blue? at Building Bridges Art Exchange, SYN CITY melds creative expression with scientific inquiry, inviting the audience to experience cross-modal perception through sculpture, performance, interactive installation, photography, and visual art. Produced by the UCLA Art | Sci Center in collaboration with Building Bridges Art Exchange and the International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists, SYN CITY is a benefit / fundraising celebration focused toward the publication of a catalogue documenting this inaugural large-scale synaesthesia exhibition, symposium and accompanying performances and author readings -- the first of its kind in the United States.  
Victoria Vesna, Artist and director of UCLA Art | Sci Center will present on this occasion <A HREF="http://victoriavesna.com/brainstorming/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Octopus Brainstorming: Synesthesia</A> – a performative installation created in collaboration with neuroscientist Mark Cohen. This work utilizes real-time EEG brain waves, video, color, and sound in an illustration of brain-to-brain communication.  Performers featured at Building Bridges Art Exchange gallery are <A HREF="https://www.appelusa.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Appelusa</A> and <A HREF="http://mali.lutyens.com/1" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Marcos Lutyens</A>, synaesthete artists who currently have their works installed at Building Bridges Art Exchange.  
Featured works also include Pathless Woods by artist Anne Patterson, a touchable, walk-through sculpture, and Tim Thompson's The Space Palette, an instrument that combines sound with color, pattern, and light, providing visitors to SYN CITY with the chance to experience colored music of their own creation.
This special event is free of charge and open to the public.   Building Bridges Art Exchange 2525 Michigan Avenue, Unit F2 Santa Monica, CA 90404 6pm
Image Credit: <A HREF="http://www.appelusaphotography.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Appelusa Photography </A>

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