“All the arts derive from the same and unique root.
Consequently, all the arts are identical but the mysterious
and precious fact is that the ‘fruits’ produced by the same
trunk are different.”
-Wassily Kandisky, “Concrete Art”. 1938
The work I create is deeply rooted in music, an art form capable
of achieving the highest level of human emotion. As an
interdisciplinary artist I strive to convey the innumerable
connections between sound and light. Pursuing classical violin
since age four and receiving my BM in music production and
engineering from Berklee College of Music has granted me
unique vision into the world of harmony and rhythm. Cross
studying at the School or the Museum of Fine Arts I was able to
hone my printing skills and further my studies of light. I use
photography as a medium to express emotions found in music.
Most succinctly, equating line/form and color to rhythm and
harmony. The ties between these art forms go deep and the
further I explore and study art throughout history the more
validation I find. Specific periods of visual art (i.e Baroque,
Classical, Romantic, Expressionist etc…) are synonymous with
their musical counterparts as we see reciprocal influence in the
music of Schoenberg and the painting of Kandisky or Faure and
Monet, Prokofiev and Picasso. We often describe music and
visual art utilizing the same terms. For example, a "color
interval" is the relation between two colors or a "music interval",
the relation between two notes. Words like resonance, vibration,
tension, and resolution are all used to describe both music and
visual work.
By using photography to capture abstractions found in nature I am commentating on the music found in everyday life because the nature of a photograph states you must be taking a picture of something in reality. For this reason, I find it imperative to use the plethora of abstractors nature provides us and purposefully avoid digital manipulation. These abstractors are tools such as reflection and refraction that create distortion through the manipulation of light. I have recently been developing color theories that associate with different key signatures. Certain different harmonic structures thus correlate to a specific image. With this concepts I will record myself 40 times on different notes in a particular key center and make a fully integrated installation. When put together the intervals in the music and the intervals in color will vibrate together and resonate emotionally with the viewer. Artwork has always functioned as powerful commentary on the given state of a certain time or place. By concentrating on intensity of emotional impact the artist forces the viewer to confront everyday life. Hans Hoffman states, “The aim of art, so far as one can speak of an aim at all, has always been the same; the blending of experience gained in life with the natural qualities of the art medium” In my case, abstraction is the most succinct way for extraction.