The Screaming Sun: Choreographing Synesthesia

Abstract

Digital devices usually contain pre-programmed constraints and behaviours. These behaviours are programmed by the architect of these devices. Analogue devices, on the other hand, are bound by the properties of the components connected to them. Controlling these components and external physical properties will in-turn lead to controlling the output of these devices. Many devices are built to perceive physical phenomena and react to certain stimuli. The Screaming Sun is an analogue noise-making instrument that experiments with light as a stimulus. It is a solar-powered interactive artifact that is meant to be played with and explored. The instrument, much like a living being, thrives on light. The performer plays the instrument by actually influencing the physical properties of light that shines on the instrument, and not by pushing buttons or turning knobs.