Synesthesia - Notes & Drawings

“Synesthesia” describes a perceptual phenomenon in which one cognitive pathway stimulates other sensations. The series of studies intended to document the senses beyond tangibility: the experiences perceived and refabricated within one’s body and the body’s awareness of its surrounding.

Chopping Tuber Vegetables, 2021
Polyurethane, acrylic, threads

Synesthesia - Chores

Cling Wrap Torn by Blade on Its Package, 2020

Needles being trapped in a thin strong layer of glue
eager to escape
Certainty of its direction
Procrastination on its moving speed
A rigid and light-weighted material
with aggressive spikes

Sound and Touch of Using a Blade Razor, 2020

Flickering nylon treads
gently stretched at both ends
Strands being loosened and pulled away
Ratherish isolation
Entangled yet not entangled
Detached yet not detached

Sound and Tactility of Gently Rubbing a Thin Plastic Bag, 2020

Irregular and restricted moves
Filling up a room
Carefully remaining a distinct boundary
to the edge of the wall
Subtly yet chaotically
depicting the room’s rough shape

Dry Snack Touching Burnt Palate, 2020

Clot of dust
coagulating into fragile lumpy thorns
Tenuous, cold threads
pulled from a sloppy, ruffled surface
perforating the skin dispersedly

Smell and Sound of Boiling Water, 2020

Clunking pounds
Every thud bounces bluntly
falling onto one plane
erecting upwards one direction
Dim and hazy space
Hidden filth in the fissures

Sound of Sliding Around in a Bathtub, 2020

A resilient gel-like substance
being squeezed out from
a stiff, over-washed membrane
With humidity. With warmth
Not necessarily smooth

Sound of Chopping Tuber Vegetables on a Wooden Chopping Board, 2020

Tooth-like texture with matte glazing
Dry surfaces, a little cooler than body temperature
Pieces twined by inelastic thin string
Pentagonal or trilateral occasionally
Quadrilateral mostly

Tactility of Wringing a Cold Wet Towel, 2020

Friction on palms
dripping along forearms
Thin, semi-translucent material
sharp enough to carve into the skin
Stiffness, rigidness
Fiber and chipping restfully filling up the voids

Smell of Rusted Metal, 2020

Blunt spikes with burrs
Unsharpened dullness
Repeating incisions
with unhurried speed.
with moderate strength

Texture of a Moist, Unevenly Kneaded Dough, 2020

Rigid pieces with a satin finish
Noiseless, intertwining
A grip on fingers
A clasping into each other
Seemingly tenacious
yet awfully delicate connections

Texture of An Used Coral Fleece Fabric Blanket, 2020

Sparsely corrugated powdery frills
Melts into a pulp by merely a soft prod
yet splits into fairly intact pieces
by a fast violent tear

3D Printer Sound at 8 am in College Studio Days, 2020

Tensioned by an even strength
Flickering acute and obtuse angles
scrubbing repetitively over an invisible track
Fortunately
No collision among them this time

Smell of Slightly Burnt Plastic, 2020

Ash clung by gooey bitter grease
drooping towards the direction of gravity
at a slothful speed
Crashing though
any obstacle that blocks its path
with an unexpected heaviness and density

Electrical Noise in a Video Call of Poor Internet Connection, 2020

Flaky clouds
scatter and splash
Burning grits drizzle on the parched skin
A sudden feeling of heat
and then that heat fleets

Cleaning Dishes with A Bristle Brush (Blown Up), 2020

Dry, long strands
immersed in water yet unable to absorb any moisture
Fiber abrasion and breakage
Pliable and sharp glochis
too tiny to be picked out once they stuck in the skin

Vibration of Dragging the Reel Slider when Setting Mobile Phone Alarm, 2020

Texture between that of bone and rubber
A bouncy echo caused by rattling
Repulsive force
that keeps inconspicuous gaps between nubbles
Also, attractive force
that prevents them from being pulled too far apart