Synesthesia

[newcommunistgovt]

What smells like purple, must be the noise...

[pianomajic21]

What the hell did I just watch?????

[ArtemisMeta]

lol

[andrewski00]

I love it. But i don't understand it :(

[MrMaxadax]

This is basically a weird way of explaining it. its basically if one sense triggers another sense. its a condition. lets say someone tastes an apple, however, just by tasting an apple they see a colour, e.g., green. that's pretty much what it is

[DBDP3]

;)

[Gir1744]

Rambutan

[ArtemisMeta]

@Gir1744 hahaa, indo?

[VjArkiv]

ArkiVisuA!

Guggenheim NY

Selection *!*

[cataleo1]

There is nothing to understand. Just watch it and feel it.

[spoogeworthy]

This is totally what my synesthesia is like sometimes. 

[CirnosMathClass]

hey, we all know we want music that plays cats,, xD

[MsVan93]

everything has ít life :)~

[LyrockishKrish]

I feel like there's some sort of deep, philosophical metaphor about life or something in this video, but I just don't get it :S

[Noimnotthatguy]

This video is life

[qtmatt]

The best part in this piece are the cats jumping out of the speakers.

[CPecktheTownCrier]

yeahhhhh. good rhythm in this piece.

[ThexDarksider]

Sometimes I can smell or taste songs. For example, one song smells like laundry detergent, one song makes me really thirsty, etc. It's fun.

[ShoehatProductions]

briliant.

[thesemaj29]

itz amazing i like it.....muahh,..

[tjardo16]

And not a single fuck was given that day

[mackiemachine3]

I used to wish synesthesia...then i found out i had it and never noticed...

[Redickajasloquendo]

nice concept¡¡

WTF Mierda

[dakusieru]

WTF?!

[WubwubDubstep]

taste can evoke words, and sound can evoke imagery. it's not that complex.

[ItsCamaroKarSon]

I have synthesia and I can't understand this.

I like it though

[wintrglittr]

yes its like ppl think n dont feel ur mind that ur use ot think with cant catch up with what is going on n when it gets on that wavelength ull understand.. by just feeling thell collide together... like music n color.. synesthesia yep i have it =]

[Mitos010]

que clip mas loko

[strfiretiger123]

Woah, this is amazing~

[morroida9966]

i wish i had synesthisia

[Allegrajell0]

That was beautiful

[Lumaniog07]

I searched synthesia (Piano hero) but then i saw this.

[hazelnut4991]

interesting

[zeachco]

WTF?

[EnigmaticOranmentV6]

Meanwhile: In China

[TheSchwarzKater]

Another crazy video :D

[criause]

don't get any of it, yet fun to watch!

[SynesthesiaMusic]

I have this.

[fookthetoothfairy]

if you dont understand the video just read what synesthesia means :|

[AloeBiz]

@fookthetoothfairy That is exactly what I want to tell people who don't get it. It's all in the title. There's nothing overly complicated about the concept.

[Davidex100]

what the fuck is tha shit at 2:28?

[iheartfred82]

@Davidex100 lychee

[xxxdjRAINxxx]

awesome

[SpontaneousMutation]

epic work !

[jpivojpivo123]

que linda la musica del final, lastima que no ponen el nombre

[limbdarkening]

I want cats coming out of my stereo!!

[KaiNogard]

2:50 he should've put it in his butt.

very nice video, and also... odd XD

[monkey101ml]

absolutley AMAZING art direction and use of color. I was immediatly hooked into this film within the first shot of vegetables.

[PARAMOREMERGENCY]

WHAT IS THIS MIND FUCK?

[monkey101ml]

@PARAMOREMERGENCY its art.

[PARAMOREMERGENCY]

@monkey101ml no... it is a mind fuck.

[lemon306jt]

pes realy

[Jesipr]

I don't understand the film...

[monkey101ml]

@Jesipr the definition of Synesthesia is "A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color." watch the film again thinking this and it might make more sense. :)

[limbdarkening]

@Jesipr Look up the work Synesthesia and then maybe you will understand better.

[rbmoura]

conratulations. good film.

[slipewaz]

I'm a synesthete, but this video is more of a drug trip than a good representation.

[BlueSundew]

it's not a "disease", it's a state of mind

[helliop]

This is an amazing interpretation of Synesthesia! After hearing about this condition I was so inspired as an artist, and I'm so glad this video made it to the finals. Congrats :D

[alanokpechi]

what is the name of the song at the ending credits? ? ?

[gmac8819]

amazingly creative! wow!

[garios1977]

Great Video!

[MrLavenderMenace]

@ TheUndertOker. Hmmm, sounds like you are confusing taking drugs with the meaning of this video. It IS titled "Synesthesia" so that means it's about that mental ability. I have synesthesia. I see sounds. Like this guy. Music filled his head with all sorts of images. Notice how his parents are not reacting (until the end when he disappears tho i think that was a bit of humor on the part of territimely). So, many of us have synesthesia but in varying degrees from unnoticable to very noticeable.

[charlotteandhearts]

i dont understand this at all.

[alexandrecreep]

awesome production and semi surrealist execution.

[CokesnortinFreemason]

Deja Vu

[e33State]

Synesthesia has been a source of rapturous bliss for me for many years. Is the video making a mockery of it?

[AlterEgoTrip]

why would 24 people give THIS wonderful video a thumbs down?

[AlterEgoTrip]

I love it.. I see so much of my stuff going on its not funny! But it is.. its so wild especially with the different things coming out of the speakers.. (that happens to me not unlike the fireworks but more like watercolour paintings and floating soap bubbles..) *giggles* this video made me feel really good!

[Winterbyte]

I thought this would end up being some sort of commercial

[Marvval1ileey]

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[CodfishReckonin]

@sobeknellra

I go through the same things. I used to walk through a greenhouse and breathe it in and I would taste coleslaw. it was weird.

hopefully that Japanese beetle thing wasn't a joke lol

[YatesJesse]

am I missing something? this makes no sense.

[tylerbassist3992]

@YatesJesse that's the point. it makes no sense. it's a film that's trying to depict a mental state called synesthesia. it's usually caused by certain seizures. basically the wires in your brain get rearranged so you taste colors and hear texture and see smells.

[QuentinKendall4329]

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[sammo2488]

So that's what a turnip sounds like....

[thehappiestcamper]

Synesthesia isn't like a serious disease [well sometimes] :P it often has admirable results and it hardly proves to be a burden, in my case anyway. I occasionally experience sound-color and number form synesthesia. This video was just trippy though xD

[ultramove69]

Simply amazing, thank you.

[katherinasolorzano]

Me encanta!! :)

[greycolumbus]

I can taste forever.

[holdenc96]

Wow...that was amazing.

[VideoSarge]

Hey ddja57 I think you're the one who needs to get a life if you're writing comments like that. Just relax slugger.

[nightmarejoey]

am i the only one hearing the boy saying "green" and "purple" in cantonese?

[acklbonboncat]

@nightmarejoey very bad contonese

[Sobeknellra]

I taste scents; the examples I've experienced are curly fries that taste like the scent of frightened japanese beetles, and almonds taste like the scent of baking flour and laundry detergent.

[EricPinaIAmGod]

I remember I used this video to go with my first single Synesthesia and it went with it to perfection! I didn't end up keeping though because I have something greater in mind but this is incredible! I'm so happy to be blessed with this beautiful disease! Thumb UP! If you love my song and you love having Synesthesia!

[AlterEgoTrip]

@EricPinaIAmGod please don't call it a "disease".. its not.. its a "difference of perception".. I wouldn't call it "disease" because that suggests that there is something fundamentally "unhealthy" about it, when there is nothing wrong with it.. and it is a different level of perception!

[e33State]

@EricPinaIAmGod You got permision by the creator of this video to use it for your song?

[EricPinaIAmGod]

@e33State No, that's why I didn't use it and ultimately only I know the true direction for my art! He did a great job none the less!

[nn4g]

Bizarre.

[amidaryu009]

You know, I have synesthesia, and mine is auditory to visual, along with some visual to auditory. I always thought it was normal until people thought I was on drugs, and it took me some time to realize that I am different.

I like this video so much because I think the way I interpret this as weird is the same way people interpret my synesthetic senses as weird. Watching this does not make me feel so odd now, so I guess I see it from a "normal" person's point of view. Thank you so much for this.

[STKhero]

so im the only one who didnt understand what the fuck was going on?

[piplup10203854]

@STKhero I didn't understand either. I don't have Synesthesia

[ddja57]

Is this what you kids today find cool and entertaining? Get a fucking life.

[Winterbyte]

WTF?

[catpoop7]

So THATS what taking LSD is like.

[rocketshiplove]

I have colored numbers and letters, sounds, and tastes. While they did cover sound nicely, and taste somewhat right, I wish they could've had the numbers and letters featured. It makes learning a foreign language next to impossible, it makes reading a pyschadelic adventure.

[rovennaa]

Excellent video. Takes the subject hilariously literally. Loved it :)

[defton24]

weird asians!

[12345annabella]

..It was.. different lol. thumbs up!

[xxMarluxiaxxx]

what the hell?

[TheUndert0ker]

the family that does psychedelic drugs together, stays together!

[chenarch]

It's a nice video. It's too bad the person who "discovered" this phenomenon is NOT EVEN MENTIONED, even though every grip and gaffer is mentioned in the video production.

Dr. Richard Cytowic first wrote about the phenomenon of Synthenesia about 1990.

The reason I know is he went to my high school. Check the wiki.

[AlterEgoTrip]

@chenarch you think synasthensisa was "discovered" by one person in 1990? What did Kandinsky HAVE in the early 1900's? He knew the value of the sound/sight sight/sound and massive other connections... other people have notice this historically as well. I never heard of Richard Cytowic.. but Kandinsky did write about his personal experiences, music and colours with the notes and even Issac Newton used what he saw when he heard as notes for the basis for the "scientific" colour wheel!

[chenarch]

@AlterEgoTrip You should Wiki Dr. Cytowic. I believe he coined the term. That's interesting about Kandinsky and Newton; didn't know about that! I'm sure it happened to lots of people. All I'm saying is that this fellow wrote about it not as experiences but as a medical phenomenon, thus giving scientific validity to the experiences people had. Newton, for example, scientifically "discovered" or defined the concept of gravity, but that doesn't mean gravity did not exist prior to that.

[AlterEgoTrip]

@chenarch he may not even have coined the term but I did look him up.. the thing is I heard about the NAME of it long ago.. (I have 4 of the 5 versions of syneasthesia that Kandinsky had.. which means I don't have the taste to sound) The most common form would be in the form of letters and or numbers.. my friend told me about her's in 1990.. so its a long stretch to think that these terms had not been there BEFORE that date.. I realize that Dr. Cytowic is an expert in the neurobiology of it..

[chenarch]

@AlterEgoTrip ... I really don't know... maybe the name goes back much further!

[AlterEgoTrip]

@chenarch at least it was studied.. hopefully no one will say its so strange and horrible that someone would want to cure it by ripping up the brain and seeing what makes it happen! That would be a loss to all of humanity! Someone has to be weird for the population!

[AlterEgoTrip]

---which is a more "medical" study of this perception phenomena, which makes me kind of scared that someone showed interest in it due to the fact it is not a sickness of the brain or nervous system. I also know that when I looked up "closed eye hallucination" these "symptoms" were never presented as possible syneasthesia but possible dangerous forms of neurological disorders or psychedelic drug use flash backs.. none of which apply to me. I actually hallucinate professionally and daily!

[Skaterman3323]

my friend was diagnosed with synesthia as a kid, he is one of the best musicians i know. whenever he playes a guitar solo he says it tastes delicious. though its not as literal as this video

[turtlewings]

that turkey was awful, it tasted like Beethoven and sounded like Picasso.

[conman059]

these featured videos are some of the wierdest ive ever seen

[aadc1788]

sooooooo wtf just happened?

[mikkyloppy4]

@aadc1788 lol, ikr.

[AlterEgoTrip]

@aadc1788 Dinner at my house! Only no fish in the drawer! Music for supper!

[HoneycombAgent]

Oh great, and after all of that, we get a papier-maché turkey.

[MrOwn1]

1:59 jammin

[Duspende]

Sure, I do this at dinner time on a daily basis...

[bannanabuttburger]

dude this is so trippy

[iglb23]

it has to be japanese

[iamaasain]

@iglb23 no its chinese because the guy was saying the colors in chinese

but i could be wrong,,,it could be korean

[ferretboy96]

@iamaasain wasn't korean. If not chinese than it's japanese.

[fecklessman]

@ferretboy96 it's cantonese.

[ferretboy96]

@fecklessman makes sense.

[fecklessman]

@ferretboy96 fo' sho'. i'm studying the language and i'm a huge chinaphile, so i kind of geek out every time i hear it. ;-D

[acklbonboncat]

@fecklessman very bad cantonese

[fecklessman]

@acklbonboncat it's not bad, it's literal. it makes sense if you understand synesthesia.

[acklbonboncat]

@fecklessman I meant the pronounciation...pretty sure that the boy doesn't speak it very often, that's all.

[fecklessman]

@acklbonboncat yeah that makes sense.

[JoeyLives67]

the purple smoke smelt funny.....

[RikuStrife81]

Holy shit.. I've never even heard of this before but I am a vocal musician and I can see different notes as colors. When I sing with a particularly good chorus I can close my eyes and see different colors bursting all over the place.. I thought it was just my imagination but this makes more sense..

[chaosboy20]

ehmmm... Okk.....

[ScottGBoeke]

"Anesthesia" refers to no feeling, while synesthesia is a synthesis of all senses. So the only way complete synesthesia would be possible is upon death. This "condition" is commonly mis-understood and categorized improperly... I came to the decision that everyone is synesthetic to a degree, the tendency to overlap senses is whithin everyone. Think about it, musicians train themselves to be synesthetic, to look at a symbol and hear a tone in their head. You can find many common examples of this.

[yusukeshonen]

This video cannot even come close to the epicness of experiencing real Synesthesia.

[royohz]

This is bloody brilliant! However, I didn't like the boy disappearing when penetrating his bellybutton with the male jack.

[f0b0v0]

Very good!

[ELuhn]

This odor is very triangle-sized.

[royohz]

@ELuhn The idea of "triangle-sized" is ridiculous, but I'm open to it... Props to you.

[MayuBunny4]

that all made perfect sense to me :D

[animationfan320]

that kid's cantonese is kinda weird... but overall this video is really cool.

[iSuicides]

lol 1:59 <3333333333333

[oOxxkawaiixxOo]

This was the coolestttt.

[GiraLikesYou]

Sometimes, I wish I had synesthesia...

[SterlingTate]

he just ruined a pomegranate! check out my song "you and iphone" let me know what you think!

[Lookin4aDime]

i dont get this at all

[AyDuM]

@Lookin4aDime There is a brain disorder called Synesthesia. Its not really debilitating but basically the wiring in your brain for your senses is messed up. The most common formed I've heard of was seeing colors when sounds are played but people can also taste something(like the kid licking the records) and say its tastes like a certain color.

[tabletka666]

put it in the ass?

[VitaVeritasVictoria1]

This is fantastic!

[MOberlin]

Great Work! Nice interpretation

[malakian99]

I need to get some speakers like those :O