Synesthesia - "Desert Eagle" by Ratatat

These are my best (so far) attempts at recreating what I see when I listen to music. Some parts are more 'accurate' than others, both in form and color, but the basic idea is there. Made with Apple Motion, part of the Final Cut suite.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• yt:stretch=4:3
• synesthesia
• ratatat
• animation

[rjpgeleveneleven]

Do you actually see this as with your eyes, or is it more like it suddenly appears in your mind, like you automatically sense it happening all around you without seeing it with your eyes? I'm trying to figure out if I have some kind of weird synesthesia, or just a crazy imagination.

[nink87]

@rjpgeleveneleven You know, it's somewhere in between... it's passive, and sort of happening all the time, but you can focus on it, and it's sort of a layer over real life, easier to see in the dark or with eyes closed. This isn't by any means accurate, the colors are all wrong and usually, it's just a texture of wavy lines. This is less representative of a single run through the song, and more of a compilation of many things I would see if I listened many times (which I did).

[MatBitesDog]

This is such a cool idea. I've always wondered what Synesthesia looked like. I hope you do a whole bunch of these!

[rubenrock]

thats really nice, i always see synesthesia a little bit different in my head, but your video is really pleasuring

[toblotron]

Nice work - I can appreciate it as art :)