This analytical essay aims to indicate the influences of Descartes based on his core principal of... more This analytical essay aims to indicate the influences of Descartes based on his core principal of mind over body, and his skeptic approach to life as a whole, by taking reference from his famous work “Meditations on First philosophy”. Specifically, by focusing more on the “First, Second and Sixth Meditation” which will attempt to explain and demonstrate some of the psychological links, cross-over synergies and contrasts as seen in “The Matrix Trilogy” within the psychological context, as well as analyzing the Matrix Trilogy using post-modern perspective.
An Analysis of the Cultural Influences That Shaped Detroit Techno explores the ways in which the ... more An Analysis of the Cultural Influences That Shaped Detroit Techno explores the ways in which the social, economic and aesthetic surroundings of a generation of young people living in Detroit inspired a new musical genre that we now know as Detroit Techno. Specifically, a sound that is driven by the rising and falling fortunes of technology; how the noises and rhythms of the machines the city’s automobile industry was built around inspired music, how this music was appreciated in other parts of the world that were experiencing similar social and economic changes, and how new technologies allowed for the creation and dissemination of Detroit Techno on a global scale. To do so, An Analysis of the Cultural Influences That Shaped Detroit Techno focuses on the experiences of Detroit in the late 1970s and 1980s of three of the genre’s foremost pioneers: Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, and the musical and environmental influences behind their early experiments with techno.
Music is one of the greatest sensory pleasures available to the human ear. Yet how can this pleas... more Music is one of the greatest sensory pleasures available to the human ear. Yet how can this pleasure be enhanced when combined with other stimuli, which work to engage other senses, simultaneously? It is a question that has been addressed by a variety of music visualisations – from simple desktop apps to live audio-visual mixing in nightclubs – and brought joy to those who experience it. Yet there are also a certain group of people who, through some genetic twist of fate, experience this multi-sensory combination naturally – a phenomenon we call synesthesia. This group of people have been known throughout history to possess high levels of creativity, and their contributions to culture – especially within painting and music – is vast. Therefore, in light of substantial research the topic of synesthesia and creativity, in this project, I aim to find the correlation between sound and colour and to compile the results in an interactive real-time audio-visual demonstration – and to see whether this recreation of synesthesia can enhance and inspire creativity within my test subjects.
This analytical essay aims to indicate the influences of Descartes based on his core principal of... more This analytical essay aims to indicate the influences of Descartes based on his core principal of mind over body, and his skeptic approach to life as a whole, by taking reference from his famous work “Meditations on First philosophy”. Specifically, by focusing more on the “First, Second and Sixth Meditation” which will attempt to explain and demonstrate some of the psychological links, cross-over synergies and contrasts as seen in “The Matrix Trilogy” within the psychological context, as well as analyzing the Matrix Trilogy using post-modern perspective.
An Analysis of the Cultural Influences That Shaped Detroit Techno explores the ways in which the ... more An Analysis of the Cultural Influences That Shaped Detroit Techno explores the ways in which the social, economic and aesthetic surroundings of a generation of young people living in Detroit inspired a new musical genre that we now know as Detroit Techno. Specifically, a sound that is driven by the rising and falling fortunes of technology; how the noises and rhythms of the machines the city’s automobile industry was built around inspired music, how this music was appreciated in other parts of the world that were experiencing similar social and economic changes, and how new technologies allowed for the creation and dissemination of Detroit Techno on a global scale. To do so, An Analysis of the Cultural Influences That Shaped Detroit Techno focuses on the experiences of Detroit in the late 1970s and 1980s of three of the genre’s foremost pioneers: Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, and the musical and environmental influences behind their early experiments with techno.
Music is one of the greatest sensory pleasures available to the human ear. Yet how can this pleas... more Music is one of the greatest sensory pleasures available to the human ear. Yet how can this pleasure be enhanced when combined with other stimuli, which work to engage other senses, simultaneously? It is a question that has been addressed by a variety of music visualisations – from simple desktop apps to live audio-visual mixing in nightclubs – and brought joy to those who experience it. Yet there are also a certain group of people who, through some genetic twist of fate, experience this multi-sensory combination naturally – a phenomenon we call synesthesia. This group of people have been known throughout history to possess high levels of creativity, and their contributions to culture – especially within painting and music – is vast. Therefore, in light of substantial research the topic of synesthesia and creativity, in this project, I aim to find the correlation between sound and colour and to compile the results in an interactive real-time audio-visual demonstration – and to see whether this recreation of synesthesia can enhance and inspire creativity within my test subjects.
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Yet there are also a certain group of people who, through some genetic twist of fate, experience this multi-sensory combination naturally – a phenomenon we call synesthesia. This group of people have been known throughout history to possess high levels of creativity, and their contributions to culture – especially within painting and music – is vast.
Therefore, in light of substantial research the topic of synesthesia and creativity, in this project, I aim to find the correlation between sound and colour and to compile the results in an interactive real-time audio-visual demonstration – and to see whether this recreation of synesthesia can enhance and inspire creativity within my test subjects.
Yet there are also a certain group of people who, through some genetic twist of fate, experience this multi-sensory combination naturally – a phenomenon we call synesthesia. This group of people have been known throughout history to possess high levels of creativity, and their contributions to culture – especially within painting and music – is vast.
Therefore, in light of substantial research the topic of synesthesia and creativity, in this project, I aim to find the correlation between sound and colour and to compile the results in an interactive real-time audio-visual demonstration – and to see whether this recreation of synesthesia can enhance and inspire creativity within my test subjects.