Seeing Sounds – an Interdisciplinary Performance that Explores the Fascinating Phenomenon of Synesthesia through the medium of self-made graphic scores.

Kaja Majoor

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'Seeing Sounds' is an interdisciplinary performance that explores the fascinating phenomenon of synesthesia through the medium of self-made graphic scores. The project, led by the collaborative efforts of a classically trained violinist & illustrator Kaja Majoor and cellist Diederik Smulders, transcends traditional musical boundaries by fusing contemporary music and performance art. The live musical performance, accompanied by visually captivating graphic scores projected on a large screen, invites the audience to immerse themselves in a multi-sensory experience and explore the interfaces between music and art. This research project explores not only synesthesia, but also the potential of graphic scores as tools to visually represent sounds. The primary inspiration for the project is synesthesia, and based on that Kaja created her own graphical scores and music. She aims to showcase not only musical proficiency but also illustrative skills within a performance context.

type	research exposition
keywords	Beyond Discipline, improvisation, illustration, Contemporary art, interdisciplinary performance, Synesthesia, Graphic score, graphic notation, multidisciplinary, Colour, violin
date	11/12/2022
published	04/07/2024
last modified	04/07/2024
status	limited publication
share status	private
copyright	Kaja Majoor
license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1859194/1859195
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

name	Seeing Sounds 5 scores
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name	Recording Session Amare
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name	Kaja Majoor, Seeing Sounds, omslag publicatie
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name	Silvia and Phillipe
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name	Andy Chapman
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name	Illustration Kaja
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name	Scriabin's keyboard
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Wassily Kandinsky - Impression III
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name	Carol Steen
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name	Spatial Sequence Synesthesia
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Circle of 5ths
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name	week by colour
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name	Brain activity
copyright	National Library of Medicine
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name	Numbers in colours
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Colours with character traits
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name	Colours in Cultures
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name	Shapes and Articulations
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Ligeti - Artikulation score
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name	AfterlightImage 27 kopie
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	AfterlightImage 30
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name	mendelssohn manuscript
copyright	Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
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name	IMG_3572
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	AfterlightImage 27
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name	AI Generated Score
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name	Helikopter Quartett
copyright	Karlheinz Stockhausen
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name	Paul Klee - Im Bachschen Stil
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name	Museum visit
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Bogusław Schaeffer - Collage Art
copyright	Bogusław Schaeffer
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name	schaffer_partytury_730
copyright	Bogusław Schaeffer
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name	Spillover
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Roman Haubenstock-Ramati "Zapis barwny"
copyright	Roman Haubenstock-Ramati
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name	Bogusław Schaeffer
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name	Bogusław Schaeffer 3
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name	Bogusław Schaeffer 1
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name	roman-haubenstock-6BLK4
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name	Roman Haubenstock-Ramati
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name	be183b5f-b850-4a9e-91eb-4732011c194c
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Sketchbook
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name	vast
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name	Polyphony
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name	Tom Phillips - Ornamentik
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name	sketch Melodic Breeze
copyright	Kaja majoor
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name	Sketchbook watercolours 1
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Mijn film 3
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Mijn film 4
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Kaja Majoor, Seeing Sounds, publicatie spread
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name	Progress 3
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name	Progress 1
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name	Progress 4
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name	Majoor Kaja, Circular Overtones, print, 42 x 59,4 cm, 2023
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name	Majoor Kaja, Melodic Breeze, print, 42 x 59,4 cm, 2023
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name	Majoor Kaja, Rythmic Abstractions , print, 42 x 59,4 cm, 2023
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name	Majoor Kaja, Harmonic Chaos, print, 42 x 59,4 cm, 2023
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name	Kaja Majoor, Seeing Sounds, Shifting Patterns
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name	Seeing Sounds Poster
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name	final Seeing Sounds
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name	Rozet
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name	b087a36d-d6b5-44d9-b190-5ffb64ce3547
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name	Galerie Ron Mandos Performance
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name	Performance at Kröller Müller
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	New Signatures
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name	Kaja en Diederik 2
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name	NPO Klassiek
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name	Galerie Ron Mandos 1
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name	Galerie Ron Mandos 3
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name	WDKA Graduation
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name	Silvia and Philippe
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name	Silvia, Philippe and Kaja
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name	Ron and Sigrid
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Melodic Breeze Analysis
copyright	Kaja Majoor
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name	Majoor Kaja, Melodic Breeze, print, 42 x 59,4 cm, 2023
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name	Rhythmic Abstractions Analysis
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name	Rhythmic Abstractions
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name	MVI_0943
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name	Mijn film 6
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name	Mijn film 5
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