Hearing Pictures

This talk was recorded from R Blank's presentation, 'Hearing Pictures with Synthia' from FITC Toronto in April, 2010.

The talk has since been updated, but has not been re-recorded, so we have kept this version online for reference, along with the list of books, media and other references from this version of the talk.

To experience Synthia, visit SynthiaHearsPictures.com, browse the gallery, or upload your own tracks in the composer.

The list of all books and other media referenced in the talk is included below.

List of Media Referenced in the Talk

Books

- "The Glass Bead Game" (aka. Magister Ludi) by Hermann Hesse
- "Godel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstader
- "Proust Was a Neuroscientist", by Jonah Lehrer

Radio

- RadioLab:
"Musical Language"
"Stochasticity"
- Studio 360, "Yoko Ono, Arctic, Hamlisch"
- The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy, BBC Radio Series

Music

- Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition"
- JS Bach's "Musical Offering"
- Igor Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"

Video

- Birds on the Wires, by Jarbas Agnelli
- Fox's Family Guy, "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows"
- CBS' Numb3rs, "Provenance"