A look into Clavier à Lumières (“Keyboard with Lights”)
A “Clavier á Lumiére,” (Keyboard with Light) is an instrument which plays not only music, but light. Prior to looking into this, my knowledge of this was very limited. I remember receiving a gift as a child which was a small keyboard with individual coloured lights that reacted to each touch of a key. At the time, I was fascinated with the relationship between the notes of the keys and the colours, however I never really thought deeply into it until now. I’ve been familiar with the term Synesthesia for some time, and although I don’t experience any strong symptoms of it, I can understand and relate to it on a basic level. I find it interesting how different sound artists and musicians can associate different notes with different colours, and that for each person it can be a completely disparate association. The mere concept of hearing lights or seeing sound is a juxtaposition that intrigues me. I hope to possibly implement something related to this theme in one of my future works.