Synesthesia is a multi-arts group performance, produced by Electric Pear Productions, which takes place annually in New York City.
The show is assembled following the rules of the Surrealist Exquisite Corpse: Participants create their works in-sequence, with each artist allotted about two weeks production time. The first artist is presented a random seed (a fortune cookie) as an initial inspiration; subsequent artists are exposed only to the work of the artist immediately prior to themselves. All of these "hand-offs" are documented on video. When the final artist completes their piece, the collected work is presented live, in order, and incorporating the documentary footage.
Performances
Synesthesia 2007 took place from February 7 to February 10, 2007, at the Harris Lieberman Gallery.
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Synesthesia 2008 took place April 2, 3, 5th & 6th, 2008, at the Judson Memorial Church.
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Synesthesia 2009 took place February 25–28, 2009, at The Wild Project NYC.
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Synesthesia 2010 took place April 21–29, 2010, at The Wild Project NYC.
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