Synesthesia (Rez)

It isn't unusual for audio/visual works to represent sound with imagery.  For example: waveforms, particles, or animations that follow music. Rez (PS2, 2001) did something fundamentally different. It treated sound, image, and action as the same signal rendered through different senses.

In Rez, rhythm became space, color became timbre, and your controller input became composition. There was no metaphorical layer. What you saw, heard, and did were inseparable, creating a form of digital synesthesia.
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24" x 25" x 5"
CNC-cut aluminum composite, 19” IPS screen, PS2 and pink controller, Rez CD, 3D printed controller wall mount
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