synaesthesia drawings of the voice of Oliver Sacks
Synesthesia Drawings of the Voice of Oliver Sacks (2019 - ongoing) sumi ink and gouache on murillo
Synesthesia Drawings of the Voice of Oliver Sacks were drawn from the bootleg lectures provided by Lawrence Weschler. What’s striking about these voice drawings is their compositional balance—no matter which way they’re turned, they hold their structure and coherence. Forest green dominates the voice of Oliver Sacks, his sounds appearing in large, grounded blocks. Creating these felt, to Schwartz, like chasing squirrels around a tree—quick, darting, full of unexpected turns.
She describes her process as “butterfly-netting” the most beautiful-looking sounds and pinning them to paper, preserving their fleeting presence in static form.
Additional synesthesia series emerge from the sensory experiences of Luxembourg Gardens, the voices of Alan Watts, Richard Feynman, James Baldwin, and the music of Mozart and Chopin.
