Multisensorial Art

Excrypted Art

As we create art as an expression of ourselves, we translate our perceptions and emotions into a physical format that tells our inner story. However, as our inner story is translated through our own personal life-experience filters, what is expressed physically is not necessarily read by the viewer as a similar experience. For the past 150 years the art world has been encouraging of the viewer's experience to be open to any interpretation that their own life-experience filters place on a work of art; antithetically, I want the viewer to enter into the communication with me and have a more complete understanding of what I want them to feel in the moment, in the process of the creation and of the emotions it conjured, and then, from there, to process all of the input through their own personal filters to create their expanded experience.
Our current life experiences are processed through our senses, the 5 main senses which are the most commonly understood: taste, smell, touch, sound and visual experiences. What 'excrypted-art' asks the participant to do is to align their senses along a guided pathway to utilize more areas of the brain, and more of it's cells, for an expanded experience of the artwork.
Below are a few basic examples of an 'excryption' platform; an experiential launch pad for an artwork.

Visual painting- "Carnaval"
Taste: Gumbo with mojitos
Smell: Sweat, Ginger, Chili paste
Touch: Tribal drum rhythm vibrations
Sound: Miami Sound Machine: "Rhythm is gonna get you"

Visual painting- "Fading Lights"
Taste: Lime Jolly Ranchers, metallic taste
Smell: gingerbread
Touch: manually applied cranial pressure
Sound: Air escaping from a balloon

Multi-sensorial meditative art

Experiencing visual art accompanied by meditative sounds creates an atmosphere where the contemplative nature of the artwork is rendered more accessible to the participant.
I like to use a background of meditative music such as Native American flute music accompanied by a specific meditative instrument available for the participant to play with each individual piece or grouping of pieces to enhance the mood. Touchable sculptural pieces are present to add a tactile experience.

Ripped Away: Heretically Yours, Julie Newmar

Oil/cold wax
42"W x 65"H
2024
Music:
https://www.google.com/search?q=native+american+shaman+drum+music&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS981US981&oq=shaman+drum+music+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgEEAAYFhgeMgoIABBFGBYYHhg5MggIARAAGBYYHjIICAIQABgWGB4yCAgDEAAYFhgeMggIBBAAGBYYHjINCAUQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAYQABiGAxiABBiKBTINCAcQABiGAxiABBiKBTIKCAgQABiABBiiBDIKCAkQABiABBiiBNIBCTEzNjgwajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:6027a11a,vid:D3aP2lf1dt8,st:0
Meditation instrument:
Wave bead ocean drum
Tactile sculpture:
Rock, Paper, Chrysalis.
plastic/metal/plaster/fiber/minerals

Dream-Weaver

Encaustic/oil/charcoal on board
33"W x 30"H
2024
Music:
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1041290/echoes-of-the-canyon-native-american-flute-solo
Meditation instrument:
Koshi Chime -Water
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNXAqJh2LGc
Tactile sculpture:
The Metamorphosis of Candide: A Tale of Two Cities
~44”H x 46”W x 19”D
Plastic/Metal/fiber/plaster/acrylic/ minerals/wood

Dream Within a Nightmare

Acrylic/oil/cold wax/gold leaf
34.5"W x 65"H
2023
Music:
Tchaikovsky’s Arabian Dance from the Nutcracker Suite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhFHpplFpPI
Meditation Instrument:
Rain stick
https://www.google.com/search?q=rain+stick+sound+youtube&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS981US981&oq=youtube+rain+stick+sound&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCAgBEAAYFhgeMgYIABBFGDkyCAgBEAAYFhgeMg0IAhAAGIYDGIAEGIoFMg0IAxAAGIYDGIAEGIoFMg0IBBAAGIYDGIAEGIoFMgoIBRAAGIAEGKIEMgoIBhAAGIAEGKIEMgoIBxAAGIAEGKIEMgYICBBFGEDSAQg5NDA2ajFqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:38a57b9f,vid:-pRH2QvOkd4,st:0
Tactile sculpture:
Black Knight Rising
65"L X 32"W X 46"H
wood/acrylic/minerals/recycled materials

Dropped

acrylic on canvas
43"H x 51"W
Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuIUJNnf9GU
Meditation Instrument:
Taoist Gong
Tactile Sculpture:
Untitled
Glazed Pottery