00:01Does this music bring colours and shapes to mind?
00:07For British artist Jake Andrew, that's part of how he experiences sound.
00:12Andrew has synesthesia, a rare neurological condition that links sensory experiences.
00:19Sounds and words can produce an immediate response in colour and shape.
00:24It's dark, but it doesn't feel ominous.
00:28It's got this kind of like, and then the edge of, sorry, does this make any sense?
00:34Like, the edge of the tube itself, of where the sound comes from, has these kind of, like, almost dust
00:41particles that then come off.
00:45Researchers say colour is only one part of this sensory response.
00:57Often people call it kind of music to colour or chromesthesia.
01:02But again, you can see that it's not just colour.
01:04Colour's there. It's the shapes, it's the movement, it's texture, and all of these things.
01:12And how it's organised in space as well.
01:15But how does that affect Andrew beyond his work as an artist?
01:20And there's been times where, like, yeah, sounds have overridden my thought process and I'm like, whoa, what's going on?
01:27Like, it's not a curse though. It's, I can't imagine what it would be like to not have it.
01:37Andrew's own creative work includes music as well as painting.
01:43His paintings bring those two interests together.
01:50Andrew's work is also finding a market, with paintings selling for around 11,600 euros.
