Ryochi Kurokawa (2016)

Earlier in the year, visitors to Fact Liverpool were treated to unfold by Ryoichi Kurokawa, a multisensory audiovisual medley focusing on the mystical and scientific facets of the universe. Kurokawa also investigated synaesthesia, a condition that affects peoples senses, giving them an ability to perceive noise and visual stimuli through other senses, for example seeing sound as colour. Although this theme was not immediately obvious to the audience who are simply observing and not researching the literature of this exhibition, I felt that the installations were so fully immersive as to attempt to trigger such a phenomenon. unfold, a large audiovideo installation and principal piece dominated the cinematic space, with three imposing monitors that together shocked the audiences senses with uncomfortable static noise and an endless display of colours. The film plays with all aspects of design and scale, contrasting between small and silent and large and loud, kaleidoscopic and monochromatic. Lines, dots,