The Dartboard Interactive
The Dartboard Interactive
By Darcy Milligan
What is The Dartboard?
The Dartboard is a concept album by the artist Carseat of songs that his synesthesia created during his lucid dreams. The dreams span from happy comical ones to his worst nightmares to date. The album art is a visual development of the pieces, created by another artist, Kris McCarthy. The songs are currently in the process of being mixed by Olivia Monarch and will be released on all media.
The interactive site created in Max 8 allows for the user to click on part of the album art and have the song that corresponds to that panel play. Some further synesthesia-related information is provided, including the zoomed-in panel and a sketch of the dream by Carseat. The interaction from user to the music is an interesting connection to make -- perceiving someone else's synesthesia is an extremely personal experience that opens up opportunities for healthy disagreement on interpretation.