Ciele Beau is a multi-disciplinary visual artist and musician, based out of the Sunshine Coast, in British Columbia, Canada. Ciele graduated with a BFA, Major in Visual Arts, from the University of Victoria, and received her 2D Design Certificate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Her work focuses on the human condition, our emotional responses and everyday experiences. Pains, joys, conditions of the heart. Never one to be afraid of colour, Ciele loves to create paintings, illustrations and murals using bright bold hues and playful imagery.
As part of a personal practise, Ciele derives influence from her experience having Synesthesia - a neurological condition where the brain mixes up sensory information causing involuntary stimulation between sensory pathways.
For example - when Ciele hears music she SEES colour and shapes. She has created a painting practice around this experience called ‘Sound To Colour’ where she translates her favourite songs into the colours she sees onto the canvas.
Ciele is a full-time freelance creative, and has worked with companies such as Pabst Blue Ribbon, Warner Brothers (CW’s Riverdale), Simons, Slack, Adobe, Topo Chico Hard Seltzer, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver Pride, Georgia Straight, Sarah McLachlan School of Music, and more.
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This art installation is an interactive and immersive art piece designed by PARK in collaboration with Ciele Beau for the Chinook Blast Festival. Inspired by Ciele’s experiences having Synesthesia, this multi-coloured structure is actually a visual representation of the beautiful duet ‘Winter Song’ by Ingrid Michaelson and Sarah Bareilles.
What is Synesthesia?
Synesthesia is a neurological condition, where the brain misfires sensory information. For example, when Ciele hears music she sees colour and shape! Beau explores the relationship between sound and the colour she experiences when hearing any given piece of music through her painting practise ‘Sound to Colour’. This is her first time creating a 3-Dimensional interpretation of her work and the hope is that visitors will feel immersed by the use of vibrant hues and unique forms that echo the notes of the song. As they move through the structure, visitors will be able to see different sections of the song translated into colour, and in musical time. In theory, each wall could be played like sheet music!
Each wall represents a different section of the song and is technically read left to right, top to bottom, from the outside of the structure. As visitors walk around the sculpture the front wall represents the “Bu-Bu-Bum’ phrase, the right wall is the second verse, the back wall is the phrase ‘Is love alive’, and the left wall is the chorus.
