Synesthesia from the Ancient Greek for “together” and “sensation” is a neurological phenomenon where stimulation of one sensory pathway triggers involuntary experiences in another.
Jonathan Goldman transformed this concept into an inter-sensual dialogue, translating sound into visual form. Rhythm and resonance appeared in bare wood patterns evoking mountains and seascapes.
The exhibition, was supported by ST-Art and Gordon Gallery and extended from Goldman’s earlier solo show L.A.N.D. at the Wilfrid Museum, Israel. There, he experimented with “growing” landscapes nourished by oceanic sounds and dripping liquid compositions. At its core, Synesthesia explored how sound could be visualized through sensors responding to noise, abstract impressions of music, and sculptural compositions from industrial wood waste.
Fragments of the Wilfrid installation reappeared: laboratory jars holding silicone figures suspended in turquoise liquid, lit by flickering, noise-triggered lights. Other works, like No Sound No Memory, presented disabled speakers encased in glass, relics of silenced sound and vanished human presence.
Goldman’s Floating Mountains series layered plywood, tape remnants, and peeling paint, suggesting landscapes still in the process of becoming. In other pieces, wood itself became both surface and line assembled into audio-graphs that sketched wave recordings from the Herzliya marina or reorganized into free compositions titled after songs. Works such as Arigato paid homage to Japanese artist Masaru Emoto and his belief in water’s responsiveness to sound and emotion.
Jonathan Goldman born in 1984. Bachelor of Fine Art in Shenkar from 2012.
This project was a coolaboration with ST-ART - the first Israeli artist incubator project.
Founded by collector Serge Tiroche in 2008, it supports a select group of young
Israeli artists by purchasing artworks, funding projects both in Israel and abroad and providing professional consultancy as well as a
unique studio program.