Imagine if you could walk into Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, what would you hear? What if the artworks we look at in museums had their own soundtracks? What would they sound like?
Malcolm Key’s The Soundpainter is a show that thoughtfully dives into that question. Each episode creates sonic domains based on the artworks of the world. Each artwork is accompanied by a series of songs curated to create a listening experience that envelops the listener, as if they were inside of the artwork itself.
Each week, Malcolm will take the listener inside a collection of curated artworks and bridge the gap between fine art and music, highlighting the best of human creation in both mediums and creating an artwork with sound.
Follow the host, Malcolm Key on Instagram at @omgitsmalconius to see the artworks for yourself as well as sneak peeks into future episodes.
You can also find the full sound paintings on Spotify at malconiusthegreat.
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Björn Meyer, a Swedish bassist and composer acclaimed for his category-defying musicianship, spoke with Malcolm Key of WUTC's "The Soundpainter" about his new solo album, Convergence. -
The Soundpainter looks at the works of Roseta Santiago. A Santa Fe-based still life and portrait artist who uses light and contrast in order to create ethereal images. -
The Soundpainter turns its focus to an artist who has spent a lifetime trying to understand how we see. This episode explores David Hockney’s Paper Pools. -
The Soundpainter tells the story of an artist whose life feels as improbable as her paintings. This episode focuses on the French painter Séraphine Louis. -
The Soundpainter explores nostalgia not as memory, but as atmosphere, centering on the work of Japanese graphic designer and illustrator Hiroshi Nagai. -
The Soundpainter honors Lajos Tihanyi's legacy by pairing Tihanyi's paintings with music composed by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists. -
The Soundpainter guides listeners through the kinetic world of Alexander Calder, an artist whose work only fully exists when it is experienced. -
The Soundpainter guides listeners through the work of Barcelona-based artist Guim Tió Zarraluki, whose paintings feel less like statements and more like pauses. -
There is horror that shocks, and then there is horror that lingers. Francisco Goya belongs to the second kind. -
The Soundpainter turns inward, dedicating a full hour to the work of Mark Rothko and the emotional gravity that defines his paintings.
