Ali Barker
Music is a major influence on Ali Barker’s work. She creates visual representations of music and sound in colour, inspired by her sound-colour synaesthesia – when she listens to music, each note of the musical scale is perceived as a different colour.
Many of Ali’s paintings are based on geometric forms, ranging from transcribed music to patterns derived from recorded sounds. Other paintings are instinctive synaesthetic responses made by directly applying the colours to the paper or canvas whilst listening to the music, or a combination of these styles. The music can be Ali’s choice, or chosen by a client for a commission.
In 2011 Ali Barker won Merseytravel’s Art on the Network competition ‘Design a New Skyline’, for the Queensway (Birkenhead) Tunnel. Her ‘Liverpool Composition’ and ‘Wirral Composition’ designs were made into murals on the new cladding, approximately 5m high and 22m wide, and are public artworks on permanent display at each end of the tunnel.
Originally from Sheffield, Ali moved to Merseyside in 1995. In her spare time, she plays violin and viola in several local amateur orchestras.
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Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Synaesthesia 163)
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Two Tribes (Synaesthesia 162)
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The Life of Riley (Synaesthesia 160)
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Relax (Synaesthesia 161)
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Groovy Train (Synaesthesia 159)
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All Together Now (Synaesthesia 158)
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Game of Thrones Theme (Synaesthesia 150)
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William Tell Overture (Synaesthesia 149)
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Carmina Burana ‘O Fortuna’ (Synaesthesia 148)
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Let It Go [Frozen] (Synaesthesia 154)
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The Chain [F1 theme] (Synaesthesia 152)
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Ravel: Bolero (Synaesthesia 151)
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Mersey Composition (Synaesthesia 114)
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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto (Synaesthesia 99)
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Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, ‘From The New World’, Largo (Synaesthesia 106)
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Take Five (Synaesthesia 108)
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![Let It Go [Frozen] (Synaesthesia 154) by Ali Barker](https://dot-art.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Let-It-Go-S154-350x435.jpg)
