an interview with Steph Singer
intro by Carlotta Eden
a sensory world
We talk about synaesthesia a lot. As women
with a (very mild) form of synaesthesia, we’ve
come to understand and obsess and marvel
at the condition in all its forms. What it can
do for us. How it invokes our writing, our art.
In the three years since this magazine was
launched, we’ve learnt so much. We’ve learnt
about the people who use their synaesthesia
for nursing, medicine, healing; we’ve met
people who use their synaesthesia to write
about their anxiety and trauma; we’ve spoken
to synaesthetes who’ve passed on their
condition to their children and the ones who
want it taken away.
This year, we met Steph Singer – a musiciancomposer-producer-artist with a fascination
with synaesthesia. She uses the condition
to produce synaesthetic concerts to bring it
to audiences across the world through her
company, BitterSuite. She’s chatted with
top researchers and worked with chefs and
musicians to create and bring synaesthesia to