Fibonacci: Hidden in Plain Sight

PREMISE: Math is thought by many to be the "language of the universe."  In this work I translate the Fibonacci Sequence into another universal language, "the language of color."   This work consists of an ever-growing strand of colorful beads that convey the Fibonacci Sequence as accurately as numbers.  Each colorful bead represents a single numeral and each number, whether constructed from a single numeral or 100,000+, is separated by a clear bead.    

The continuous strand of beads makes it possible to recite the Fibonacci Sequence by running the strand through one's hands like prayer beads, referencing the divine nature sometimes attributed to the Fibonacci Sequence.  This aspect of divinity is not possible to convey using traditional numbers.   In addition, as the strand of beads forms a pile the floor, the Fibonacci Sequence becomes hidden but it's still there within the pile of beads, in pretty much the same way the Fibonacci Sequence exists in the natural world... hidden in plain sight.      

The images in the video are from early on.  The work has grown considerably since then. I will continue "growing" this work for the foreseeable future because the longer the strand becomes, the cooler it looks.  Another motivating factor is when my brain is lightly involved in repetitive assembly processes, solutions to perplexing problems related to other artworks or any subject matter that's been on my mind, tend to suddenly appear.    

This work translates NUMBERS to COLORS/ LIGHT WAVES to SOUND WAVES expressed as spoken words, song or played as music.

* The color chart below contains colors 1-2-3-4-5-6-7.  The number 8 is represented by pink (a lighter value of red 1), 9 (by a variation of the color of orange 2), and 0 (black)

The idea for this new series of work came from the surprising speed in which my brain connected musical notes and interval numbers when I started color coding sheet music and guitar charts. The connections happened so quickly and effortlessly I knew it wasn't "Devorah" thing. It was a "brain" thing. This realization was the inspiration for this new series of art.  

It didn't take long to realize the connections my brain made between colors and numbers were bi-directional, meaning I could see or think of a number and know the associated color and also see or think of a color and know the associated number.

 The process is not automatic like *Synesthesia, but the associations happen so fast it almost feels automatic.  The bi-directionality of my color / number connections inspired me to consider math as a subject matter, to start with numbers and use color as a bridge to sound waves expressed through the spoken word, songs or instrumentals.  
*In the majority of Synesthesia cases, the connections between numbers and colors are not bi-directional.  Example: When people with "number = color" Synesthesia hear, see, or visualize a number, they automatically see a specific color that is unique to them.  But when they see or think about that specific color, they don't automatically see the associated number.  

 Fibonacci: Hidden in Plain Sight, 2024, dimensions variable, constructed from thousands of colored faceted beads and bicone beads strung onto fishing line

Art that Bridges the Universal Languages of Music, Math, and Color

In the time of the Ancient Greeks, music was not seen as an art but rather as a quantitative science that was used as a mathematical and philosophical description of how the universe was perceived to be constructed.