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Once this period came to an end, we once again settled into the routine of work, going out with friends and the essential need to sleep. But we never abandoned this platform, because it had genuinely piqued our curiosity. We thus decided to dig a little deeper into the nuts and bolts of it. Explore, discover, get informed, better yourself,\u00a0learn<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This category first and foremost gives us the opportunity to discover art and culture in the broadest sense. You can filter your searches by the type of art, the artist, geographical area, historical period, by medium, by art movement, theme, collection, and even your favourite colour. The application thus offers you a range of colourful art works spanning the centuries. It\u2019s completely enthralling. We for that matter tried it out with mauve, a colour we adore above all others, and whilst we had previously assumed that this particular tone had been banished from all available art forms, well, obviously, we got that one wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this example, you merely need to click on any work to have access to a name and title plaque which is both informative (at the minimum you are always given the creator, the medium, the title, the technique and the date) and explanatory (in certain cases).<\/p>\n\n\n\n A \u2018proximity\u2019 feature (which you geolocate, obviously) indicates on a map the partner cultural spaces near to your geographical position. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Play, test, experiment, create<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Being just big kids really, this was definitely the section we enjoyed the most whilst discovering this platform (and take it from us, we threw ourselves into it, headlong, for several hours \u2026 it might have been days. Whatever).<\/p>\n\n\n\n As so many people do, we started with selfie art. Are you wondering what on earth that is? Let us bring you up to speed. The application allows you to take a photograph of yourself, as a selfie. Nothing very unusual, so far. And then, thanks to facial analysis, it matches up your facial features with those found in works of art. Apart from the ludic aspect of the game, the platform obviously steers you towards commentary about the painting and the art movement it is a part of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We thus look 65% like Millicent Watson, as painted by George Romney, and resemble the painting \u2018Rittrato di Palma Bucarelli\u2019 by Alberto Savinio to a degree of 62%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As is to be expected, Google Arts & Culture is packed with little quizzes, short surveys, which make the experience dynamic and hyper-engaging for the user. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But we above all wanted to talk to you about a game which had us doing several double-takes, and from which the title of this article derives. Amongst the ocean of intuitive and experiential activities available, it is \u2018Play a Kandinsky\u2019 we have decided to showcase for you. You may or may not be aware that this artist was endowed with the gift of synaesthesia. Google, moreover, explains the term very neatly: \u2018it is an involuntary neurological condition in which a person perceives several senses as being connected. In Kandinsky\u2019s case, the sense of hearing is linked to the sense of sight, sounds and colours being intimately linked in his mind. He can thus \u2018see music.\u2019 And this specific aptitude leads him to attempt to transcribe, in painting, sounds and music: he thereby slips towards the abstract movement<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Step 3 offers the possibility of listening to Kandinsky\u2019s famous painting, \u2018Yellow-Red-Blue.\u2019 Absolutely mind-blowing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n And finally, the last step enables you to experience your own emotions in the painting. Merely select the feelings you are having on that particular day (energy and alive for my part). Visit, meander, analyse\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is in this category that you really appreciate the full value of linking the digital to culture. As we said at the very beginning, Google Arts & Culture above all allows you to visit museums and exhibitions. We instantly fell for the exhibition spaces modelled in 3D, such as here<\/a> or here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n More widely known, Google Street View also offers the opportunity to travel so that you get to stand in front of incredible monuments, such as the Prambanan temples in Indonesia or the Great Pyramids of Egypt. It\u2019s never the same as in real life, but it\u2019s impressive, all the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For starters, the BASICS: to access it, all you have to do is go to <\/a>https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com<\/a>. You can gain admittance either through this link or via the application available on IOS or Android. And whilst the design of these platforms may adapt to market innovations, nevertheless the basics remain the same. The platform is therefore shaped around three key verbs: explore, play, and visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\nExplore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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On the basis of this knowledge, the platform allows you to live the experience of sound linked to colours and shapes. For you to be able to do so, Google Arts & Culture has produced a short step-by-step<\/a> introduction. Step 1 enables you to understand the concept of synaesthesia, and to listen to sounds according to the colours which flow by one after the other. Step 2 has you listening to the sounds of instruments by connecting them with painted shapes and the emotions felt. You therefore hear that red is a violin and that it represents restlessness, that yellow is an insolent trumpet, and that blue is a heavy and oppressive organ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/kingkong-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kadinsky-Etape-1-.png\")
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Alright, given that we have to restrict ourselves in terms of the number of characters used, we could, furthermore, offer you another experience: painting with music<\/a>. In a few short lines, you just have to choose the sound environment you wish to work in (underwater is our favourite), and then give free rein to your creativity by drawing on your screen, thanks to the movements of your mouse. A little tip, you can choose your musical instrument on the bottom left of the screen. And then, in the end, you might come up with something like this: https:\/\/g.co\/arts\/h7ENcCS8b9zYRDkU7<\/a> (OK, we never claimed to be Beethoven).<\/p>\n\n\n\nVisit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
But what we really, really want to tell you about, is the art camera<\/strong>, which allows you to have your nose pressed up against the works of art, without running the risk of being told off by the custodian for having got far too close to the painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n