Chloe Hughes

This image was created as part of a body of work combining imagery with sound through a conscious delivery system. It is the conscious consequence of how a sound affects a chosen subject, a sensory creation through a visual output. This concept developed whilst travelling around Japan: Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima in 2018. I sat on a bench, put my headphones in and started photographing what I could see. I realised how often I prefer to photograph with music.

Within the merging process, 90% control is relinquished as the images and sound connect on a physical level. The image is composed of two photographs and a song from one location. It's the lyrical impact on our consciousness, reading colours, grain and pixels, similar to reading the music symbols; if we can see sound, then possibly, we can hear imagery.

The more control we involuntarily release, the more we grasp to retain. In the digital age, it's like having a second consciousness; only this one lives in code, a non-biological form, and we need to be aware of how devices use the data we accumulate—deciphering individual preferences and how these feed into the technological consciousness.