Swifts: Art Project for Synaesthetic Perception of Migratory Species

Ninghui Xiong (China) · Dr. María José De Córdoba (Spain) · Dr. Timothy Baird Layden (United Kingdom) · Caitlin Mkhasibe (South Africa) · With contributions by

Mar 2026 · Fundación Internacional artecittà

About this ebook

Summary

Parallel with the VIII International Congress of Synaesthesia: Science and Art in 2025, as part of the Synaesthesia and Visual Arts exhibition, Swift Project Exhibition has collected more than 50 artworks and descriptions from 23 excellent artists from 12 countries across the 6 continents of the world. The exhibition was held at Palacio Abacial Archaeological Museum, Alcalá la Real, Jaén, Spain (Oct.23 – Nov. 9, 2025). The most outstanding establishment of the exhibition is the Swift Art Collective Platform in the Spanish courtyard of the museum, which offered a kind of emotive and perceptive experience that enabled the viewers to gain a new appreciation for swifts.

This album is a collection of all the artists’ works in the exhibition, their talks, and photos taken during the exhibition. It will enable the readers to gain a new understanding concerning the value of artistic creation, ways of art communication, and various objects of art study.

To help readers better appreciate the significance of synaesthesia in creativity, neurodiversity, and cultural diversity, the editor designed a set of special synaesthesia games based on artworks from the 23 artists, which encourages readers to share their feedback and comments. Winners of the game will get a reward: Artecittà Badge for Swifts.

 

Authors

Ninghui Xiong (China), painter and installation artist, author of Painting Music, and initiator of the Swift Art Project.

Dr. María José De Córdoba (Spain), artist and university full professor in the Drawing Department of the University of Granada, Chair of VIII International Congress Synaesthesia: Science and Art, General Director of Fundación Internacional Artecittà.

Dr. Timothy Baird Layden (United Kingdom), interdisciplinary artist, the main curator of Synaesthesia and Visual Arts exhibitions (2015/2018/2022/2026).

Caitlin Mkhasibe (South Africa), mixed-media artist and co-initiator of the Swift Art Project. She is a drummer and percussionist for Cape Town-based post-metal trio P+A+G+E+S.

 

With contributions by

Alejandro S. Martínez, Ali Al-Ezzi, Christy Gurley, Consuelo Vallejo Delgado, Daudi Magisha Yves, Dina Riccò, Emma Rix, José Hidalgo, Jacqueline Dow, Jill MacKay, José Hidalgo Pérez, Lauren Alyssa Bierly, Leonore Egbert, Marina Buj Corral, Maura McDonnell, Michael Haverkamp, Pau Sandham, Paul Dubery, Pepa Salas Vilar, Raewyn Turner, Roanna Tella, Víctor Silva Castejón, Xiangcheng Lu, Yuyang Pang, Zhiqin Duan, Zihan Yu

 

Ratings and reviews

As a contributor to this book, it is so important that those of us who are synesthetic artists be represented in art, in study and in life.

About the author

painter and installation artist, author of Painting Music, and initiator of the Swift Art Project. 

artist and university full professor in the Drawing Department of the University of Granada, Chair of VIII International Congress Synaesthesia: Science and Art, General Director of Fundación Internacional Artecittà.

interdisciplinary artist, the main curator of Synaesthesia and Visual Arts exhibitions (2015/2018/2022/2026). 

mixed-media artist and co-initiator of the Swift Art Project. She is a drummer and percussionist for Cape Town-based post-metal trio P+A+G+E+S. 

Alejandro S. Martínez, Ali Al-Ezzi, Christy Gurley, Consuelo Vallejo Delgado, Daudi Magisha Yves, Dina Riccò, Emma Rix, José Hidalgo, Jacqueline Dow, Jill MacKay, José Hidalgo Pérez, Lauren Alyssa Bierly, Leonore Egbert, Marina Buj Corral, Maura McDonnell, Michael Haverkamp, Pau Sandham, Paul Dubery, Pepa Salas Vilar, Raewyn Turner, Roanna Tella, Víctor Silva Castejón, Xiangcheng Lu, Yuyang Pang, Zhiqin Duan, Zihan Yu