Nanopublication — Chromesthetic Mapping of A Minor Triad

Claim 1: Chromesthetic Mapping of A Minor Triad
I translate the A minor [1] triad — A, C, E — into visual composition through my chromesthetic associations: A maps to orange-yellow, C to red, and E to yellow. These three pitch-derived color values constitute the palette of this painting, applied as acrylic on linen canvas at 80×80 cm.
Context
The color assignments follow the consistent pitch-to-color associations I have documented through repeated empirical testing across multiple batteries. A appears as orange-yellow, C as red, and E as yellow — producing the warm, analogous palette that dominates this composition. The dominant red field corresponds to C, the root's relative major third, while orange-yellow and yellow inflections throughout the geometric forms carry A and E respectively.
These associations are not arbitrary or decorative. They emerge from my chromesthetic perception and have been validated through systematic autoethnographic protocols adapted from synesthesia research, including repeated measurement with statistical consistency analysis.
References
[1] Quercy, A. (2024). A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 (AQC0689). Synesthetic Explorations collection. https://arnaudquercy.art/media/2024/01/a-minor-research-on-harmony-variation-2-acrylic-by-arnaud-quercy-aqc0689-7o0.webp
[2] Quercy, A. (2025). ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2662-7790
[3] Quercy, A. (2025). Chromesthetic Associations — Autoethnographic Studies. Wikiversity. [URL to be added]
Where this work lives
- Series: A minor
- Collection: Synesthetic Explorations
- Technique: Acrylic
Exhibitions
- Rencontres au Marché de la Création (2024-04-23 → 2024-12-31, Marché de la Création – Paris Montparnasse, Paris)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose, Paris (2024-12-26 → 2025-01-05, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Permanent Collection 2025 – Resonance in Form (2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31, arnaudquercy.art, Paris)
- Paris Studio Visit (2025-02-18 → 2025-02-18, Artist's Studio, Paris)
- Marché d'Art Contemporain – Seine Port (2025-05-17 → 2025-05-17, MAC Seine-Port, Seine-Port)
- Nuit des Artistes, St Germain-en-Laye, France (2025-05-24 → 2025-05-24, La Nuit des Artistes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Marché de l'Art de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 17ème édition – France (2025-06-14 → 2025-06-14, Marché de l'Art, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
- Salon d'art contemporain – Metamorphose 2025–2026, Paris (2025-12-26 → 2026-01-04, Halle des Blancs Manteaux, Paris)
- Art Quam Anima – Pre-opening (2026-01-31 → 2026-02-28, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
- Through the Aperture — Research on Harmony (2026-03-09 → 2026-04-30, Art Quam Anima, Paris)
Other works in this series
- A minor - Research on Harmony
- A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 1
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 3
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 4
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 5
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 6
- A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 7
- A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 8
- A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 9
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variations 10
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variations 11
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variations 12
- A Minor - Research on Harmony - Variations 13
Documented at
- Catalogue Raisonné — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — A Minor — Research on Harmony — Variation 2 — Chromesthetic Acrylic on Linen — Arnaud Quercy (2024)
- Gallery — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2
- Nanopublication — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Digital Image Documentation - aqc0689_img_full_2157x2157_webp
- Nanopublication — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Physical Specifications
- Nanopublication — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Computational Image Analysis - AQC0689
- Nanopublication — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Structural Translation of Bach's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor (BWV 1041), Bars 1–12
- Nanopublication — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — The High C as Structural Pivot
- Nanopublication — A minor - Research on Harmony - Variation 2 — Scale as Compositional Engagement with Musical Source
Thematic Elements
Epistemic profile
| Claim type | artistic statement |
|---|---|
| Voice | first person |
| Epistemic status | practitioner testimony |
| Methodology | chromesthetic association |
| Certainty | high |
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