1st Edition

The Sensory Terroir of Crossmodal Art Connecting the Senses through Wine and Sound

By Jo Burzynska Copyright 2026
224 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 29 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Sensory Terroir of Crossmodal Art  explores how our senses converge in making and experiencing art. It introduces crossmodal art as a new category of creative practice blending multiple senses. Drawing on the interconnectivity of wine terroir , the book provides a non-hierarchical framework for navigating multisensory aesthetic experience, from immersive art to wine tasting. This... Read more

PART I: SURVEYING SENSORY TERROIR  INTRODUCTION: I am Sitting in a Vineyard  1. UNITY OF THE SENSES: Crossmodality in Art and Science  2. OENOSTHETICS: Connecting Sound and Wine  PART II: MAPPING SENSORY TERROIR  3.MELODIES ARE SWEET: Composing with Crossmodal Metaphor  4. D IS DARK BLUE BURLAP: Synesthesia and the Case for Crossmodal Art  5. TASTING BASS: Vibrations between Pitch and Wine Weight  6. TOUCHING TIMBRE: Emotional Textures of Sound and Wine  PART III: TRANSMITTING SENSORY TERROIR  7. RISONANZE DI VINO: Communicating Cultural Territory  8. DEEP SENSING: Cultivating Crossmodal Attention  9. CREATING CROSSMODALLY: Uniting the Senses in Crossmodal Art.  Index

Biography

Jo Burzynska is a British–New Zealand multidisciplinary researcher, artist, and writer working at the intersection of art and science. Drawing on backgrounds in sonic art and professional wine writing, her research uses crossmodal methods to examine sensory and aesthetic connections between sound and the chemical senses (taste and smell). She exhibits her crossmodal art internationally, is the author of Wine Class, and is the editor of Oenosthesia – Blending Wine and Sound.