# Spektrofon
**Domain:** Kinetic Art / Cross-Modal Media
**Doc Type:** Instrument
**Maturity:** Developed
**Related:** [[Zdeněk Pešánek]], [[Cross-Modal Representation]], [[Temporal Synchronization]], [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
## Definition
The spektrofon was Zdeněk Pešánek's color piano, built in the 1920s to project illuminated geometric forms from a keyboard-controlled visual score played alongside music.
## Bauhaus Architects Context
It did not automatically translate sound into light; two sensory channels were addressed in parallel through coordinated performance.
## Backlinks
- [[wiki/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]
- [[articles/Bauhaus Architects of AI|Bauhaus Architects of AI]]