Syncs

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01/04/22 NOTE: the Syncs section of the Sunklands site will be revised soon!

The baker b. period: 1997-2003

Audiovisual collages described in this section are SYNCS (or SYNCHS or SYNCHRONICITIES) created from 1997 to present by baker b. or one of his protecting alts.

Works of this type concocted from 1997 up to 2003 are claimed as the creations of baker b. himself, relatively simpler syncs in comparision to what was coming around the bend, and minimally archivable merely as RECIPES to re-create in a home environment. An open source table of cued regions (aka “tiles”) needed to cobble together all these synchronicities will soon be available on the Sunklands site. This document will contain important tests to see if you’ve set any one synchronicity up correctly, and also the named versions of necessary DVDs and CDs.

Bottom line: If you have the correct DVDs and CDs, along with this table, you should *theoretically* be able to re-create any of these baker b. synchronicities, even the most complex one involving 26 tiles called SID’s 1st Oz from late 2002.

For much more on how this whole thing got started and evolved from Dark Side of the Rainbow to SID’s 1st Oz, check out THE OZ/FLOYD PARADOX INTERVIEW of baker b. conducted by then friend and comrade Pierre Schaeffer:

The Oz/Floyd Paradox Interview

If this is too much information for you, have a look at the smoothed out, abridged version I was able to piece together this year on a synchronicity related facebook group. The links to the digital files have expired, however.

Baker B.’s Personal Journey Through the Golden Age of Synching

Another handy reference is the 2006 podcast of baker b. by Synchronicity Arkive owner Mike Johnston. You can check out my interview along with those of a  number of other “Golden Age” synchers here.

2016/07/05: Also see now the 2015 update of this interview conducted by fellow syncher Karl Tune (who I interviewed in turn).

Also coming up from this period: a considerably more detailed look at Dark Side of the Rainbow and how it appears to stretch out into other unexpected directions. I would be at least partially talking about The Rainbow Sphere, my original audiovisual synchronicity find, I feel, along with a revised, personalized version of Dark Side of the Rainbow itself.

PERSONAL SYNCS OF THIS PERIOD (YEAR/# OF TILES):

Dark Side of the Rainbow (1997/ 3 (my personalized version))
The Rainbow Sphere (1997/ 1)
Dark Side of the Yellow Submarine (1998/ 1)
Psychogumma (2001/ 1)
Sophie’s No. 9 (2000/ 1)
Messiaen Trek (2001/ 3)
Piper’s Nightmare Xmas (2001/ 1)
Full of Secrets (2001/2)
MessiaenSphere (2001/ 3*)
Pink Vertigo (2001/ )
Fantasia Brick Road (2001/ 5)
Walt SIDney’s Fantasia (2002/ 9)
Horton Hears The Who (2002/ 6)
The Point of the Wall (2002/ 10)
SID’s 1st Oz (2002/ 26)
Fantastic Aspic (2003/14)
Tronesis (2003/ 4)
Quadrospirited (2003/10)
King of the Stans (2004/ 3)

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The Pierre Schaeffer era: 2004-2007

After 2003, baker b. left the synch scene to focus on the more regular and accepted 2d digital collages now featured on this site, beginning with the Greenup series of the Art 10×10. But Pierre Schaeffer, more powerful by this time, continued on with the audiovisual ones, adding another whole new level to what was understood before, with works increasing in complexity at an amazing rate (see tile numbers attached to syncs below to get an idea of what I’m talking about here).

A follow-up to the 2003 Paradox Interview was started in late 2005 but turned into a larger, fictional work called PARADOX II: THE CHANCELLING (see “Older Fiction” link under VIRTUAL heading). The original intent was to discuss  post-Oz/Floyd Paradox Interview audiovisual synchronicities in a similar manner as before, again using Pierre as a kind of sounding board. Instead he transformed into an independent and fully functional alt at this juncture.

Pierre tragically died when he fell into the great Lake District gash aptly named Pier’s Gill in late 2007. Even supermen have their kryptonites. But no real worries: he predicted a resurrection in Gill’s Pier, Michigan sometime in 2052, and I’ll most likely take his word for it. At that time, all audiovisual synchs by baker b., Pierre Schaeffer, Carrcassonnee and anyone else will be declared legal art, and free to share with all. 2052 promises to be a funtastically super year!

PERSONAL SYNCHS OF THIS PERIOD (AND # OF TILES):

Billfork (2004/ 31)
Three Friends of Belleville (2004/ 6)
Pumpkintwisters (2004/ 10)
Head Trip (2004-5/ 47)
40rrin1 (2005/ 189 — unfinished)
Frank’s Moving Mountain (2006/ 31)
Pretty Bunnies (2006/ 47)
Waits 4 No 1 (2006/ 97)
Peewee Big (2006/ 111)
One Pink (2007/ 200 — unfinished)
Empire Strikes Brak (2007/ 26)
Uncle Meatwad (2007/ 37)

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The reign of Carrcassonnee: 2008-2015 (?)

Carrcassonnee first made her alien presence known to me in Pietmond, a virtual village of my own design but which she later claimed as being her own. Physically Big C can be described as an 17 foot tall chartreuse colored entity of opaque nature, with 2 arms and legs sticking out from a torso like us humans but having no actual hands or feet. Also her head is just a simple oval, although she can trap eyes within it. She further claims to own all audiovisual synchs created by baker b. beyond the Pierre era (“Piera”). The unraveling of her full story will come at another time.

Carrcassonnee era audiovisual synchs are often referred to as her “carrcasses”.

We have a tightening of material here but the sychs overall are not as complicated as during the Pierre Era. No new synchs have been created since 2015, and the last 2 were not finished (

PERSONAL SYNCHS OF THIS PERIOD (YEAR/ # OF TILES)

Cpt. Mouse (2008/ 36)
Blood Drive (2009/ 18)
Uppelin (2009/ 18)
LOSTar (2010/ 50 — unfinished)
Father Fred (2011/ 30)
Green Oz Mouse (2011/ 38)
Red7 (2012/ 47)
Bunny Files (2013/ 7)
8 Ball (2013/ 36)
Number 9 (2013/ 32)
Shiny Hare (2013/ 19)
About Nebraska (2014/ 37 — unfinished/untaped)
C-12 (2015/ 34 — unfinished/untaped)