Theory of Colours is an audio-visual composition for MIDI piano with live electronics and video. It develops ideas from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s treatise on visual perception, Zur Farbenlehre. The video motion is generated live by the actions of the player’s fingers on the electronic keyboard.
First performed at the Marmalade Gallery, Oxford in June, 2007, produced by Oxford Contemporary Music.
Technical Requirements for Performance:
- midi controller or midi-enabled stage piano
- stereo PA
- hdmi connection to video projector