Staff and students from RMIT’s College of Vocational Education (VE) gave audiences a preview of an electric guitar performance composed by Jim Moginie from Midnight Oil.
Examining the theories of Wassily Kandinsky and Arnold Schoenberg, The Colour Wheel explores the attempts over history to prove the connection between music and colour, and answers the age-old question of whether the power of music can be a form of abstract art.
The production saw students from the Diploma of Live Production & Technical Services and the Advanced Diploma of Music (Sound Production) all working together in a unique Australian production staged in The Capitol – RMIT’s iconic theatre.
Driven by the electric guitar orchestra featuring four College of VE teachers, The Colour Wheel is an experiment in synaesthesia – the process of hearing sound and seeing colours in your mind; or seeing colour and hearing music.
