Star Trek (TOS) Theme Song

ABOUT THE WORK
This work is a musical score with notes conveyed as colors. The 64 notes/ objects are intended to look like miniature 45 records. The connector lines indicate whether the next note is higher or lower than the proceeding note since music usually consists of multiple octaves. Using color to link musical notes, note names (A-B-C) and intervals (1-2-3) makes it possible to play the musical score by referencing the colors of the record labels.

In the video above , I recite the interval numbers starting in the upper left: orange = 2, dark blue = 6, red = 1, yellow = 3.... I then recite the same notes as their corresponding letters in the key of G: orange = A, dark blue = E, red = G, yellow = B....

 * The color chart below contains interval numbers and note names/ letters that correspond to the colors of the 7 note diatonic scale 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. Five more colors are added in between to represent the sharps and flats of the 12 note chromatic scale. 

Using color to link musical notes, numbers (1-2-3) and letters (A-B-C) is easy to learn because the human brain is already hard wired to make connections between the different senses. Color, sound, number, letter connections are just not well developed in most people (except for people who have Synesthesia). Think about the experience of hearing sounds and seeing imagery "in the real world" or "in your mind's eye." Our brains process the full range of sensory information as a unified, singular experience.

The idea for this new series of work came from the surprising speed in which my brain connected musical notes and interval numbers when I started color coding sheet music and guitar charts. The connections happened so quickly and effortlessly I knew it wasn't "Devorah" thing. It was a "brain" thing. This realization was the inspiration for this new series of art.

Studio View/ Assembly: Star Trek (TOS) Theme Song, 2024, 60 x 60 inches, 64 etched CDs with labels that reference 45 records on wood panel

 Star Trek (TOS) Theme Song, 2024, 60 x 60 inches, 64 etched CDs with labels that reference 45 records on wood panel

Installation View: Star Trek (TOS) Theme Song, 2024, 60 x 60 inches, 64 etched CDs with labels that reference 45 records on wood panel

Art that Bridges the Universal Languages of Music, Math, and Color

In the time of the Ancient Greeks, music was not seen as an art but rather as a quantitative science that was used as a mathematical and philosophical description of how the universe was perceived to be constructed.