summer semester 2025 (and also the stuff from the 24/25 winter semester)
Here is the link to the updated schedule for the Round Table sessions
YEARLY TOPIC Find the detailed description here.
⭆ Literature about Colour
Adcock, Craig (1990) James Turrell the Art of Light and Space
Balfour-Paul, Jenny (2011) Indigo – Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans
Benjamin, Walter (1998) The colour of experience
Brown; Macpherson (2021) The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour
Bucklow, Spike (2016) Red - The Art and Science of a Colour
Bucklow, Spike (2009) The Alchemy of Paint
Eckstut, Arielle and Joann (2020) What Is Color. 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color
Elíasson, Ólafur (2004) Your lighthouse works with light, 1991-2004
Feeser, Andrea et al (2017) The Materiality of Color
Garfield, Simon (2018) Mauve - How One Man Invented a Colour that Changed the World
Hyman, John (2006) The Objective Eye - Color, Form, and Reality in the Theory of Art
Ings, Simon (2008) A Natural History of Seeing
Johnston, Sean F. (2003) A History of Light & Colour Measurement: Science in the Shadows
Kernell, Daniel (2016) Colours and Colour Vision: An Introductory Survey
Livingstone, Margaret (2002) Vision and Art. The Biology of Seeing
Mausfeld; Heyer (2004) Colour Perception Mind and the Physical World
Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo (1947) Vision in Motion
Orna, Mary Virginia (2022) March of the Pigments Color History, Science and Impact
Paterson, Ian (2003) A Dictionary of Colour - A Lexicon of the Language of Colour
Spektor, Natalia (2012) Dan Flavin Rediscovery of Light
Stroud, Barry (2000) The Quest for Reality: Subjectivism and the Metaphysics of Colour
Tanizaki, Junichirō (1933) In Praise of Shadows
Van Hove, Michel (2021) Everyday Physics. Colors, Light And Optical Illusions
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1998 [1950]) Remarks on Colour
Zajonc, Arthur (1995) Catching the Light
⭆ Documentaries about Colour
☆ Life in Colour with David Attenborough – 01 Seeing in Colour
☆ Life in Colour with David Attenborough – 02 Hiding in Colour
☆ Life in Colour with David Attenborough – 03 Chasing Colour
☆ Un Reve en Coleur (Eric Lange, 2003) - A documentary about the development of early colour film
⭆ Classic Colour Movies
Trigger warning: some of the movies might contain violent, sexist and/or racist szenes.
☆ A Trip to the Moon (Georges Méliès, 1902) – hand colored
☆ The Phantom of the Opera (Rupert Julian, 1925) – toned with one two-color-Technicolor scene
☆ Doctor X (Michael Curtiz, 1932) – two-color-Technicolor
☆ The Wizard Of Oz (Victor Fleming, 1939) – three-color-Technicolor
☆ Fantasia (Walt Disney, 1940) – three-color-Technicolor
☆ Münchhausen (Josef von Báky, 1943) – Agfacolor
☆ Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953)
☆ The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, 1956)
☆ Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock, 1958)
☆ Cruel Story of Youth (Nagisa Ôshima, 1960)
☆ West Side Story (Robert Wise, 1961)
☆ Le Meprise (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963)
☆ Il Deserto Rosso (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964)
☆ Les parapluies de Cherbourg (Jaques Demi, 1964)
☆ Tron (Steven Lisberger, 1982)
☆ Absolute Beginners (Julien Temple, 1986)
☆ Blue (Derek Jarman, 1993)
☆ The three Colors series by Krzysztof Kieslowski
☆ Bleu / Blue (1993)
☆ Rouge / Red (1994)
☆ Blanc / White (1994)
☆ Berlin Alexanderplatz (Burhan Qurbani, 2020)
…and as requested:
⭆ All the Harry Potter movies
in the order of their appearance
1 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Chris Columbus, 2001)
2 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Chris Columbus, 2002)
3 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004)
4 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mike Newell, 2005)
5 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (David Yates, 2007)
6 - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (David Yates, 2009)
7 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (David Yates, 2010)
8 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (David Yates, 2011)
⭆ Requested Litrature
Eribon, Didier (2013) Returning to Reims (PDF
CLASSES
⭆ Methods and Practices in Art & Science (Introduction)
2024-10-01 - Orbiting Angewandte (PDF)
2024-10-07 - Exhibition as a Media 01 (PDF)
2024-10-14 - Exhibition as a Media 02 (PDF)
2024-10-21 - Exhibition as a Media 03 (PDF)
Neurath, Otto (1936) International Picture Language (Book)
Hartmann, Frank (2007) Visualizing Social Facts (Book Chapter)
2024-11-11 - Bodiless voices I (PDF)
2024-11-18 - Bodiless voices II (PDF)
Sisters with Transistors (Lisa Rovner, 2020)
Theremin - An electronic Odyssey (1994)
2024-12-02 - To the Bone (PDF)
Messbarger, Rebecca (2010) The Lady Anatomist (Book)
2024-12-16- Spirited Away (PDF)
The Prestige (Christopher Nolan, 2006) (Film)
The Prestige (Christopher Priest, 1995) (e-pub)
Magic – Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions (Albert A. Hopkins, 1897) (Book)
In Dialogue with the Archive (Martin Reinhart, 2025) (PDF)
2025-01-27 - About the Archive (PDF)
2025-03-17 - True Colors (PDF)
Hannouch, Hanin (2022) Gabriel Lippmanns Colour Photography Science, Media, Museums (PDF)
Gabriel Lippmann’s Colour Photography (youtube)
2025-04-07 - Prismatic Colors (PDF)
⭆ Transdisziplinarity in Art & Science I (Colour)
Choose the date for your presentation here.
Kleon, Austin (2012) Steal Like an Artist (book)
⭆ Experimental Studies I (more practical things)
The Art of Interviewing by Ethan Vincent (PDF)
Grey Gardens (Albert and David Maysles, 1975)
Vernon, Florida (Erroll Morris, 1981)
Tokyio-Ga (Wim Wenders, 1985)
Nobody’s Bbusiness (Alan Berliner, 1991)
Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1995)
Tarnation (Jonathan Caouette, 2004)
We Jam Econo - The Story of the Minutemen (Tim Irwin, 2005)
The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Jeff Feuerzeug, 2006)
13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)
⭆ Experimental Studies III (more theoretical things)
Silvia Henke at al (2019) Manifesto of Artistic Research (book)
⭆ Master Thesis Tutorial (for Master students)
How to reference in Chicago style (aricle)
The Chicago Manual of Style 2017 edition (book)
Eco, Umberto (1977) How to write a Thesis (book)
List of Online Resources (list)
List of Funding Options and Open Calls (list)
Copyright in the Film Industry (PDF) - shorter English version
Urheberrecht in der Filmwirtschaft (PDF) - more detailed German version
2024-12-16 - TTT - Ideas (working document)
VIEWING ROOM – for all available movies click here
READING ROOM – for all available e-books click here
SESSIONS and WORKSHOPS (underlined if recorded)
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