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

Eklöf, Johan (2023) The Darkness Manifesto. On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life

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

Schivelbusch, Wolfgang (1983) Disenchanted Night. The Industrialization of Light in the Nineteenth Century

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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