Color as an image matrix of our reality
Colors also determine the aesthetics of our own creations, the perception and effect of images, films, objects and buildings in our cultural space. Colors determine our perception of space and time and at the same time shape the everyday image of the reality of our lives. The eyes provide a colorful image matrix whose meaning and significance reflect the consequences of our experiences and actions in the past, present and future. Images are created by spreading, mixing and arranging colors, which is why we do not archive color spots or pixels in our memory, but rather meaningful image content and meaningful image compositions. This virtual world of images also functions in our imagination. As soon as we dream, think, design or plan, these become ideas that we can use to change the world. Finally, for the act of visual design and communication, we once again need color as the sensory medium and sensory material of our sketched, drawn, painted, printed, animated, depicted, embodied and spatialized images.
Time: May 10/11, 2019
Venue: Sammlung Farbenlehre: A-Wing, R. A017, Zellescher Weg 17, 01069 Dresden
Program
Opening Remarks on the Inauguration of the Küppers Collection and the New Galleries of the Theory of Color Collection
, Kisten Vincenz, Curatorial Department of TU Dresden
Introduction to the 12th Dresden Color Forum
Ralf Weber, Chair of Interior Design & Color Theory Collection, School of Architecture, TU Dresden
Color Collection
Konrad Scheurmann, Historical Dye Collection, TU Dresden
discussion
Harald Küppers: Showing Your True Colors (Laudatory Speech)
; Karl Michael Meinecke, Büro M, Eltville; Augsburg – bvdm, Berlin
How Much of Küppers Is (or Was) in the Printing Industry—Ideas, Concepts, and Contributions from a Lateral Thinker
Dr. Andreas Kraushaar, DFWG / Fogra, Aschheim near Munich
Contrast Defines the Medium
Johann Gielen, Lighting Designer, Hamburg
Presentation of the Küppers Collection
, Thomas Kanthak, Chair of Interior Design & the Theory of Color Collection, School of Architecture, TU Dresden
Küppers’ Instruments in Action
Harald Küppers, Langen
Reflections on the Logic of Color
Eckhard Bendin, Privatdozent and founder of the Dresden Color Forums and the Color Theory Collection at TU Dresden
Production and Reproduction of Color (Illustrated) Documents—Then and Now
Horst Hartmann, Historical Dye Collection, TU Dresden
Modern Forms of Printing
Prof. Dörsam, Institute for Printing Machines and Printing Processes,
Technical University of Darmstadt
Color in Communication
Axel Buether, Professor of Visual Communication Pedagogy, University of Wuppertal; Chairman of the Board, Deutsches Farbenzentrum e.V.
Free color?
Holger Everding, Freie Farbe e.V., Oldenburg
Color as a Subject of Study in Elementary School
Manuela Niethammer, Professor of Construction Engineering, Wood Technology, Color Technology, and Interior Design / Professional Pedagogy Tino Kühne, Professor of Education with a focus on Elementary School Pedagogy, TU Dresden
Treasures from the “Farbenlehre” Collection
Thomas Kanthak, Chair of Interior Design & “Farbenlehre” Collection
, Faculty of Architecture, TU Dresden
Link to the organizer’s website
Contact: Chair of Interior Design, School of Architecture, TU Dresden
raumgestaltung@mailbox.tu-dresden.de – Collection phone number: 0351-463 35588
