Colour agencies, a practice-based research project in search of a contemporary understanding of colour

Authors

  • Sina Hensel RWTH Aachen University, Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Visual Arts
  • Anjia Neuefeind RWTH Aachen University - Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Visual Arts

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46516/inmaterial.v11.117

Keywords:

Material Agency, Colour Research,, Practise-Based Research, Material-Science

Abstract

Finite resources and mass extinction caused by global warming have a deep impact on our current way of understanding the world. Therefore, the need for a practical and theoretical focus on a more sustainable and empathetic gaze towards human and non-human relations, including our relationship with matter, is driving a search for new perspectives and procedures in research and teaching of design processes in academic institutions.

As a result of a long-standing engagement with the matter of colour at the Chair of Visual Arts in Architecture Department at RWTH Aachen University/GER, the ongoing research project ‘Living Colour’ was conceived in 2020 and implemented as a teaching format.

Living Colour’ discusses a theoretical context of contemporary colouring methods and the sustainable production of material and its application. Questions of cultural, ecological and social implications and how specific characteristics of organic sources affect design processes are examined and reflected on.

The focus lies on the processual, performative and transformative qualities of the colouring agents regarding lightfastness, temperature, moisture and carrier material. Practices and outcomes give insight into the impact of intertwining interdisciplinary theory and practice, treating both as equals for the production of knowledge in research and teaching.

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

[1]
Hensel, S. and Neuefeind, A. 2021. Colour agencies, a practice-based research project in search of a contemporary understanding of colour. INMATERIAL. Diseño, Arte y Sociedad. 6, 11 (Jun. 2021), 24–45 p. DOI:https://doi.org/10.46516/inmaterial.v11.117.

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ORIGINALS RESEARCH ARTICLES