Workshop Colour Stories: Colour Mapping the Living Past
Creative Colour Workshop, in collaboration with the Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren
On 27 April 2024, ICA-Belgium organised the workshop Colour Mapping the Living Past: Reimagining a Colour Narrative, hosted by the Gallo-Roman Museum Tongeren, led by Maja Kaurin, Inez Michiels, and Jeannette Hanenburg. This workshop brought together colour experts from various disciplines to explore the combination of colour mapping, mythology, storytelling, and composition.
The workshop was kicked off by Jeannette who presented the RAL tools for colour design, the sponsor of the workshop.
Maja gave the introduction to colour mapping, followed by a visit to the Antiquity in Colour exhibition. Using RAL fans, the colours of selected statues were recorded by the participants and taken into the next part of the workshop in which Inez told the Lion Story.
Participants thus discovered that the themes and associated colour combinations from this fundamental myth of life and death, struggle and victory, can be retrieved to this day in advertising, illustration, film.
The mythological segments from this universal story formed the basis for the final part of the workshop. Thus, Maja introduced the participants to the fundamentals of colour composition.
Next, based on the mythological segments depicted on cards, a unique story was created by each participant and translated into a colour composition. The stunning results were finally exhibited.
Watch a short reel about the workshop created by RAL Colours.
A big thank you to RAL COLOURS for their support, Lina and Melissa for this beautiful report and a wonderful group of participants for their enthusiasm and dedication!
Testimonials
The exhibition was so inspiring! To take colours from antiquity and combine it with your additional insights helped to understand the Romans on another level. To bring it in a modern perspective was my highlight with the more practical exercises. So, all I can say is thank you and hope to see you again soon!
It was so lovely to meet so many people enthusiastic about colour. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Today, I learnt I remembered to be free and intuitive again in working with colours. So, to just play with colour, shape and composition without overthinking. Thank You!
There’s a really good balance between the program elements. The variation between the three expertise is very valuable and helps with the attention span. The info was very rich and inspiring. A great balance between known and new information. The group size was very pleasant, and the practical aspect was great.
Dear Maja, Jeannette and Inez, I tremendously enjoyed the workshop. What I appreciated especially is the many different angles from which you approached colour, and how all exercises build on the previous ones. My only suggestion would be to use a slightly bigger font on your slides. Thanks you again, warm regards - Marina
It was a very interesting experience! We learnt a lot of the world of colours. Thank you - Sabine
Thank you for a fun and, above all, educational day. It has been a long time since I dealt with colour this way, but from today I look at my surroundings differently. Greetings - Evelyne