Light Darkness and Colour

Synopsis

Using Goethe's Theory of Colors (Zur Farbenlehre) as point of departure, Light Darkness and Colors takes us on a fascinating journey through the universe of colors. In 1704, Sir Isaac Newton published Light and Refraction, his study of the interactions between sunlight and prisms. Newton was, as a good scientist, intent on achieving objectivity, which meant studying sunlight in isolation. He thought colors were contained solely in light, and found the spectrum he was looking for. When he reproduced this experiment, Goethe found another, hidden set of colors missed by Newton. Goethe found the hidden colors in the boundaries between light and darkness. He felt, as an artist, that one could not talk about light without including darkness. Calling it 'the light-darkness polarity', Goethe made this new scientific discovery using artistic methods in conjunction with science.

Main Cast

David Bateson

Narrator

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Henrik Moetius Marie Louise Lauridsen
Writing	Writer	Henrik Boetius Marie Louise Lefevre Marie Louise Lauridsen
Production	Producer	Lise Lense-Møller
Camera	Director of Photography	Manuel Sellner
Editing	Editor	Peter Englesson
Sound	Music	Palle Mikkelborg
	Sound Designer	Henrik Gugge Garnov
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