Put red next to green and something happens — the eye vibrates, tensions rise, something comes alive. Kurt knows this feeling well.
In this episode, Kurt Lightner explores the relational nature of colour: how any hue shifts the moment it meets its neighbour, and why complementary pairs hold such electric charge. He also dips into the work of Josef Albers, whose systematic study of colour interaction became a quiet but powerful influence on how Kurt sees and shapes the spaces around us.
A conversation for anyone who’s ever looked at something and felt it looking back.
Key Points from the Conversation
* Colours have relationships with each other
* According to Kurt you can see similarities in the relationships of colours and culture
* Manual craft vs digital creation and what that does with the artist
* Constraints as a fuel for creativity
* Creative work is deeply process-oriented
* Gothenburg vs Borås and the role of imagination
* Freedom is what underlies art
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This episode of the Colours of Being Podcast has been edited by Sadia Shaheen. Thanks Sadia for your time and attention to detail, and helping us bring more colour into the world.
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