Ep: 65 - Kassia St Clair - The Secret Lives of Colour

Art Grind Podcast

In this episode Marshall and Sophia interviews the author of The Secret Lives of Colour, Kassia St. Clair who’s insightful and delightful to listen to. Kassia is a writer and cultural historian who creates compelling narrative about topics and subject matter we casually overlook. Prepare yourself for an exploration into the wild world of color and how it effects not only our preconceived notions but our feelings as well.
Kassia's website: kassiastclair.com

Kassia's books:
The Secret Lives of Colour: Link
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History: Link
New book - The Race to the Future: Peking to Paris by Automobile in 1907: Link

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Chapters

1. Ep: 65 - Kassia St Clair - The Secret Lives of Colour (00:00:00)

2. Get the book! The Secret Lives of Colour (00:01:20)

3. Christmas in lockdown (00:05:00)

4. The Race to the Future: Peking to Paris by Automobile in 1907 (00:06:00)

5. Troubles with the book (00:12:00)

6. Questions about color (00:13:45)

7. Overwhelming screen colors (00:19:00)

8. Codifying colors with law (00:20:20)

9. Pink & Blue flip (00:24:50)

10. Semiotics and color (00:31:00)

11. Color and language (00:33:10)

12. Color in the middle ages (00:37:20)

13. The story of Mauve (00:39:39)

14. Indian Yellow's orgin story (00:40:32)

15. Vantablack (00:44:05)

16. Sophia's question (00:49:40)

17. Support the Grind! (00:58:05)