The Swiss Colour Community is very sad to announce that Susanna Anastasia Bösch, a member of the AIC 2011 Organising Committee, passed away on 23 December 2010 after a short and sudden illness. She was 42 years old. Susanna A. Bösch was buried in Winterthur, Switzerland, on Thursday, December 30th, a misty grey and cold day strongly in contrast to the name of her firm farbe himmelblau [colour of blue sky], which she founded in 2004 (www.farbehimmelblau.ch).

Susanna A. Bösch specialized in colour design and space concepts realizing colour concepts for architecture, interior design, corporate identity and signage in Switzerland including colour concepts for the new building Zaunteam in Neftenbach, TCM Th. Falzone in Winterthur, and the production hall of Huber + Suhner in Pfäffikon; the signage concept for the public baths Badi Wülflingen in Winterthur; the lighting concept for Casinotheater Gala 05 in Winterthur; as well as corporate identity concepts for the medical kinesiology praxis S. Szostek and the Bund Europäische Farbdesigner (BEF), the official representative association in Europe of the International Association of Colour Consultants and Designers (IACC). She was also a colour consultant for the Zurich Höhenklinik in Wald as well as the Psychiatrisches Pflegeheim Sonnhalde in Grüningen. Broadly engaged as a speaker, her talks addressed such topics as ‘Colour Accompanies Us’, ‘Colours for the Elderly’ and ‘Of Effects, Emotions, Qualities and Symbolic Meanings of Colours’. Her articles focused on single colours, e.g., mauve, lapis lazuli, scarlet and ruby-red.

Susanna A. Bösch’s colour philosophy was closely related to the creation of humanly adapted living space and socially humane working environments. The human being was always at the centre of her reflections. She focused on applying the most recent findings in the psychology of colour as well as incorporating effects caused by the interaction of visual and ergonomic aspects. She was conscious that colours have always been important constitutive elements of human environments and that they affect the mood and well being of the inhabitants. She closely collaborated with architects, artisans, designers and trendsetters. After a session of the AIC 2011 organising committee in 2009 we met and discussed issues related to working as a colour consultant. She told me how keen she has always been to follow up work-in-progress by visiting construction sites to see the application of her colour concepts in the actual architectural spaces.

Susanna A. Bösch (1968-2010)

In 2008 Susanna A. Bösch was elected a member of the pro/colore executive board. In October she participated in the event ‘Colour Understanding – Status Quo and Trends’, an international colour symposium organized by the German colour association Deutsches Farbenzentrum (AIC Newsletter 22, 2009, p.37-38, http://www.aic-colour.org/news.htm), where we met for the first time. On May 7th, 2009, she became a member of the AIC 2011 Organising Committee. During the pro/colore General Assembly on April 27th, 2010 Susanna A. Bösch was unanimously elected president of pro/colore; she was the first woman president of the Swiss colour association. She also was a member of the executive committee of TapetenForum Switzerland.

We will remember Susanna for her energy, enthusiasm and professionalism. We express our condolences to her daughter, family and friends. (Schindler)

Please send your submission as both an attached WORD-file (DOC or DOCX files) and a PDF-file (Acrobat). All submissions should be sent to: info@aic2011.org  After sending your abstract, if you haven’t received a confirmation E-Mail within three days, contact ua please. Extended Abstract Submission Deadline: 15 November 2010,

Important Deadlines Submission of Abstracts

for Oral Papers and Posters 15 November 2010
Notification of Author Acceptance 5 January 2011

Advanced Registration and Author Registration

Please note that at least one author per submission must register for attendance at the conference; this is necessary in order for publication of the paper in the Conference Proceedings. 31 January 2011
Submission of Short Abstracts for Book of Abstracts 5 February 2011
Submission of Final Texts for Publication
Please read Conference Publications & Copyright Regulations 5 March 2011
Late Registration 31 May 2011
AIC 2011 Midterm Meeting (Conference) 7–10 June 2011
Language
All abstracts, posters and full papers for publication in the Proceedings as well as oral presentations must be in English.

Conference Theme

Much interest is devoted to the interaction of colour & light in today’s scientific and artistic research communities. New technologies, materials and media are now being deployed to enhance and stimulate our experience of daily life in real and virtual, permanent and ephemeral environments. The aim of the AIC 2011 conference is to explore how the interaction of colour & light plays a crucial role in the perception, conception and realization of spaces and platforms in different fields from both a theoretical and practical point of view. Using terms and concepts such as appearance, interaction, performance, event, and by privileging the materiality, mediality and the interactive dimension of colour & light, the conference presentations should demonstrate how productive the theme of the
INTERACTION OF COLOUR & LIGHT IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
is. The fields of inquiry include: education, design art, media, lighting, architecture, theatre, dance, as well as psychology, colour science and technology. The AIC 2011 Midterm Meeting aims to further discussion and nurture the latest findings in these various fields.

Conference Topics and Sub-Topics

Submissions will be accepted for consideration in any of the topics mentioned below. Authors are required to name the most relevant topic and sub-topic with respect to their submissions’ content.

• 1. SPACE: a. visual culture; b. photography; c. design; d. lighting;
  e. interior architecture; f. architecture; g. urbanism; h. environment;
  i. landscaping; j. visionary projects
• 2. STAGE: a. performance; b. art; c. museography; d. scenography;
  e. techniques of staging; f. theatre, performing body; g. dance, movement; h. music, sound; i. virtual projects
• 3. EDUCATION: a. teaching aids; b. methodology; c. theory;
  d. terminology; e. static and electronic media; f. multimedia
• 4. PSYCHOLOGY: a. colour perception; b. harmonious interactions;
  c. emotional interactions; d. illusions resulting through light and colour interaction
• 5. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: a. colour science; b. physiology and psychophysics; c. colour appearance and measurement;
  d. materiality, texture, surface; e. transparency and translucency, reflection and glossiness
• 6. COMPUTER GRAPHICS: a. colour in computer vision; b. colour in graphic design; c. multimedia in colour imaging; d. computer graphics scene rendering; e. Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) environments

Presentation Methods for Accepted Papers

a. Oral Presentation
Oral presentations should be 15–20 minutes and invited lectures 30–40 minutes in duration. Final acceptance of papers for oral presentations will be decided by the AIC 2011 Scientific Committee. The AIC 2011 Scientific Committee reserves the right to schedule any papers accepted as oral presentations in the topic or sub-topic section that best suits the content and organisation of the programme.

b. Poster Presentation
The final paper submission’s content is to be presented in a graphic form following the guidelines for posters. The work should be presented as a single sheet world format (F4, 90 x 128 cm, portrait format). Those papers accepted for presentation as posters will be on display throughout the AIC 2011 Midterm Meeting. Authors of posters will be required to attend allocated sessions to discuss their work.

Accepted Paper Submission
Along with a peer review and letter of acceptance, accepted authors will also receive format requirements and guidelines for short abstracts as well as full papers (final texts). Deadline for Submission of Short Abstracts: 5 February 2011. The short abstract will be published in the AIC 2011 Book of Abstracts. Deadline for Submission of Final Texts: 5 March 2011
All papers accepted by the AIC 2011 Scientific Committee with at least one registered author per submission participating at the conference will be included in the AIC 2011 Conference Proceedings.
We look forward to welcoming you to Zurich!. For updated information, please visit our website www.aic2011.org

For further questions, please contact:
Verena M. Schindler
AIC 2011 General Chair
E-Mail: info@aic2011.org