How the color came to humans

The idea of a cooperation was quickly born: Inspired by Pergraphica Infinite Black, Lorenz Boegli would design a print product that could only ever be produced with RGB printing on premium black paper. In parallel, a film would be made to document the creative process. Lorenz Boegli was immediately enthusiastic, activating his network of creatives and finding his inspiration in classical antiquity. The story that was supposed to be told in both print and film was that of Prometheus. In this variant, though, he wouldn’t steal the fire, but the colours from the gods. Photographer Rob Lewis created pictures of the colourful pheasants and peacocks of the Natural History Museum Bern as well as Greek statues from the collection of antiquities of the University of Berne. Author (and founding member of the legendary Swiss band Stiller Has) Balts Nill reformulated the myth of Prometheus – in German and ancient Greek. Filmmaker Mathieu Gabi realized the video in collaboration with Rob Lewis, accompanied by the music of accordionist and composer Mario Batkovic.