Time to turn the lights off and experiment. Led by acclaimed filmmaker Alex MacKenzie (Vancouver), this workshop explores the potential of Black and White moving image rayograms, the technique whereby objects are placed on the surface of the film, exposed to light, and processed to negative.
We will also briefly explore handprocessing here so we can process, see and screen the results of our luminous efforts.
The workshop will also incorporate contact printing into this technique, where images of pre-existing found footage are used as source material, manipulated on the surface of the raw film stock, and exposed to create stunning new images. 16mm film stock will be supplied and a group piece will be created by running lengths of film out and each working on an area of it under a safelight.
NOTE: please bring little objects you might want to place on the film – small objects are more effective: ie: staples, paperclips, lifesavers, washers, screws, bits of nature (flower petals, grass), bits of paper, and anything larger with a pattern (looseweave fabric like burlap, clusters of string, your grandma’s old doilies, etc.) Remember – each single image is a little under 16mm wide, so keep that in mind!
No prior experience necessary.
For more information on workshops, please contact Ivan at the Winnipeg Film Group Production Centre at 925-3456 ext 109 orivan@winnipegfilmgroup.com
Note: Two spots in this workshop will be reserved for participants registered through the Winnipeg Film Group’s Workshop Access Bursary Fund. The fund is designed to assist aspiring and emerging Manitoba filmmakers from Aboriginal or diverse cultural backgrounds (of all ages) in furthering their knowledge of the art of filmmaking.
Through this program candidates are encouraged to apply for a space in a WFG workshop of their choice with each bursary awarded on an individual, per workshop basis.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Alex MacKenzie is an experimental film artist working primarily with analog film equipment and hand processed imagery . He creates works of expanded cinema, light projection installation, and projector performance. His work has been presented at the Rotterdam International Film Festival, the EXiS Experimental Film Festival in Seoul, Lightcone in Paris, Kino Arsenal in Berlin, the Vancouver Art Gallery and others. He has presented workshops and lectures at the Concordia University Graduate Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, York University, Mount Allison University, LIFT in Toronto, IFCO in Ottawa, No.w.here in London, Atelier MTK in France, WORM in Rotterdam and elsewhere. Alex was the founder and curator of the Edison Electric Gallery of Moving Images, the Blinding Light!! Cinema and the Vancouver Underground Film Festival. He was an artist in residence at Atelier MTK in Grenobles, France and Struts Gallery/Faucet Media in New Brunswick. Alex co-edited Damp: Contemporary Vancouver Media Art (Anvil Press 2008), and interviewed David Rimmer for Loop, Print, Fade + Flicker: David Rimmer ’s Moving Images (Anvil Press 2009). www.alexmackenzie.ca
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