workshops.

Filmverkstaden continues the Analogue Adventure with a workshop by Ojoboca.

In the early days of cinema projecting a film was an act of performance and as much a part of the experience as the images on the screen. Over time the act of projection was relegated to the darkness of the projection booth, but its potential persisted for filmmakers interested in finding other types of cinematic experiences. They moved the projector back into the space and began to play with the possibilities of live manipulation, creating events that expanded and exploded the constraints of the traditional cinema.

In this workshop we will explore analog techniques for exploring the possibilities of

the frame, the shutter and the screen. We’ll begin by looking at the projector not as a passive device for the reproduction of coupled images and sounds but as a playable instrument. We will explore ways of transforming the quality of the light through the use of an external shutter.

In the darkroom we will go over techniques for creating images that lend themselves to live performance. Using black and white print stock we’ll apply contact printing techniques to make loops of various lengths. We’ll make photograms by placing diverse materials directly on the filmstock or copy found or original footage.

Then we’ll examine methods for incorporating sound into live performance. We’ll look at how optical sound can be manipulated using external effect gear such as effects pedals and synthesizers. To further interact with the mechanical properties of the machine, we will build contact microphones to manipulate sound through touch.

Finally, the participants, individually or in groups, will use the material created in the workshop to produce and perform a short piece of expanded cinema with single or multiple projectors and live sound.

This is the fifth workshop in the residency program Analogue Adventure that is offered to Finnish and Finland-based artists who want to learn about and experiment with analogue film and photography. The program is generously supported by Taike, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, KulturÖsterbotten, Schaumans Stiftelse and the city of Vaasa.

The workshop language is English. Workshop fee is 80€. All materials are included. Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi (binding registration)

Filmverkstaden is happy to host a workshop with Dima Starusev, dedicated to how to make a colour version of B/W positives. Together we will dive into colour theory and experiment extensively with different ways of colouring B/W images, slides, prints and 16mm film.

1. Basic color theory.
2. Positive/negative. Panchromatic film. B/W reversal process.
3. Dye and chemical toning of positives. Tinting films. Partial toning for b/w prints.
4. Hand coloring.
5. Theory of three-color photography.
6. Color separation negative/positive. How to shoot. BW reversal process. Silver dye-bleach

Feel free to bring your own B/W images and film. Materials are also available at Filmverkstaden.

The workshop language is English.

Workshop fee is 80€.

All materials are included.

Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi (binding registration)

Filmverkstaden is honoured to continue the Analogue Adventure with a workshop with Gaëlle Rouard.

We’ll do a wild BW processing workshop, printing found footage (or other sources) with the flat print technic. We’ll do small length to make loops, then play with the projector as an instrument. We’ll use film print stock (in the red light) in a wild negative/positive process, to get some solarization orange colors and other strange effects as …how to get pos and neg result on the same loop, and even on a same frame.

We'll have some images to work with, but people can bring their own ones.

High contrast images are recommended.

This is the fourth workshop in the residency program Analogue Adventure that is offered to Finnish and Finland-based artists who want to learn about and experiment with analogue film and photography. The program is generously supported by Taike, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, KulturÖsterbotten, Schaumans Stiftelse and the city of Vaasa.

The workshop language is English.Workshop fee is 80€. All materials are included. Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi (binding registration)

Filmverkstaden is thrilled to start off the new year with a workshop by Melissa Dullius.

Color print film should be used to produce positive film copies of color negative films using machines called contact printers.
It has a very low speed, ISO 4, and its emulsion coat is color balanced for tungsten light, on a polyester base. This material is intended to be projected and not to be loaded into film cameras.
 
E6 chemistry is designed to process reversal motion picture films and/or slides in still photography. It can be found in different settings; in 3 baths, to be used for hand processing; and 6 or more baths, for professional labs.
 
We will be using color print film as our medium, and 3-bath E6 chemistry as our process, but not in the way they were originally designed to be used. In this workshop we will celebrate adaptations and experiments, applying techniques that derive from lack of means, special needs, curiosity, accidents and unexpected events or mistakes.
 
We will expose color print film by contact printing, using excerpts of reversal and positive 16 mm films as originals, or “negatives”, to create (de)generated copies. We will cross-process it, producing (de)generations in form of copies of copies, or variations of an original, and then project them as loops or very short films.
 
We’ll also shoot with color print film with 16 mm cameras, and without, in the darkroom, exposing film stripes in the manner of cameraless photograms.
 
We will start our workshop projecting examples made in the above-mentioned techniques and deciding if we want to try all of them or not, and whether we want to make individual mini-projects, to be projected as loops, or create one film as a collective piece.
 
Participants can bring along:
- their own originals, to be used as “negatives”: positive and/or reversal 16 mm films
- tiny objects, translucent or opaque and small light sources, to be used in the cameraless photograms

This is the third workshop in the residency program Analogue Adventure that is offered to Finnish and Finland-based artists who want to learn about and experiment with analogue film and photography. The program is generously supported by Taike, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, KulturÖsterbotten, Schaumans Stiftelse and the city of Vaasa.

The workshop language is English.
Workshop fee is 80€. All materials are included.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi
(binding registration)