Wet Plate Collodion
7-8.6.2025 kl(o) 10-17
Wet Plate Collodion
Filmverkstaden will host a workshop where the basics of wet plate photography and the making of tintypes in the 4x5 “- 8x10” format will be taught. In this early photographic process we will prepare aluminum plates with light sensitive collodion which we will then use to take photographs with a large format camera. You will be photographing portraits, still lifes and landscapes in the surroundings of Filmverkstaden.
Experience in the darkroom is useful but not necessary.
No personal equipment is needed, but if participants have their own suitable cameras, they can be used.
The workshop will be held in Swedish and English.
Maximum number of participants is 6.
Workshop fee is ‘pay what you can’, suggested fee is 80€, all materials are included.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi
The workshop will be held by Gunnar Bäckman (FI). He is a retired press photographer in Vaasa with a long experience of analogue photography. Photographing since the age of 13. During the last years he has experimented with the collodion process.
The workshop is organised as part of the Analogue Adventure Ukraine Residency Program and is generously funded by Nordic Culture Point, Artists-at-risk, Svenska Kulturfonden, Taike and the city of Vaasa.
Making Film Magnetic
31.5-1.6.2025 kl(o) 10-17
Making film Magnetic with Human Infrastructure
The sound of film is not confined to its optical soundtrack. In fact, for much of the latter half of the 20th century, the majority of audio on film was recorded magnetically—on strips of iron oxide deposited directly onto the film. While many 16mm projectors still have the capacity to play and even record magnetic tracks, magnetic film has faded into obscurity, as magnetic-striped film is no longer manufactured.
In this workshop, the duo Human Infrastructure shares their ongoing research and experiments into creating magnetic 16mm film from scratch. Inspired by sound artist Ben Gwilliam—who rusted film directly to produce both magnetic sound and visual texture—human infra has been developing chemical and electrochemical methods of their own to reinvent this forgotten format.
Participants will learn two different hands-on techniques for magnetizing film, exploring ways to craft both magnetic soundtracks and even what might be called magnetic images made up of iron oxide and nickel. They will also learn to record sounds on this DIY medium.
The workshop language is English. Workshop fee is 80€.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fiMaximum number of participants 8.
Participants can bring:
2 x Film Strips of less than 72 frames/3 seconds of BW 16mm film (The 'soundtrack' part of the film should be completely exposed & developed=black)
2 x Film Strip of less than 72 frames/3 seconds of 16mm film (BW or colour /exposed & developed)
There are also materials available at Filmverkstaden.
Human Infrastructure is a Seoul-based audiovisual noise duo. Human infrastructure combines noise music with experiments in expanded cinema to create cybernetic systems in which sound and film image modulate each other. Their idea of audio-
visual is not one in which audio affects visuals in a causal way, or visuals determine the sound, but rather one in which audio and visual build upon each other through the incorporation of multiple bodies. Recently, they have been focusing on inscribing
generative images on film through electrochemical interventions, and are developing devices to operate them. human infrastructure also runs Gäro, a lab for experimental analog audiovisuals, to organize screenings, seminars, and workshops for and by artists and scholars of moving images. They have opened for Experimental Film & Video Festival EXiS in 2023 and performed at WeSA Festival in Seoul.
Composting Chemistry
17-18.5.2025 kl(o) 10-17
Composting Chemistry workshop - 17-18.5.2025 kl(o) 10-17
In this workshop we will make photographic developers from compost and compost from photographic developers with Hannah Fletcher from the Sustainable Darkroom
. Hannah will expand on ideas of matter breaking down and transforming, microbes and fermentation. We will consider what it is to make and work with chemistry; substances of which matter is composed, the investigation of their properties and reactions, and the use of such reactions to form new substances.
During the workshop we will make several experimental developers from waste and work with them across film developing, camera less printing methods and traditional darkroom printing. We will also begin the process of degrading the chemistry, ready to be composted.
The workshop language is English. Workshop fee is 80€.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi
Maximum 8 participants.Hannah Fletcher is an artist based in the UK. She primarily uses photographic surfaces, chemistries, and waste to explore the social and ecological systems of materials. She is the founder of the Sustainable Darkroom, a charity dedicated to researching and disseminating lower-toxicity photographic materials and methods. Hannah also co-directs London Alternative Photography Collective, is represented by Land Art Agency and is a facilitator of sustainability within the arts.
Since 2019 Hannah has been mentoring and tutoring in ecologically minded art practices, guiding practitioners through material usage, process innovation, waste activation, participation in systems and cross pollination between industries and practices.
Basic Black&White Photography
3-4.5.2025 kl(o) 10-17
Learn the basics of B/W photography with Patricia Rodas (FI)
Filmverkstaden holds a basic course in analogue black and white photography 3-4 May between 10-17. Join us and learn the basics of analogue small format (35 mm) photography, film development in the traditional way and through caffenol, a more environmentally friendly way of developing. During the second day of the workshop we will make contact prints of all the negatives and start copying your photographs from the selected negatives.
The theme of the course is contrasts in the city.
No prior experience is necessary. Optionally you can bring your own camera.
The workshop language is English. Workshop fee is ‘pay what you can’, suggested fee is 80€, all materials are included.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi
Maximum number of participants 8.
Rodas (FI) uses a 4x5 inch field camera and shoots on film. Her camera becomes a tool to map the traces and experiences of intimate partner violence. Through a performative approach she explores this bodily experience through the motifs and landscapes depicted, equating them with the repetition of violent experiences.
During her training as a photographer, at the crossroads between analogue and digital photography, she spent countless hours in the darkroom, learning both the black and white and colour process which shaped her into how she works today.
The analogue way of working requires careful preparation, but the performative - together with the repetitive way of working gives room for partly unforeseen results which Rodas integrates into the creative process. The post-processing includes development, both black and white and colour.
The workshop is organised as part of the Analogue Adventure Ukraine Residency Program and is generously funded by Nordic Culture Point, Artists-at-risk, Svenska Kulturfonden, Taike and the city of Vaasa.
LIVE SLIDE
12-13.4.2025 kl(o) 10-17
Create a modern magic lantern show with Greg Pope
Greg Pope teaches a two day workshop exploring the live performance potential of slide projector technology.
Working with image, sound and text we will examine slide machines equipped with external shutters which combine with each other to create a modern magik lantern show; a proto-cinematic experience which takes influence from both ancient and modern apparatus and techniques.
We will look at image making, shadow, reflection, voice, movement, collage, scale, sound and the effects of darkened rooms.
The workshop will conclude with performances by participants and the workshop organiser.
Day 1:
Demonstration of the slide projectors with external shutters.
How to put it together and control shutter speed, how to introduce direct and pre-recorded sound elements to the performance.
Making and preparing the slides.
Sequencing with text etc
Day 2:
Refining the image content and how to plan the timeline of the live performance .Experiment with sound possiblilities, pre-recorded / live / voice / effects etc. Contact printing on litho.
Setting up the space, choreographing the transitions between performances.
Performances
No prior experience is necessary.
The workshop language is English. Workshop fee is 'pay what you can', suggested fee is 80€, all materials and chemistry included.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi
Greg Pope (NO/UK) is an artist and filmmaker based in Oslo, Norway. After dabbling in punk rock bands and absurdist performance, he founded film collective ‘Situation Cinema’ (Brighton 1986) and ‘Loophole Cinema’ (London, 1989). Working collaboratively and individually, Pope has made video installations, live art and single-screen film works since 1996.
The workshop is organised as part of the Analogue Adventure Nordic Residency Program and is generously funded by Nordic Culture Point, Konstsamfundet, Svenska Kulturfonden, Taike and the city of Vaasa.
Energies of Earth
12-13.3.2025 kl(o) 10-17
Explore the captivating medium of cyanotype in this workshop with Ellen Barratt
A two-day workshop taking a new and experimental approach to the historic photographic process of cyanotypes. We will explore the captivating medium of cyanotype printing combined with experimental drawing techniques, allowing you to manipulate your designs directly on the surface of the cyanotype while it's exposed to light. Through various approaches, we’ll play with different materials and exposure times to discover unique effects and prints that evoke fleeting moments, movement and fluidity. We will explore how subtle adjustments to the surface can dramatically transform your compositions.
No prior experience is necessary.
The workshop language is English. Workshop fee is 'pay what you can', suggested fee is 80€, all materials and chemistry included.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi
Ellen Barratt is an artist whose practice explores the intricate relationship between light, space, and perception through both photographic processes and immersive installations. Her work invites viewers to reconsider their understanding of reality by engaging with the interplay of visible and invisible forces—light, shadow, and their delicate transition between.
Drawing on a multidisciplinary approach, she integrates traditional and contemporary mediums, including graphite, ink, photography, glass, and reflective materials, to create installation and photographic works which disrupt the boundaries between the visible and the unknown. In her installations, light becomes both a material and a medium, offering a multi-sensory experience that challenges the viewer’s spatial and perceptual awareness. She is drawn to the moments where light fractures, bends, and disappears, reflecting on how these transitions alter our sense of time, space, and self.
Ellen’s practice exists in the convergence of analog and digital realms. She combines digital light with traditional analog processes, creating an intriguing dialogue between the material and immaterial. In a world increasingly shaped by technology, her work offers a quiet meditation on the subtle, ever-present forces of light that shape our experience of the world.
Ellen’s practice reveals the hidden structures beneath the surface, offering a profound reflection on the delicate balance between destruction and transformation.
Ellen Barratt is a Manchester-based artist who earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chelsea College of Art in 2018, following a Foundation Diploma in Fine Art from Manchester School of Art. Her work explores the relationship between light, space, and perception through a variety of mediums, including photography and immersive installations. Barratt’s practice has been featured in numerous exhibitions, including "Repetition" at Burton & South Derbyshire College (2024), "Now & Then" at the Dark Peak Photo Festival (2024), and "In Nihilum" at The Swiss Church, London (2020). Her work has also been showcased internationally, with exhibitions in Paris and across the UK.
The workshop is organised as part of the Analogue Adventure Ukraine Residency Program and is generously funded by Nordic Culture Point, Taike and the city of Vaasa. The residency is supported by Artists at Risk.
Damn Superimpositions
15-16.2.2025 kl(o) 10-17
Explore different ways to do superimpositions in this workshop with Gaëlle Rouard
In this workshop we’ll try to explore different ways to do superimpositions on 16mm film.
With the Bolex or the contact printer we’ll experience the multiple exposures.
How to mix different sources in order to create some impossible images :
Can a mountain on top of the sea make a submarine ?
And then we’ll play with a few projectors for an ultimate mixing.
No prior experience is necessary. Optionally you can bring your own B/W 16mm film.
The workshop language is English. Workshop fee is 'pay what you can', suggested fee is 80€, all materials and chemistry included.
Sign up by sending an email to mail@filmverkstaden.fi
Gaëlle ROUARD (1971, France) is a filmmaker, alchemist and performance artist. Since the early 1990s, Rouard has been making handmade films, specialising in film processing. She is a longtime member of Le 102, rue d’Alembert, a venue dedicated to diffusion and creation of experimental music and film. Rouard also facilitates workshops in different contexts, from art schools to individual teaching. She develops and explores various methods of chemical processing of film. With performances around the world, she experiments with the possibilities of live multi-projection, both in collaboration with various people and in solo acts. Rouard led the do-it-yourself film lab Atelier MTK in Grenoble for 12 years, until 2006. Her work as been shown in various screens all over the world.
The workshop is organised as part of the Analogue Adventure North Residency Program and is generously funded by Nordic Culture Point, Konstsamfundet, Taike and the city of Vaasa.
