Cameraless techniques and optical sound on 16mm film Workshop as part of Strictly Analog festival.

DATE: December 10 2016 | 12 – 5 PM (with a lunch brake)
DURATION: 5 hours
MENTORS: Maja Rezoug (Klubvizija) and Stefan Voglsinger
LOCATION: Poligon Creative Centre, Tobačna 5, 1000 Ljubljana
REGISTRATION: delavnica@ljudmila.org

About the workshop

The visual part of the workshop will explore direct animation techniques and the ways of creating experimental film work without the use of a camera. Scratching, cutting, painting, drawing, rubbing, bleaching, dry transfer, destroying or otherwise directly interfering with the surface of the celluloid itself - this treatment has at its heart a deep engagement with materials, limitations and chance. Participants will repurpose found footage 16mm material to get animated or abstract film sequences / loops. It's an introduction to film as a physical medium and to all its workflow specifics. Film doesn’t require a camera to be a movie.
The audible part of the workshop will focus on the sound transcription of analog film material. The projector lamp becomes obsolete, the small path on the opposite side of the sprockets will be explored. Participants will experiment with light and magnetic sound using modified 16mm and Super8 projectors. Different microphones are used to amplify and discover the sound of the machines. Recordings, drawings and manipulations on film leave a sonic imprint. The experimental soundtrack will be part of the installation presented at the festival.

Registration

Participation is free. The number of places is limited, so please apply/announce yourself to: delavnica@ljudmila.org. No previous skills needed. Workshop will be held in English.

Workshop is part of Strictly Analog Festival in collaboration with Zavod Projekt Atol and Poligon Creative Centre. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and the City Municipality of Ljubljana.