Chris will be working as a resident to continue research on the deforested cutblock while also facilitating workshops on materials practices in plant-based photographic processes. With a cohort of artists, they will utilize and explore the poetic potential of phenols hidden within an ecology and experiment with a myriad of techniques and approaches. The artists will work together at the intersection of extractivism, film, plant-based techniques, and photography in this processed-base project.
Taking an approach of the workshop as a studio, participants will work alongside the facilitator to explore alternative processes in film and photo through plant-based developers, cyanoprinting and toning, phyto/chemi-grams, and other alternative techniques. Focusing on ecological sites around Quebec City and others that participants wish to bring in, the workshops’ look to engage the phenols and tannins within an ecosystem as collaborations in making images.
The entire workshop will be in English.
Workshop Schedule
November 16
Meeting at a site in Quebec City for introductions
Gathering materials and foregrounding the workshops within political ecology
Shooting B&W film indexing the site and materials gathered
Possible introduction to natural dyeing to visualize phenols and tannins
November 17
Focus on photo developers through developing film, phytograms, and chemigrams
*invitation for participants to continue with research throughout the week
November 23
Cyanotype printing and toning and introduction to anthotype printing
November 24
Concluding session
open to focus on material practices participants want more time on
Spill over time from previous three sessions
Space for participants to share on their practices
Date and location
The workshop will take place over two weekends, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th November, Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th November, for a total of four days, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in VU’s production workshops , 541, rue Saint-Vallier Est, on the 4th floor, as well as outdoors.
Registration fees and conditions
This workshop is for anyone interested in alternative photography practices.
Number of participants: up to 10 people
$175 (+ taxes)
$75 (+ taxes) for emerging artists*
Participants agree to be present on all four days, and must be VU members by the time of registration.
Please complete this form by November 5 to validate your registration.
*This workshop is made possible thanks to the support of Première Ovation, so emerging Quebec artists benefit from a preferential rate and the possibility of priority registration until November 5, if the number of participants exceeds the maximum number of places.
