MOVEMENT IMAGINED : BUILD YOUR OWN MATCHBOX PINHOLE CAMERA & LEARN TO CONTACT PRINT 16MM FILM!
JOIN VISITING ARTIST TETSUYA MARUYAMA AND CREATE MOVING IMAGES WITHOUT A LENS!
“Stenopeic camera does not have a lens. We have a lens in our eyes, and without it we would be blind. Pinhole camera is blind because it does not have a lens.” - Paolo Gioli, *about pinhole film
In this workshop, we will experiment with some of the most archaic photography techniques; pinhole camera and contact printing. Pan-cinema raw material; time and space. From images captured on 16mm film frame by frame, we create negative and positive copies with Print Film. This technique allows the freedom to work directly with the surface of the film with light, in the same way as a painter leaves his/her gesture on a canvas.
A 35mm photographic film cassette modification is required to load 16mm film, along with making a small camera box with household items such as a matchbox. Thus, we can also print information on the sound area of the film. We will see some works made with these techniques by artists like Paolo Gioli, Dianna Barrie, Philipp Fleischmann, etc. After creating the image works, we’ll cover how to contact print black and white films to make positive prints for the screening premiere
INSTRUCTION: 2 Sessions + Screening Party
SATURDAY & SUNDAY JUNE 2ND & 3RD from 10 AM - 3 PM
FREE SCREENING PARTY SUNDAY JUNE 18TH @ VENUE TBA
LOCATION: MONO HQ 33 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn NY 5 min walk from 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, B, D, N, Q, R, & G trains.
INSTRUCTORS: Tetsuya Maruyama
INCLUDES: 2 classroom instruction sessions with Tetsuya during those 2 full days, access to camera materials and equipment, film stock, chemistry, safety wear, lab access, contact printer and more. All participants will receive a 2K video transfer of finished film by MONO NO AWARE, 2K online hosting of finished film, local & international film festival entry waivers. Plus your film will premiere at a Venue TBA free for friends and family.
And you will have access to the following books related the workshop from Mono No Aware’s own reference library:
Experimental Filmmaking and the Motion Picture Camera: An Introductory Guide for Artists and Filmmakers by Joel Schlemowitz
Break the Machine by Kathyrn Ramey
The Filmmaker’s Handbook by Steven Ascher and Edward Pincus
Bolex Rex 5 Camera User’s Manual
Your Film and the Lab by L. Bernard Happé
The Technique of Editing 16mm Films by J. Burder
POLICIES : By registering for this workshop you agree to the terms and policies listed here.
COURSE CAP: Limited to 8 participants
PRICE: $ 285 - 325 Sliding scale. In an effort to make the workshops more accessible to the community at large we have introduced a sliding scale option (below) All options are equal to one registration, and your selection will remain private.