WORKSHOP:
Queering the Celluloid with Elian Mikkola (FREE)
As a part of Qaleidoscope Queer Film on Tour 2024 - The Baltics - a workshop will be offered in Turku. This two-day workshop will be facilitated by experimental filmmaker and green “scientist” Elian Mikkola.
TURKU
TITANIK GALLERY (Itäinen Rantakatu 8)
DAY 1: Friday, April 26 - 14:00 to 18:00
DAY 2: Saturday, April 27 - 12:00 to 16:00
- Workshop will be conducted in both Finnish and English
In recent decades, experimental filmmakers have explored eco-conscious approaches to
analog filmmaking. Experimental filmmakers are leading the way by using ecofriendly recipes
such as Caffenol (instant coffee, vitamin C and washing soda); plants, berries, wine or
vegetables; or the Phytogram Technique. Additionally, the act of physically manipulating analog
found footage has been a long-standing tradition of experimental filmmaking, albeit dominated
by white, heterosexual cis-male filmmakers.
Supplied with their own found footage, workshop participants will be encouraged to take this tradition into their own hands - allowing QTBIPOC and LGBTQIA2 bodies to interrupt/disrupt existing images and narratives on the celluloid and take ownership and reconstruct a new narrative, all within an eco-processing framework.
Workshop structure:
Preparation (Day 1)
- Intro to eco-friendly filmmaking and analog practice through samples and readings
Hands-on workshop (Day 2)
- Using hand processing and found footage, participants will dismantle and reconstruct new narratives
Virtual Q&A Session
- Post workshop to facilitate future eco-practice and analog filmmaking pursuits, Date TBD.
Ultimately, the goals of the workshop are to bring awareness and access to local filmmaking communities about analog filmmaking in a safe and environmentally conscious manner and to reconstruct, through manipulation of found footage, QTBIPOC and LGBTQIA2 narratives.
Space is limited - Register Early