WORKSHOP: Queering the Celluloid with Elian Mikkola
As a part of Qaleidoscope Queer Film on Tour 2023, a free workshop will be offered in Winnipeg and Saskatoon.
This three-day workshop will be facilitated by experimental filmmaker and green “scientist” Elian Mikkola.
WINNIPEG
VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS CENTRE (100 Arthur Street)
DAY 1: Thursday, February 2
DAY 2: Friday, February 3
- 4:00 to 7:00pm
DAY 3: Saturday, February 4
- 11:00am to 2:00pm
SASKATOON
PAVED ARTS (24 20th Street West)
DAY 1: Thursday, February 9
DAY 2: Friday, February 10
- 4:00 to 7:00pm
DAY 3: Saturday, February 11
- 10:00am to 1:00pm
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 (Days 2 & 3)
- 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
- Winnipeg - forms.gle/4QULbEAK4qH2Spwr5
- Saskatoon - forms.gle/3987sh1nNSk8qpcN7