QUICK 'N DIRTY MOVIE ACTION: A HANDPROCESSING 16MM FILM WORKSHOP

When: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Time: 1:00pm to 6:00pm
Where: IFCO - 2 Daly Ave. Suite 140
Cost: Full-member $125.00, Basic-member $150.00, Non-members: Professional Rate $230.00, Student Rate $175.00 (Non-member rates include an IFCO membership)
Instructor: Alex MacKenzie
Registration Deadline: AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

Skip the lab - this workshop will teach you everything you need to know to process your own black and white film as a negative or postive. Zones covered include basic chemistry requirements, mixing, storage, setup options, processing, image altering techniques (including reticulation, tinting, toning, solarization, speckling, etc.), and the darkroom "quick n' dirty bucket technique" used to transform your roll of film into handmade images. We will also discuss Steenbeck conversion for contact printing.

NOTE: No prior experience necessary. These techniques work with all gauges of film - Super 8, Regular 8mm, 16mm, 35mm, etc. Please wear clothes you aren't too attached to in case of "splash" - an old button-up shirt worn backwards as a smock is a good idea. We supply the gloves.

When registering for this workshop each student is given film stock in which they will film on prior to the processing class. Any necessary training on camera equipment will be supplied by IFCO’s Technical Director prior to filming your footage.
Instructor's Bio:
Alex MacKenzie’s practice focuses on various models of expanded cinema and light projection involving the handmade image. He was the founder and curator of the Edison Electric Gallery of Moving Images, the Blinding Light! Cinema, and the Vancouver Underground Film Festival.

His live works have been presented at festivals and underground screening spaces throughout Europe and North America, most recently on a month long tour of England, Ireland and Scotland, including performances at the Cork International Film Festival, Leeds International Film Festival, Aurora Festival In Norwich, Brief Encounters Festival in Bristol, and many others. Alex has presented workshops and lectures at the Concordia University Graduate Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, York University, Mount Allison University, Humboldt State University (California), Atelier MTK in France, and elsewhere.

He has completed residencies in Grenoble, France and at Struts Gallery/Faucet Media in New Brunswick. Alex is the co-editor of Damp: Contemporary Vancouver Media Art (Anvil Press 2008), interviewed David Rimmer for Loop, Print, Fade + Flicker: David Rimmer’s Moving Images (Anvil Press 2009), and is currently designing handmade film emulsions and altered projection devices for gallery installation and live performance. www.alexmackenzie.ca.

Enrolment for this class is limited, and will be on a first come, first serve basis. If you have any questions or if you wish to register for this workshop please contact our Membership Coordinator Tasha Waldron at (613) 569-1789 or you can e-mail her at admin@ifco.ca.