Agitated Waters: 16mm Eco-Development Workshop [Registration Closed]

Details:

On Saturday, April 18 from 10 AM - 4 PM, Block Cinema will host a free 16mm Eco-Development Workshop on Northwestern’s Evanston campus, led by filmmakers Tristan Turner and Isaac King. The workshop will be open to 10 participants; we will have a waiting list for 4 additional prospective attendees.

Registration is closed for this event, but we have 2 wait list spots available.

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Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn eco-friendly darkroom practices, combining low-toxicity processing solutions and collaboration with local waterways. No prior darkroom experience is required for applicants; this workshop will teach participants an accessible approach to development with widely available non-toxic alternatives. 

As a group, workshop participants will collect water from Lake Michigan, film a shared roll of 16mm on site, and process the roll following the recipe and instructions. If time permits, the workshop will culminate in a 16mm projection of the images made together earlier in the day.

Through this workshop, participants will learn how to process 16mm film according to the recipe and techniques used in Turner and Isaac’s Swannanoan Silt, a live projector performance and short film, screening in the Block Museum in the “Lost in the Flood” program on April 17th. In September 2024, Turner and King set out to document the impacts of Hurricane Helene, which caused massive flooding, landslides, and environmental hazards throughout the greater Appalachian region. Working with 16mm motion picture and 35mm slide film, Turner and King captured images of devastation and community resilience, pushed to the limits of legibility by processing their images in the contaminated waters of the Swannanoa and French Broad Rivers.

Image credit: 16mm film strip from SWANNANOAN SILT project

The Block Museum of Art presents this workshop with support from Northwestern's Department of Art Theory & Practice.

Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu