COURSES
Experimental Techniques
Exploring
During this eight session course, you will be able to discover everything you need to understand experimental photography. Based on the understanding of the photosensitivity of materials, we will make an overview of its best-known techniques by respected artists from our festival. It is a theoretical-practical course designed for all those who, coming from analog or digital photography, want to get closer to experimentation and understand its diversity and fundamentals. It is prepared as a constructive route that the student can go through week by week from the pre-recorded materials that we send him, without ever feeling alone since he has the artists to unravel the technical doubts and with our chat to be able to accompany their learning.
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​+ 8 Sessions
+ 10 Techniques
+ 7 Workshops
+ 2 Meetings
+ 14 Conferences
+ 1 Chat to share material and answer questions
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INFORMATION
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+ Dates: from April 8 to May 27
This course is repeated in September and December
+ Duration: 34 teaching hours. Each student manages their time.
The meetings have schedules but it is not mandatory to participate
+ Level: no prior knowledge is required
​+ Modality: pre-recorded online with 2 live meetings
+ Language: English and Spanish videos with English subtitles
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​+ Price: 50 €
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Starts
April 8!
Techniques:
Creative photography - Cyanotype - Multiple exposure - Film Swap - Film Soup - Redscale - Chemigrams - Pinhole - Solarigraphy
FULL PROGRAM
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SESSION 1: AGORA PRESENTATION MEETING
Experimental photography: concepts, debates and techniques with Pablo Giori
April 8, live online, ENG 19-21hs (Spanish time)
History of Experimentation + Explanation of the course contents
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SESSION 2: CREATIVE TECHNIQUES
April 15*
Workshop: Creative EXP. Creative photography workshop with SIBUX
Conferences: Learning to look: creativity and divergent thinking with Ana Becerra
SESSION 3: MULTIPLE EXPOSURE AND FILM SWAP
April 22*
Workshop: Chance to power! Double exposure, portraits and film swap with Pablo Giori and Laura Ligari
Conference:
- Multiple Exposure with Lena Storjohann and Kasia Kozinska
- Experimental multiperspective: relative space and cyclical time with Ernesto Mendoza
SESIÓN 4: PINHOLE AND SOLARIGRAPHY
April 29*
Workshop: Pinhole and Beyond with Heather Palecek
Conferences:
- Pinhole photography and solarigraphy with Carlos Erices, Javier Piñana y Jordi Bofill
- Pinhole Photography with Diane Bos, Justin Quinnell and Heather Palecek
SESSION 5: FILM SOUP
May 6*
Workshop:
- Film Soup: Magical Potion Cooking Class with Juliana Gagné
Conferences:
- No Good Dirty Negatives with Kelly Perletti
- The Aesthetics of Expired Film with Vera and Patrice Baunov
SESSION 6: CYANOTYPE
May 13*
Workshops:
- Cyanotype Basics with Sara Poer
- Cyanotype: Space and Time as Photographic Negatives with Virginia Dal Magro
Conferences:
- Modern Cyanotype with Annette Golaz, Virginia Dal Magro and Fruma Markowiiz
SESSION 7: CHEMIGRAMS
May 20*
Workshop: Homemade chemigrams! Playing with photosensitivity at home with Irina Chernikova
Conference: Cameraless photography with George Roast, Irina Chernikova and Sophie Sherwood
SESSION 8: CLOSING OF AGORA MEETING
May 27, live online, ENG 19-21hs (Spain Time - GMT+2)
Presentations of student work, viewing of references and dynamics with questions.
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* When the class is pre-recorded, it is sent on the indicated day at 8 in the morning and each student can watch it when it suits them best.
- The three technical courses are repeated in September and December. Whenever you want to work on a personal project, you can enter the Mentorship Experimental Project course if there are places available.
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- It is possible to finance the cost of the course in instalments. Send us an email for more details
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- The contents of all the courses will be available until September 1, 2024.
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- Ágora reserves the right to modify aspects of the content if it deems it necessary.
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- The economic and administrative management of the Ágora is the responsibility of the Experimentalphotofestival non-profit association and the workshops purchased are non-refundable. All courses carry a VAT of 21% included in the price. During the payment process, you will be asked for a Passport number, NIE/NIF/CIF that must be provided solely and exclusively for accounting and tax matters.