Scratch, Crackle and Pop: My history with handmade filmmaking
Lecture, film screening and exhibition
16 May, 18.00 – 19.30
BABtér, 2040 Budaörs, Templom tér 12.
“For more than 40 years I have been making films by hand or with limited means. As we move closer to a digital dominance in the media arts, my constant desire is to turn the clocks back to a time when working with our hands was the norm and not the exception. In this lecture, I would like to introduce you to my art, my influences and some of the many animation and experimental techniques that I have pioneered along the way.”
The language of the event is English.
Participation in the program is free.
Steven Woloshen is a Canadian animator, film conservationist, teacher and pioneer of scratched, drawn on, cameraless film animation. Since his first animations from the late 1970’s, he has created over 50 award-winning, abstract films and time-based installations for festivals, galleries and museums. Twice nominated for Canada’s Governor General’s award, he has received numerous research and creation grants and was awarded the 2016 René Jodoin lifetime achievement award, 2015 Wiesbaden Lifetime Achievement Award. Under his own banner, Scratchatopia, Woloshen has hosted solo retrospectives and taught handmade filmmaking techniques at workshops and master classes in Argentina, Morocco, USA, Slovenia, Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Poland, Mexico as well as across Canada. He is author of two books, Recipes for Reconstruction: The Cookbook for the Frugal Filmmaker (2010), a hands-on manual for decay, renewal and other handmade, analogue film techniques, and Scratch, Crackle & Pop! A Whole Grains Approach to Making Films without a Camera (2015).
