a workshop by Lotje van Lieshout and MediaLab SI
Wervingstekst Workshop Zoom SFX
Since the outbreak of the pandemic and everyone having to work from home we’ve entered the era of video calling. In this workshop we want you to rethink this medium. Could Zoom not only be used as a communication medium, but also an Art medium? Could a video call be art?
This idea, of course, is not new. Net Art emerged in the 1990s when artists found that the internet was a useful tool to promote their art uninhibited by political, social or cultural constraints. Sites like MySpace, YouTube and Instagram have become forums for art, enabling artists to exhibit their work without the help of an institution. This way of sharing your art outside of the realm of museums and galleries started already in the 1950’s and 60’s. The Mail Art Movement was initially started by the Fluxus movement and the New York Correspondance School. They mailed small collages, prints of abstract drawings and poems to art world notables. What once served as an alternative to the over commercialized and consumerist art market, is not so alternative or underground anymore.
This workshop asks for a fresh approach. Can we get loose from the dictated ways how to use the software? Can we use Zoom for nonverbal expressions instead of conference calls? Can we make something original and genuine using Snapchat filters? Can we manipulate the recordings of our laptop’s camera with household items, like a desk lamp, a mirror and an empty jar? We will find out in this workshop. We will look at trendy digital apps as well as classic analogue special effects invented by the pioneers of film in the early 1900’s.
Wervingstekst Workshop Zoom SFX
The workshop will take place during two days and will be 4 hours long each day.
The students will be given 8 exercises that they can do from home and share the results with the other participants on Zoom. Either as a prerecorded video or as a live streamed performance.
Wervingstekst Workshop Zoom SFX
The workshop will take place during two days and will be 4 hours long each day.
The students will be given 8 exercises that they can do from home and share the results with the other participants on Zoom. Either as a prerecorded video or as a live streamed performance.
Programme:
Day 1: 1. Lighting and camera position / 2. Green screen / 3. Analogue filters / 4. Split screen Day 2: 5. Forced perspective/ 6. Mirrors / 7. Sound effects / 8. Digital filters
Dates:
Workshop A: Day 1: Monday 15. February 14:00-18:00
Day 2: Wednesday 17. February 18:00-22:00 Workshop B: Day 1: Tuesday 2. March 18:00-22:00
Day 2: Friday 5. March 14:00-18:00
Subscribe for Workshop A before Saturday 13 February, and for Workshop B before Saturday 27. February.
Subscribe by sending a mail to: ineke.bakker@sandberg.nl
Minimum 6, maximum 14 participants
To participate you will need a computer with a camera and Zoom installed. Unfortunately a smartphone or tablet with Zoom will not work.
After subscription we will send you a list with ‘household items’ that you can start to collect and a list of free software that you can use for the assignments.
The best results of this workshop will be part of the exhibition ‘Mirror/ Mirror. Reflect yourself’ in Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort.
Hope to see you soon!