Super 8 Seance Workshop w/ Aaron Zeghers

Saturday, April 13, 12-4pm
Sunday, April 14, 12-4pm
Upstairs Event Space

Learn to conjure the sensual secrets from deep within the super 8 cartridge in this half-workshop, half-thought experiment, half-mystical experience.

Comprised of two 4-hour classes, participants will learn the mystical nature of analog filmmaking through both theoretical and practical studies. The alchemical secrets of the small-gauge to be learned include open exposure photography (which mimics double exposure), light table animation, stop motion techniques, cross fades and other tricks on the all-powerful Braun Nizo Super 8 camera (among other cameras)!

Participants are encouraged to come with ideas in mind and are welcome to contact the instructor in advance with questions / ideas / things they hope to learn, as this will be a collaborative learning odyssey.

Aaron Zeghers is a Canadian artist working in film, video and photography. Zeghers primarily works as an experimental filmmaker, utilizing analog formats and obsolete technologies, in-camera effects, various types of animation and other experimental techniques to create his films and expanded cinema performances. Zeghers’ films have screened at festivals and venues around the world including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Festival du nouveau cinéma, DOXA Film Festival, and New York’s Mono No Aware. Zeghers has also toured widely with his work, performing his expanded cinema work in Rotterdam, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, Chicago, Vancouver, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Toronto and more.

As a film programmer, Zeghers is the founder and co-director of the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival. He is also the Festival Director for the Gimli Film Festival, Manitoba’s largest film festival.