In partnership with Iris Film Collective, Cineworks presents this one-day workshop with visiting film archivist, Kevin Rice (Process Reversal, USA).

For the uninitiated, a contact printer is a device for the controlled exposure of a negative (typically) onto an unexposed “print stock” while pressed in contact with one another. Once exposed, the print stock is developed as a positive of the original negative, producing an image of unparalleled quality and sharpness compared to all other methods of reproducing a motion picture image.

The Model C, introduced in the 1960’s, has many excellent features for 'striking' both black & white and colour prints, and is considered -- even to this day --to be one of the premier contact printers. In this workshop, the basic workflow for the operation of the printer will be covered, including how to prepare films for contact printing, how to thread and run the printer, how to 'time' a print to achieve the best results, and how to hand process a colour print film.

Finally with the remainder of workshop time, the many avenues for experimentation on the contact printer will be discussed, such as multi-pass printing, colour separation, and contact printing 'objects.'

Participants are welcome to stay after the workshop to discuss their projects with Kevin Rice.


INSTRUCTOR: Kevin Rice (Process Reversal, USA)
Originating from Denver, Colorado, Kevin Rice is a ‘film archivist’ whose practice focuses on the study of photochemical theories, the development of lab resources for filmmakers, and the documentation of various darkroom odysseys on motion picture film. He has taught and screened work at several artist-run film labs including no.w.here London, l’abominable Paris, Klubvizija Zagreb and Laborberlin. In 2012, he helped found Process Reversal, a film collective dedicated to producing resources for filmmakers and film labs. Rice's most recent efforts include the engineering of a b&w reversal process based on the properties of seawater for an adaptation of Homer’s Epic Cycle.


RELATED EVENTS:

Frenkel Defects III: A Traveling Screening Series of Contemporary Experimental 16mm Films – 
http://cineworks.ca/attend/event/137

Process Reversal: An Artist-Run, Photochemical Initiative; Artist Talk by Kevin Rice (USA) – 
http://cineworks.ca/attend/event/138 


PARTNER INFORMATION:

http://processreversal.org/
http://www.irisfilmcollective.com/


Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society (est.1980) is an artist-run production and exhibition centre that supports independent filmmakers and media artists working in digital video and celluloid film media. We engage our membership and the broader community through initiatives and services that foster dialogue and experimentation with the moving image.

www.cineworks.ca


Image: Berlin Horse (1970), Malcolm Le Grice