The June 17 2024

Printing with Plants: Alternative Photography Workshop, by Oriana Confente

 

Time: 2-4 PM

Limit of participants: 10

Language: English, French explanations provided by La Centrale's team if needed. 

Registrations closed

Please note: participants are welcome to bring their own reusable rubber gloves (disposable gloves will be provided otherwise) 

Photography is an extractive medium. As we navigate ecological crises, we should evaluate the sustainability of our materials and methods. In this workshop, we will discuss some of the social and environmental impacts of image production, while contemplating desirable futures for this artistic practice, and try an alternative photographic process called phytography. Together, we will:

● Introduce alternative photographic processes

● Highlight the relevance of a more-than-human approach

● Demonstrate phytography, a printmaking technique which uses the sun and the internal chemistry of plants to make artworks

● Develop phytograms to bring home at the end of the workshop

This workshop is open to anyone interested in learning about alternative photography, eco-art, and human/other-than-human collaboration. No previous experience is necessary!


Oriana Confente is an artist, writer, and maker-of-things based in Tiohti:áke/Mooniyang/Montréal. Confente completed a Master of Arts in Rhetoric and Communication Design at the University of Waterloo, Canada, where they began developing research-creation projects. Their interdisciplinary work continues to be research-driven while exploring concepts connected to postnatural ecologies and sustainable practices, with particular interest in more-than-human collaboration.

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