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Eco-Processing 16mm Film

In this hands-on workshop participants will learn how to develop 16mm black and white film using organic products such as flowers, coffee, and bee pollen. Students will have the opportunity to shoot their own footage, create home-made organic developers and hand-process their film in Lomo Tanks. Participants will also learn the history of eco-processing and the basics of the photochemical process, as well as be introduced to other artists that incorporates it into their practice. At the end of the workshop students will have hands-on experience and the knowledge to embark on their own eco-processing adventures.

The Camera Theory workshop is strongly recommended as a prerequisite. This course is recommended as a companion to the Arri SRII 16mm and Aaton XTR Prod Super 16mm Cameras, Bolex 16mm Cameras, Super 8 Filmmaking Intensive (Shooting and Processing), Introduction to Regular/Double 8mm Filmmaking, Hand Processing Black and White Film and Hand Processing Colour Film workshops. This workshop includes all film, darkroom chemistry and supplies.

Sun 13 July 2025, 10 am - 6 pm   
Instructor: Kathleen (KJ) Edwards

KJ Edwards is a Kanien’kehá:ka, mixed-settler filmmaker and media artist. Her family is from Kahnawa:ké and Longueuil, Quebec, Canada; while KJ was born and raised in Treaty 6 Territory, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Holding a BFA in Film Production from the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), KJ is trained in narrative, documentary and experimental filmmaking techniques, using both analogue and digital hybrid workflows. She is a 2023 MFA graduate from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. KJ’s thesis work involved eco processing analogue film, reflecting on the unpredictability of the medium as that of a collaborator, and the ways that dreams and memory can offer creative pathways toward content creation. Their short analogue films istén:’a (2023) and future ready: cusp (2023) are making festival rounds. She currently has a hybrid installation-short film called “Tethers” in production.



Location: 1137 Dupont Street, Toronto, Ontario M6H 2A3
Category: Creative Practises
Maximum Capacity: 4
8 hours of instruction $150 /member$175 /nonmember

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