Time: October 29 (Saturday), 2022, 2 pm–4 pm & 4:30 pm–6:30 pm

Location: Fou Gallery, 410 Jefferson Ave #1, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11221

Presenters: Emily Francisco,  Joana Stillwell

Event Coordinators: Iris Zhang, Barbara Song

Ticket Price: $30 per person

Maximum Number of Participants: 15 people per session

时间: 2022.10.29  (周六), 下午2-4点 & 4: 30-6: 30点两个场次

地点: Fou Gallery, 410 Jefferson Avenue, #1, Brooklyn, New York, NY 11221

活动艺术家：Emily Francisco，Joana Stillwell

活动组织：张琦，宋东玥

票价: $30

人数限额: 每场15人

New York - Fou Gallery welcomes you to attend our 16mm Film Loops Workshop on Saturday, October 29th, from 2 to 4 pm and 4:30 to 6: 30 pm. Responding to the current exhibition at Fou, Suyi Xu: All that is Solid Melts into Air, presenters Emily Francisco and Joana Stillwell will guide participants through a lecture and workshop on 16mm filmmaking.  After analyzing some classic 16mm film examples, participants are encouraged to take inspiration from the current exhibition and create their own film loops under the instruction. As a result, their works will be projected as animations for everyone to view.  The workshop will include a drawing toolkit for every participant.

否画廊诚挚邀请您参加将于10月29日周六下午举办的两场16毫米胶片电影工作坊，活动时间段分别为2点到4点，与4点30到6点30，可报名任意场次。工作坊将由Emily Francisco与Joana Stillwell共同主持。回应否画廊当下展览《徐苏宜：物化成空》作品中对于影像素材的关注与参考，参加者将通过工作坊的体验，了解16毫米胶片电影投影设备与技术；观看趣味样片；并在现场自行手绘胶片，最终创作的胶片将被投影为动画，现场呈现给大家。绘制所需材料包由活动方提供，无需自行准备。

The history of 16mm film projectors dates back to the late 19th century. Due to the nature of the film projector, direct animation made by film painting has always played a significant role in experimental cinema, even with the comprehensive popularization of the digital world. This technology is also regarded as a part of Hand-Painted Film/Hand-Made Film. In mainstream media, the principle of making animation is to give an illusion of motion by sequentially playing different still images. This requires a filmmaker to understand the film’s frame, the frame rate, and the order of the images. However, hand-painted films offer a chance to disregard this fundamental idea of the frame. For example, Stan Brakhage uses quick cutting to disrupt the continuity of his films instead of concentrating on establishing a continuous motion. Norman McLaren's film animation Begone Dull Care took a more aggressive step, eliminating the grid in favor of drawing continuous lines on film and featuring free jazz as the soundtrack. In addition, to re-process the film itself can also enrich the final presentation. In the film Little Boy, Jordan Baseman scratched the photographic layer of his film in order to represent the grief of the survivors from the Hiroshima explosion.

16mm胶片放映机的历史可追溯至19世纪末。即使在数字影像全面普及的今天，由于胶片这一材质作为影像载体的特殊性和一些历史原因，胶片绘画制作而成的直接动画一直在实验影像领域占据着很重要的地位，有时也被视为“手工电影”（Hand-Painted Film/Hand-Made Film）的分支。主流动画的原理都是通过逐张播放互有区别的静止画面来制造运动幻觉，由帧、张、画格这样的基本单位组成，而在胶片上直接绘制的影片却可以把画格的概念彻底抛弃。我们可以从几代电影艺术家对此的探索中窥寻。不同于常规动画的连贯性呈现，实验电影人斯坦·布拉哈格（Stan Brakhage）在他的胶片动画作品中运用快速剪切的方式打碎了影像作品的连贯，不再把创造连续运动做为重点；诺曼·麦克拉伦（Norman McLaren）的胶片动画《忧虑滚开》采取了更激进的实验态度，取消画格而在胶片上绘制连贯的线条，并以自由爵士作为配乐。此外，对胶片本身的处理也可以丰富胶片动画的放映效果。乔丹·贝斯曼（Jordan Baseman）在他的作品《小男孩》中，通过刮伤胶片的感光层来表现爆炸，从而抽象表达广岛幸存者的悲寂。

Looking back to the exhibition Suyi Xu: All that is Solid Melts into Air at Fou Gallery, the creation process of artist Suyi Xu also makes an experimental attempt. She finds inspiration from classical and modern painting, opera, literature, philosophy, film, and fashion photography. She references or "appropriates" different images to tie together seemingly independent episodes into a modern magic realism play. In the workshop, we recommend that participants begin with abstract paintings or "appropriating" pieces from the exhibitions to create their own 16mm films.

而在目前否画廊展览《物化成空》中，艺术家徐苏宜的创作过程同样具有强烈的实验态度。她从古典和现代绘画、歌剧、文学、哲学、电影、时尚摄影等素材中寻找启发，参考或者“挪用”不同的图像，将看似独立的场景串联成一本当代魔幻现实主义大剧。 活动参与者可根据自身喜好及绘画水平出发，去抽象表达或者“挪用”展览作品中元素，最终收获一段属于自己的16mm动画短片。

Emily Francisco is a sculptress utilizing signal flow and discarded instruments as a medium. Born in Honolulu, raised in the lead belt, and educated in Saint Louis and the District of Columbia - she has exhibited work internationally and occasionally performs around Washington DC. Emily currently maintains her studio at STABLE Arts, works at a museum, and teaches expanded media at American University to support her toddler and furry friends.

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Emily Francisco是一位雕塑家，她利用信号流和废弃的乐器作为媒介进行创作。她出生在檀香山，成长于 lead belt，在圣路易斯和哥伦比亚特区接受教育。她在国际上展出过作品并在华盛顿特区附近演出。Emily目前在STABLE Arts有自己的工作室，并在一家博物馆工作，同时在 American University兼职授课。

关于Emily Francisco更多作品请查看www.emily-francisco.com

Joana Stillwell is an artist working with video, installation, text, and photographs. She was born in the Philippines and raised around the Pacific. She received her BFA from the University of Washington and her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Recent exhibitions and installations include DLECTRICITY (Detroit, MI), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Greenville, SC), InLight at 1708 Gallery (Richmond, VA), and SOIL (Seattle, WA). Residencies include Mildred’s Lane (Beach Lake, PA), Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT), Sirius Arts Centre (Cobh, Ireland), and The Studios at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA). She is an audiovisual archivist working between Baltimore and D.C. 

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Joana Stillwell是一位从事视频、装置、文字和摄影的艺术家。她出生在菲律宾，在太平洋沿岸长大。她在华盛顿大学获得文学学士学位，在弗吉尼亚联邦大学获得艺术硕士学位。目前她是一名录音档案管理研究员，在巴尔的摩和华盛顿工作。近期的展览及装置作品包括delectric(底特律，密西根州)、Tiger Strikes Asteroid(格林维尔，南卡罗来纳州)、InLight at 1708画廊(里士满，弗吉尼亚州)和SOIL(西雅图，华盛顿州)。驻留项目包括米尔德里德巷(太浩湖，宾夕法尼亚州)，佛蒙特工作室中心(约翰逊，佛蒙特州)，天狼星艺术中心(科布，爱尔兰)，和MASS MoCA工作室(北亚当斯，马萨诸塞州)。

关于Joana Stilwell更多作品请查看www.joanastillwell.com