Work in Progress: Silent Lights
Amanda Thomson
ARTIST TALK: SATURDAY DECEMBER 14 2pm
For the second month of our WORK IN PROGRESS series, throughout the month of December 2019 Iris Film Collective member Amanda Thomson will be working in the Burrard View Fieldhouse processing, printing and exploring ideas new and old.
On random evenings over the course of the month Amanda will be activating the screen on our front window. These nights will provide a low pressure way for her to experiment with performance by spontaneously incorporating coloured light and thrown shadows with projected photochemical images, and might also give our neighbours walking their dogs something to look at.
On Saturday December 14th at 2pm she will give an artist talk covering her experiences printing in a Bolex.
Over the last couple of years Amanda has been working with an experimental printing process done in a 16mm Bolex camera. The ability to make prints is a fundamental part of working with film that allows one to turn a negative image into a positive one. It has the added benefit of keep camera originals safe from the wear and tear of running through a projector. Making a print and processing with caffenol as Amanda has been doing also eliminates the need for more toxic chemicals including bleach.
Unfortunately traditional printing processes can be rather complex, intimidating and prohibitive. Using a Bolex provides an approachable and portable way of printing film. It can also open the possibility of intervention, including the addition or manipulation of colour or by adding another image, while creating the print.
Iris Film Collective’s WORK IN PROGRESS series is a month-long residency at the Burrard View Fieldhouse featuring a different Iris Film Collective member each month who will be using the space to work on their individual projects. The public is invited to pop by while they are working; as well, some days/evenings in the month will be devoted to public events. This is a great opportunity to meet the artists and see what they are up to, as well as to visit the Fieldhouse and check out our setup!
AMANDA THOMSON was born and raised in East Vancouver. Her work focuses on perspective, the subconscious and other things she can't quite put her finger on. She is drawn to film by the tactile quality of the medium, and by its shifting nature in grain and significance. Her work has screened in Montreal, Kingston, Portland, Brooklyn, Europe and elsewhere.
