$180 ($160 G44 members)
6 participants

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Take your mordançage knowledge to the next level by learning how to use the process to manipulate large format colour negative film. Participants will walk around the neighbourhood and shoot with a 4x5 camera, then return to the darkroom to develop the film.

Steps will be outlined to process film with C-41 chemistry using the bleach bypass method to retain silver in the emulsion. Participants will then soak our film in the mordançage solution and watch the emulsion lift, creating mesmerizing textures. Once the film is rinsed and dried, the emulsion will stick back on to the celluloid and the negatives can be scanned and printed.

Participants will discuss ways to expand on this process, such as combining mordançage with film soup techniques and experimenting with expired films. Participants will leave the workshop with at least one fully realized colour mordançage image.

• Ella Morton (she/her) is a Canadian visual artist and filmmaker living in Tkaronto/ Toronto. Her expedition-based practice has brought her to residencies and projects across Canada, Scandinavia and Antarctica. Working primarily with lens-based media, she uses experimental analogue processes to capture the sublime and fragile qualities of remote landscapes. She has exhibited her work internationally, including shows at Lonsdale Gallery (Toronto), Foley Gallery (New York), Contemporary Calgary (Calgary), Galérie AVE (Montréal), Idea Exchange (Cambridge), the Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle), the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art (Kelowna) and Hanstholm Art Space (Denmark). Her work has been featured in a variety of publications including the NPR Picture Show, Better Photography Magazine, Analog Forever Magazine, Lenscratch, the Toronto Star and the British Journal of Photography. She is a sessional photography instructor at York University.