Plant-based Developers Workshop with Benedetta Casagrande
During the workshop participants will learn how to make plant-based developers powered by the photoreactive properties of plants and kitchen waste, and will be introduced to the material history of photography and the basics of ecological thinking. Students will test the developers made during the workshop developing photograms where they will assemble plants, their bodies and personal objects in the darkroom to construct images of the local territory in which artificial and natural bodies meet and coexist on the photographic surface.
Materials (provided by the darkroom):
- Possibility to boil two pots on a stove (e.g. a portable electric stove and two pots)
- Vitamin C powder
- Soda crystals
- Photographic paper (new and/or expired, both are fine)
- Vinegar
- Coarse salt
- Water
- Darkroom thermometer
- I am planning to teach students to make a saline solution instead of using industrial fix,
but prints should stay in the saline solution for 24-72 hours. If students cannot come
back to pick up the work at a later date, then we would need to use IlFord Rapid Fix.
- pH test strips
- Enough enlargers for all students (one every two students should be fine)
Students should bring pen and paper, and any objects they would be curious to assemble in a photogram.
Event Details:
Time: 10:00 am - 5:30 pm (with lunch break)
MK Ateliers, Mauritskade 24, 1091 GC Amsterdam
SIGN UP HERE (5 spots available on a first-come, first-served basis)