Gaelle Rouart - Darkness, Darkness, Burning Bright + Solarization workshop
Darkness, Darkness Burning Bright
Gaëlle Rouard, 2021, FR, 16mm, sound, 69’-
Wed 7 February 2024 // 20:00 / Cinema
Handmade film in two parts, exploring a rural landscape with mythical connotations. The film is a diptych - first part: Prelude, 40', second part: Oraison, 30'.
Darkness, darkness, burning bright
In the forests of the night
Vast flowered paths, fresh branches,
Groves full of perfumes, birds and whispers,
Site often seen again, and always contemplated
(...)
Darkness, darkness, burning bright
In the forests of the night
And the mad impulse of this distraught soul,
And that had, the forehead circled in copper, under the moon
(...)
Frail herbs, tender branches, hollyhocks,
And the shadow that brushes and the wind that knots,
And strongly, with the fists of its clouds,
On the greenish horizon, crushes suns.
Gaëlle Rouard (1971, France) is a filmmaker, alchemist and performance artist. Since the early 1990s, Rouard has been making handmade films, specialising in film processing. She is a longtime member of Le 102, rue d’Alembert, a venue dedicated to diffusion and creation of experimental music and film. Rouard also facilitates workshops in different contexts, from art schools to individual teaching. She develops and explores various methods of chemical processing of film. With performances around the world, she experiments with the possibilities of live multi-projection, both in collaboration with various people and in solo acts. Rouard led the do-it-yourself film lab Atelier MTK in Grenoble for 12 years, until 2006. Her work as been shown in various screens all over the world, such as Centre Pompidou Paris, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Syros International Flm Festival, Institute of Modern Art Brisbane, and many others.
Gaëlle Rouard will also present the Darkness, Darkness, Burning Bright diptych at Cafe Oto (London) on 31st January and with BEEF at Cube Microplex (Bristol) on 3rd February.
Generously supported by Institut français du Royaume-Uni
Solarization: B&W 16mm film workshop with Gaëlle Rouard
Come and explore an incredible dark room process merging positive and negative images
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Tue 6 February 2024 // 10:30 / Dark Room
Tickets: Flexible
Would you like to explore the mystical dark room art of solarization, with artist filmmaker Gaëlle Rouard? Come and experiment with this technique on black and white 16mm film - we will project the results at the end of the workshop onto the Star and Shadow Cinema screen. Some 16mm film, a bolex camera and rubber gloves will be provided - you just need to bring yourself and some lunch.
Gaëlle Rouard is here to screen her captivating new film meditation Darkness Darkness Burning Bright on Wednesday 07 February. Her film includes some spectacular solarization effects, which Gaëlle will demonstrate in a workshop in the Star and Shadow darkroom.
The workshop is for up to 5 participants, and runs from 10.30-3.30pm. We will shoot some b&w film in a bolex, develop it and use the flat print technique before experimenting with solarization.
No experience necessary
