THE UNCOMFORTABLE STAGING is a two-day workshop where students will learn how to conceive urban space scenes as tools to express contemporary issues through photography. Participants will be using humor as a tool for social criticism, contrasting the effects of fantasy into reality – the interference of art within social themes. The objective of the workshop is, on the one hand, to facilitate the definition of a cultural expression based on the relationship with its social context, legitimizing the concerns of the community; Secondly, the workshop aims to produce a creative dialogue.

CONTENT

SESSION 1, 9/19:

Approach to staging, historical perspective
Painting and photography references
Presentation of Violette Bule’s portfolio
Elements of staging
Symbols, color, technique
Discussion and reflection on concerns of social problems in the community
Assignment: Locate possible urban development scenarios for staging
Group work: Development of visual-speech problems

SESSION 2, 9/20:

Pre-tour locations
Storyboard, photo printing in black and white A4 format
Sketching and elements within the composition
Defining production for staging, all groups will attend each other’s staging
Defining shoot day
Day of shoot
Editing and post-production
Printing and urban community intervention
Final showcase of processes and outcomes of the workshop

INSTRUCTOR

Violette Bule studied at the Active School of Photography in Mexico and has a Diploma in General Studies of Photography at The National Center of Photography of Venezuela. Her work has been exhibited in severals art centers and museums such as the Centre of Contemporary Art Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Caracas, Venezuela, the NEGPOS Gallery, University Paris 7 in France and Gallery EspacioMAD in Venezuela. She has also participated in several art fairs such as Iberoamerican Art Fair, Venezuela; PINTA Latin American Art Fair, Gallery Studio 8 in the UK, Artfair Hong Kong PSH Project, Hong Kong, October Salon Art Young, Venezuela; Life in Photography PIP, China, Context International Contemporary, Modern Art Fair Miami, ArtBasel 2013.

Websites: http://www.violettebule.com/
http://imagophotosocial.com/

REGISTRATION
Limited to 12 students
Early bird (Register by Friday, September 11th): $230
Regular (Register by Thursday, September 18th): $260

REGISTER HERE: http://reversespace.org/the-uncomfortable-staging/