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Workshop
Documenting Your Works
by Alexis Bellavance

WORKSHOP

Concordia University, EV Building,10th floor, Room 10.760



Presented in Collaboration with ArtVolt
In English, by Alexis Bellavance

 

Part 1: Friday, April 29th – 2pm to 5pm
Part 2: Saturday, April 30th – 10am to 5pm

 

Overview
Art Volt, in collaboration with Vidéographe, is happy to offer a two-part documentation workshop for recent alumni of Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts! This workshop will be an opportunity to learn the basic techniques of artwork documentation in the context of exhibitions and live performances. This event is targeted toward folks with little to no photography experience and will take place on campus in a relaxed atmosphere fostering exchange, discussion, and the sharing of knowledge and experiences.

Part 1 of the workshop will be devoted to mastering the main principles and functions of the camera and photo shooting:

  • Intro to cameras, techniques and function, aperture and exposure
  • Intro to different documentation approaches and concepts.
  • Intro to light colors (tungsten vs LED vs natural light), white balance.

Part 2 of the workshop will be dedicated to the documentation of Frédérique Laliberté’s exhibition at the FOFA gallery and to the documentation of a live dance performance. Finally, participants will also learn about Lightroom and RAW image editing through an introductory demonstration. We invite participants who own semi-pro or pro cameras with a manual options to bring their own camera. If you do not own such a camera, equipment will be available on loan for the two days.

 

About Alexis Bellavance
Alexis Bellavance has been active in the art world for a little over twenty years. Co-director of Ateliers Belleville since their founding in 2015 and co-founder of the international performance art festival Viva! Art Action, he is also an active member of the artist-run centre Perte de Signal since 2001. He is currently completing an MFA in Inter Media and Cyber Art at Concordia University.
Based in Montreal, he regularly presents his work on the national and international scene. His work has been recently presented at the Confederation Art Center in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (2020), at SOMA & Casa Viva in Mexico City (2020), at AxeNéo7 in Gatineau, Quebec (2019), and at Chroniques : Biennale des imaginaires numériques in Marseille, France (2019). He will be in residence at iii in The Hague, Netherlands in the fall of 2022.
In parallel to his artistic career, he has been an exhibition and event photographer for the past fifteen years. A job to which he attaches a great deal of importance and attention to detail.

 

How to Register
This workshop is open to students registered for graduation and/or to recent alumni of Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts who have graduated within the last three year.
To register, please email the following information to artvolt@concordia.ca :

  • Your name;
  • Year of graduation;
  • Program and department (ex: BFA, Contemporary Dance);
  • Please also include a scan of your diploma or a screen capture of your graduation approval status from your Student Hub;
  • Please specify if you own a camera or if you will need to borrow one.

 

Please note that:
Participants must be available and committed to attending both sessions.
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.

© Charlotte Clermont, Plants Are Like People, 2018

Technical Support Program

Call for submissions

Deadline : March 1st, 2022



CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline : March 1st, 2021

* New: 4 calls for submissions per year

Program description

The Technical Support Program is intended to support artists interested in experimentation and in pushing the boundaries of the moving image in all its forms.
This support can be used in the production phase of the project or in the post-production phase.

A total of 4 calls for submissions per year will be made, for which the following are the deadlines;

  • March 1st (for projects that will start between April and June)
  • June 1st (for projects that will start between July and September)
  • September 1st (for projects that will start between October and December)
  • December 1st (for projects that will start between January and March)

Please note that 2 projects per call for submissions will be selected.

Artists selected under this program have free access to:

  • Our editing suites, sound booth and digitizing equipment for a maximum of two weeks. These two weeks can be contiguous or spread over 3 months.
  • Free access to available equipment belonging to Vidéographe.
  • Two meetings with Vidéographe’s team to discuss the project and its circulation potential: one meeting at the start of the project in order to specify the needs and a second meeting at the end of the project.
  • The possibility of organizing a private screening at Vidéographe.

It is not necessary to be a member of Vidéographe to apply; however, should your proposal be accepted, we will ask that you become a member. Once you have signed the agreement, you will have three months to take advantage of the benefits that this program has to offer. Regular membership fees are $50 + tx per year and student membership fees are $25 + tx per year.

We are looking to support independent experimental or documentary works that stand apart for their currency and endeavour to renew the artistic language. We will accept proposals for single-channel video, installation, Web-based work, and all other forms of moving image. We consider all genres—video art, experimental work, fiction, documentary or essay form, animation, dance video, and videoclip. Please note that all works must be independent and non-commercial. Projects of a conventional nature, such as classic short narrative film or television documentary will not be considered.

Once your project is finished, you may submit it for active distribution by Vidéographe. Please note however that acceptance into the Technical Support Program does not guarantee that your work will be distributed.

Required

  • Candidates must possess full editorial and creative control of the project.
  • Projects must be independent and non-commercial.
  • Projects that have received support through this program may not be re-submitted.
  • Student projects are not admissible.
  • We encourage traditionally under-represented artists to submit a project. Vidéographe is driven by the conviction that multiple points of views are necessary to enrich society and the discipline we work in.

Selection process

Works will be chosen by a selection committee made up of Vidéographe staff and members.

Projects that are retained will be subject to a contractual agreement between the artist and Vidéographe. Schedules, revised budgets, and requirements regarding equipment, rooms, and technical support will be planned and clearly laid out, as will the terms and conditions relative to each party.

Application file:

  • Contact information and website if applicable
  • Project description (500 words)
  • Schedule; (Overall project timeline and detailed timeline for support for creation).
  • Technical needs; (Please consult our website for more details on our editing suites and equipment).
  • Resume.
  • Supporting documentation (current or past projects);
  • Maximum 10 minutes of video footage. Please send a link to your video(s). Do not forget to include the password if applicable; and/or maximum 15 images (max: 1024 px wide, 72 dpi); sketches, plans, and mock-ups may also be submitted in PDF format.

Submission of your file

Applications will be accepted by email only. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent. Please write TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROGRAM in the subject heading of your email and send your file to info@videographe.org. Please send your file as a SINGLE PDF document (including links to videos). Files found in the text section of the email will not be taken into account.

Please allow three weeks for a response. Vidéographe chooses eight projects per year.