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This course offers an in-depth look at experimental forms of storytelling, using voice, image and sound. Using film extracts, personal projects and workshop exercises, participants will be encouraged to think differently about narrative: more sensory, fragmentary, poetic. Emphasis will be placed on the gestures of listening, attention to detail, and the way in which a narrative can emerge through juxtaposition or dissonance. An invitation to explore the porosity between documentary, fiction and video art.

Drawing on concrete examples from the artistic practice of artist Miryam Charles – films, research-in-progress, installations and short films – this course explores unconventional narrative forms through three axes: voice (written or performed narration), image (framing, texture, rhythm) and sound (ambiences, silences, dissonances). Participants will be invited to experiment with these three dimensions through practical exercises, active listening and group discussions.

MYRIAM CHARLES

Miryam Charles is a Haitian-born director, producer, and cinematographer living in Montreal. She has produced several short and feature-length fiction films. Her films have been screened at various festivals in Quebec and internationally. Her first feature film, This House, was presented at the Berlinale and the AFI Film Festival, and was included in the TIFF Top 10 in 2022. She also debuted the short film At Dusk at the Locarno Film Festival. Her work has been presented at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, the Everson Museum, and the Palais de Tokyo.