A House Divided: Cut & Fold Techniques for Domestic Spaces

Artist Jessica Thalmann will lead a workshop with participants interested in alternative photographic practices and the creative potential in manipulating photographs of domestic interior spaces and residential architecture. This workshop is suitable for photographers, collage, installation and sculpture artists wishing to explore the boundaries between these mediums. Thalmann will present a lecture on her work and other artists exploring the home including Gordon Matta-Clark, Do Ho Suh, Ryan Oskin, Daniel Gordon etc... They will then guide participants through the creation of a small work of art using their own imagery. Techniques covered in a hands-on manner include: paper folding techniques, rubbing, precise cutting, excising and lifting and other destructive techniques. The class will culminate in a final critique where participants will learn to critically examine their peers alongside their own work.

Participants will need the following supplies:
Ruler, scissors, cutting matte, Exacto knife and blades, masking tape, bone folder, pencil, small stack of copy paper 8.5 x 11 inches, 5 – 10 photographs artists would like to work, photographs of the home, either interiors or exteriors are encouraged. Can be digital or darkroom prints or magazine cutouts.