Take your mordançage knowledge to the next level by learning how to use the process to manipulate large format colour negative film. Participants will walk around the neighbourhood and shoot with a 4x5 camera, then return to the darkroom to develop the film. Steps will be outlined to process film with C-41 chemistry using the bleach bypass method to retain silver in the emulsion. Participants will then soak our film in the mordançage solution and watch the emulsion lift, creating mesmerizing textures. Once the film is rinsed and dried, the emulsion will stick back onto the celluloid, and the negatives can be scanned and printed. Participants will discuss ways to expand on this process, such as combining mordançage with film soup techniques and experimenting with expired films. They will leave the workshop with at least one fully realized colour mordançage image.
Ella Morton (she/her) is a Canadian visual artist and filmmaker living in Tkarón:to/ Toronto. Her expedition-based practice has brought her to residencies and projects across Canada, Scandinavia, Latin America, Greenland and Antarctica. She uses experimental analogue processes to capture the sublime and fragile qualities of remote landscapes.
She has exhibited her work internationally, including shows at Lonsdale Gallery (Toronto), Foley Gallery (New York), Contemporary Calgary (Calgary), Galérie AVE (Montréal), 516 Arts (Albuquerque, NM), the Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins, CO), Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle) and Hanstholm Art Space (Denmark). Her work has been featured in a variety of publications including the NPR Picture Show, Analog Forever Magazine, Lenscratch, Lomography, PhotoEd Magazine and the British Journal of Photography. Ella has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the National Film Board of Canada and LIFT. She is a sessional photography instructor at York University.
