Gowanus Cyanotypes with Katarina Jerinic
Event Information
Description
Important announcement as of 8/3/17:
Due to potential thunderstorms, we have postponed this event to Sunday August 6, 12-2pm.
In conjunction with her own cyanotype image flags flying over the Gowanus Canal this summer, Katarina Jerinic will teach participants in this workshop to make their own cyanotype prints related to the canal and surrounding neighborhood. Cyanotypes are a simple early photographic process, the reaction of chemistry to sunlight and water. Objects or film negatives are placed on chemically treated paper or fabric, exposed to sunlight, and then rinsed for a few minutes in ordinary water to develop the image. During the class, participants will explore the blocks and the park surrounding the ArtLab to gather ideas and objects for their cyanotype images, using the idea of a map or flag as a model. Back at the ArtLab, each participant will assemble collected objects and negatives provided by Jerinic into their own cyanotype image. Artists and non-artists of all skill levels can easily make a successful print using this process. Jerinic will also supply a list of materials and resources so that after the class, participants can continue to experiment with this inexpensive and simple process.
About the artist:
Katarina makes maps, photographs and invented navigational guides that respond to and intervene in the built environment. Recently, she's been making photographs of the surface of the Gowanus Canal, with its floating debris, mucky formations and reflections of Brooklyn skies, signs and structures. It looks cloudy, and in her upside-down cyanotype images, like a sublimely cloudy sky. Cyanotype is an early photographic process that results in a blue monochromatic image—the reaction of chemistry to sunlight and water. This process is conceptually linked to her project: it connects the canal’s polluted present to its industrial past, produces a stripped down image in the colors of idealized skies and waterways, and alludes to a historically romantic view of untouched landscapes as separate from built ones.
http://katarinajerinic.com/cloudy.htm
Meeting Location: ArtLab at Whole Foods Esplanade, SW Corner (near the water), 214 3rd St, Brooklyn 11215
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About the ArtLab:
ArtLab Gowanus is a popup structure on the Whole Foods Esplanade that hosts monthly site-specific FREE art workshops, taught by local artists.
