In May the CYAN darkroom member was invite for an artist residency at the Filmverkstaden darkroom in Vasaa, Finland. The residency was part of the Nordic Analog Network residency program the Darkroom Exchange.
She will give a presentation of her work at CYAN darkroom, before she is screening her films at the Cinemateket in Oslo on Sunday 22.nov.
Taylor Smith was invited to Filmverkstaden in Finland/Vaasa in May.
During her stay Taylor primarily worked on a new series of 16mm experimental films called Sublimations toxiques (Toxic Sublimations). This series addresses industrial extractivism and water pollution, combining a variety of sites and perspectives. Each film integrates 16mm footage, manipulated using samples from mines, toxic waste dumps, factories and polluted water bodies. She got to try out filming underwater in several polluted lakes in Vaasa and the Bothnian Bay thanks to the help of several friends of Filmverkstaden with boats. This underwater footage was developed and partially printed at Filmverkstaden. She also visited and filmed inside two nearby mines during the residency.
Filmverkstaden is a centre of knowledge, inspiration and opportunity for analogue film and photography. As an independent artist-run film and photography lab they aim to improve the opportunities for artists to work with independent audio-visual arts while raising interest for audio-visual art in general. Filmverkstaden provides working facilities, such as a fully equipped and functioning darkroom, specialised master classes and workshops, film screenings, interesting events and projects.
Taylor Alaina Libenstein Smith (b. 1993, USA-FR) is a visual artist and researcher based in Oslo. Working with photochemical film, installation, and biological media, her practice explores emotional connections to endangered ecosystems and the invisible effects of climate change through interdisciplinary collaboration.
Kunstnerpresentasjon 17.november kl 18-19
Det blir holdt en kunstnerpresentasjon hvor Taylor vil prate om sitt opphold ved FIlmverkstaden og vise hva hun arbeidet med der.
CYAN mørkerom, Trondheimsveien 32, Oslo
Nordic Analog Network is a collaboration between open darkrooms in all the Nordic countries. There are currently 10 darkrooms connected through the network and a program of artist residencies organized as an exchange program across the Nordic region.
The goal is to facilitate a sharing of contacts and experience between photographers working with analogue processes.
All together the Nordic Analog Network will be inviting 6 photographers to take part in their series of artist residencies this year.
Nordic Analog Network is supported by Nordic Culture Point and Norsk Kulturfond
