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ONLINE | PRERECORDED | BIMONTHLY

Experimental Techniques: Exploring

Duration

2 months

Starting Date

October 1st

Price

50€

During this eight-session course, you will discover everything you need to get started in the world of experimental photography. Beginning with an understanding of the photosensitivity of materials, we will explore its most well-known techniques guided by respected international artists. This theoretical-practical course is designed for all enthusiasts or professionals who want to delve into experimentation and understand its diversity and fundamentals. It is structured as a constructive journey that students can progress through week by week using the pre-recorded materials we provide, without ever feeling alone, as they can rely on the artists to clarify technical doubts and use our chat to support them in their learning process.

Techniques

Creative Photography • Cyanotype • Multiple Exposure Film Swap • Film Soup • Redscale • Chemigrams • Pinhole Photography • Solarigraphy

Content

8 Sessions • 10 Techniques • 7 Workshops • 2 Meetings 14 Conferences • 1 Chat for sharing materials and resolving doubts

Program ↓

LIVE ICON

OCTOBER 1 | LIVE | ONLINE | 17-19hs (Spain)

Ágora Presentation Meeting

Experimental Photography: Concepts, Debates, and Techniques with Pablo Giori
Conferences:

• A Social History of Experimentation: Science, Analog, Digital, and Starting Over with Pablo Giori
• Reconceptualizing Institutional Structures: Women's Perspectives with Dale Rio, Naroa Pérez, Susan Patrice and Anne Eder
• Body and feminism in the visual arts with Nadia Bautista, Ana Harff and Cairo Elio
• Painting Is Dead, They Said: Analog Photography in Context by Bridget Conn
•History of Experimental Photography by Marc Lenot

OCTOBER 6

Creative Techniques

Worshop: Creative EXP. Creative photography workshop with SIBUX
Conference: Learning to look: creativity and divergent thinking with Ana Becerra

OCTOBER 13

Multiple Exposure and Film Swap

Workshop: Chance to power! Double exposure, portraits and film swap with Pablo Giori and Laura Ligari
Conferences:
• Multiple Exposure with Lena Storjohann and Kasia Kozinska
• Experimental multiperspective: relative space and cyclical time with Ernesto Mendoza

OCTOBER 20

Pinhole and Solarigraphy

Workshop: Pinhole and Beyond with Heather Palecek
Conferences: 

• Pinhole photography and solarigraphy with Carlos Erices, Javier Piñana y Jordi Bofill
• Pinhole Photography with Diane Bos, Justin Quinnell and Heather Palecek
LIVE ICON

OCTOBER 22 | LIVE | ONLINE | 17-19hs (Spain)

Ágora Monthly Community Meeting

OCTOBER 27

Film Soup

Workshop: Film Soup: Magical Potion Cooking Class with Juliana Gagné
Conference:
No Good Dirty Negatives with Kelly Perletti
The Aesthetics of Expired Film with Vera and Patrice Baunov

NOVEMBER 3

Cyanotype

Workshops:
Cyanotype Basics with Sara Poer
Cyanotype: Space and Time as Photographic Negatives with Virginia Dal Magro
Conference: Modern Cyanotype with Annette Golaz, Virginia Dal Magro and Fruma Markowiiz

NOVEMBER 10

Chemigrams

Workshop: Homemade chemigrams! Playing with photosensitivity at home with Irina Chernikova
Conference: Cameraless photography with George Roast, Irina Chernikova and Sophie Sherwood
LIVE ICON

NOVEMBER 12 | LIVE | ONLINE | 17-19hs (Spain)

Closing of Ágora Meeting

Presentations of student work, viewing of references and dynamics with questions.
Designed for: People who want to get started in the world of experimental photography.
Admission Requirements: No previous knowledge required.
Goals:

To provide a comprehensive understanding of experimental photography and its techniques, enabling students to communicate projects with strong conceptual content through visual language.

Price: 50 euros.
Duration:

34 hours of classes. Each student manages their own time. The meetings have scheduled times, but it is not mandatory to participate live; students can watch the recorded videos later.

Approximate time dedicated weekly: 3-5 hours.
Modality: Pre-recorded online with 2 live meetings
Language: English with videos in Spanish and subtitles in English.
Starting Dates: september 2025.
What’s included:

• Unlimited lifetime access to all content from live and pre-recorded classes (workshops, lectures, and downloadable additional materials). • Be a member of the Ágora Community: participate for free in our monthly Online Meetings (October 1st, October 22nd, November 12th, December 3rd, January 21st, February 4th, February 25th, March 18th, April 8th, April 29th, and May 20th) and showcase your work on our social media platforms. • Access the exclusive Ágora Community WhatsApp group with special discounts, direct contact with the instructors and the Ágora team, monthly updates, and exclusive content.

Required Materials:

In each class, the necessary materials are explained. The materials you need will be explained in each class. We recommend watching the class first and then deciding what materials you want to buy. With this link, you can see where to buy the materials in many cities around the world.

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