ONLINE | PRE-RECORDED
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES: PROFESSIONAL
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO EXPLORE?
A 2-month course to take your experimental practice further, combining processes, materials, image intervention, ecological photography, digital art, experimental film and new ways of working with light, archive and movement.
This course is part of the first module of the Diploma, but it can also be taken independently. It is ideal for those who already have experience with experimental techniques and want to move towards more personal, hybrid, and complex processes.
TECHNIQUES
· Photo Transfer
· Mordançage
· Tricolor Cyanotype
· Phytograms
• Metallic Photo Screen Printing
• Advanced Chemigrams
• Photobooks and Exhibitions
START DATES
· October 7, 2026
· December 2, 2026
· February 3, 2027
· April 7, 2027
DURATION
2 months
PRICE
€125
MODE
Pre-recorded online sessions + live meetings
LEVEL
Advanced
CONTENT
· 8 sessions
· 9 techniques
· 11 workshops
· 3 live matches
· 23 conferences
· Online community for sharing processes, materials, and questions
COURSE CALENDAR
The course is offered four times during the academic year. Each session follows the same pedagogical approach and combines pre-recorded classes with live sessions. The recorded classes can be viewed at your own pace and remain available with unlimited access.
Live match schedules:
WEDNESDAYS FROM 5:00 PM TO 7:00 PM (SPAIN TIME) IN ENGLISH
WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM TO 9:00 PM (SPAIN TIME) IN SPANISH
CHOOSE THE EDITION THAT BEST SUITS YOUR CALENDAR.
NEXT EDITION / REGISTRATION OPEN
07/10
Experimental Photography: Concepts, Debates, and Techniques with Pablo Giori Conferences: #Borradas, History of Photography with Elena González Torres. Wad-ras, Invisible Women with Marta Fàbregas and Carol Priego's Amares Azielos. Experimental Photography, Gender, and Queerness with Sophie Sherwood, Naroa Pérez, Cendre, and Stéphanie Probst. Platforms for Change: Photography and Gender Perspective with Femgrafía, Fotógrafas LATAM, Feem, and Foto Feminas. 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. Mestizo Narratives: Art as a Decolonizing Medium with Marystela Camacho and Vilena Figueira. Experimental 2026 Exhibitions: Artists, Spaces, and Experimental Practices Exhibition Presentations with Rocío Bueno, Yinna Higuera, Lluís Estopiñan, Laura Brinkmann, Maria Solaguren-Beascoa Negre, Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ogarrio, Luis Macias, Kümei Kirschmann, and Carlos del Rio. Windows to the Real with Katia Motylova-Babinska, Tania Bakum, Marcus de Sieno, and Elizabeth Pimentel.
12/10
PHOTO TRANSFER
Workshop: Photo Transfer in Different Media with Carola Etche Conferences: Photograph as Object: when Medium Matters with Bridget Conn, Simone Rojas-Pick, Ella Morton, Lynn Bierbaum and Michael Kirchoff The Support is the Message: Printing on Alternative Materials with Francesco Amorosino, Emily Swift, Flora Fanzutti and Carola Etche
19/10
INTERVENED PHOTOGRAPH II: MORDANÇAGE
Workshops: Introduction to Mordançage: Black and White Prints with Ella Morton Conference: Fragility and Volatility: Experimental Processes in Extreme Landscapes with Ella Morton and Dale Rio
26/10
ECOLOGICAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY
Workshops: Tricolor Cyanotype with Maria Solaguren-Basco Phytograms with Anne Eder Conferences: Sustainable Photography - Making it Easier to Make the Right Choices with Henri Blommers, Malin Fabbri and Anne Ede Faces that Disappear - A Sustainable Photographic Process with Wendel Alves de Medeiro Climate Crisis and Non-Human Photography: Creating with the Environment with Cendre, Ella Morton and Isabelle Gagné
02/11
Monthly Agora Community Meeting (Live)
09/11
ADVANCED PRINTING: METALLIC SCREEN PRINTING
Workshops: Metallic Photo Screen Printing with Juan Rodriguez Ogarrio Metallic Photo Screen Printing and Chrysotype: Printing in Gold with Christina Z. Anderson Lectures: The Images of Ink with Carles Mitjà Searching for the Impossible: Approaches to the Origin of Photography Through its Original Texts with Rebecca Mutell and Martí Llorens
PHOTO BOOKS AND EXHIBITIONS
16/11
Workshops: Experimenting with Photobooks/Photozines with Stéphanie Probst Experimental Exhibitions: Image to Object to Installation with Bridget Conn Webinar: New Visual Explorations with Julián Barón and Marta Fàbregas Conferences: Narrative and Message in Historical and Contemporary Photo Artists’ Books with Fruma Markowitz and Catalina de la Cru Artist's Photochemical Books with Catalina De la Cru Experimentation and Feminism with Chiara Bruni, Mont Carver, Jevgenija Frolova, Jana & Elisabeth Kiesser and Stéphanie Probs Exhibitions Experimental 2024 with Stefan Dinu, Emma Backer, Yuk Tsang Ng, Hilde Maassen, Joshua Curry, Anna Melnikova, Edward Levinson, Imogen Hero, Shaina Gates, Viktor Kostenko, Haluro de Clara, Constanza Solórzano, Andrea Petit and Laura Borona Exhibitions 2025 with Séverine Chauveau, Kevin Hoth, Kei Ito, Caroline Roberts, Agate Tūna, Ella Morton/Dale Rio, Wai-Hang Siu, Francesco Amorosino, Ralph Nevins, Pinzauti Giorgia/Paris Tommaso, Rob Macdonald, Ludovica Bastianini, Javier Talavera, Marta Fàbregas, Clara Garrido and Sofia Silva
16/11
ADVANCED CHEMOGRAM
Workshop: Creating a 1/1 Chemigram Darkroom Print with Emily Swift Lecture: Chemigrams, Crystalogram, and Soil Chromatography with GuL Cevikoglu and Stig Marlon Weston
18/11
Agora Closing Meeting
Student work presentations, viewing of reference materials, and interactive question-and-answer sessions
MORE DETAILS
ADDRESSED TO
People who already have experience with experimental photography techniques and want to develop a more solid, personal and professional practice.
REQUIREMENT
It is recommended to have completed the introductory, intermediate and advanced technique courses, or to have prior experience with experimental processes.
AIM
Delve deeper into professional techniques and learn to connect processes, materials, and formats to create projects with their own identity.
APPROXIMATE WEEKLY DEDICATION
3-5 hours.
LANGUAGE
Spanish and English videos with Spanish subtitles.
ACCESS
Unlimited and lifetime access to course content.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
pre-recorded classes, live meetings, workshops, conferences, downloadable additional materials, online community and access to the exclusive Agora Community group.
MATERIALS
Each class explains the necessary materials. We recommend watching the class first and then deciding which materials to buy.
DO YOU WANT TO START EXPERIMENTING WITH YOUR IMAGES?
You can take this course independently or add it to the complete Diploma in Experimental Photography course.