Experimental film photography workshop

Embrace the element of chance in this film photography workshop with contemporary artist Kate van der Drift. Over this 3-hour workshop, you will learn stylistic and technical skills in 35mm film camera technologies, including exposure, shutter and other key camera functions. Kate will explore how artists employ analogue techniques to inform their practices, encouraging participants to consider the creative potential and magic of working with film by trying experimental technical approaches, working towards unknown outcomes.

This workshop is best suited to photographers with a basic understanding of how to operate a film camera.

Please bring your own analogue camera and a roll of film. Refreshments and kai provided.

Born in Kirikiriroa / Hamilton, in 1985, van der Drift studied at the University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 2022. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Pah Homestead called Listening to a Wet Land (2023) comprising video work and a series of river exposures and Waning Gibbous to Waxing Gibbous (2023) at Jhana Millers Gallery in Wellington. Kate won the highly commended prize in the 2024 Molly Morpeth Canaday Award, she won the Uxbridge Malcolm Smith Gallery Art and Ecology Award in 2020 and the Stoneleigh New Zealand Artist Grant to make new work for the Melbourne Art Fair in 2018. In 2022 Kate worked with a small group of artists to self-publish a collaborative book of art essays called From Things Flow following a group exhibition at RM Gallery in 2021. Kate is represented by Sanderson Contemporary and lives between Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland and Whāingaroa / Raglan.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Gus Fisher Gallery, 74 Shortland Street, Auckland, New Zealand