Daniel Shea


DANIEL SHEA:
DOWN, UP & AROUND;
PAGES, SCREENS & WALLS

DANIEL SHEA: “DOWN, UP & AROUND; PAGES, SCREENS & WALLS”
AUGUST 14-18, 2023, BOWEN ISLAND, BC

Through a series of presentations, readings, discussions and working studio sessions, this workshop will engage with processes, strategies and philosophies of editing photographic works for books and exhibitions.

Conventionally, photographers edit a sequence of images, organize the sequence into a book, and make a further selection to be printed and framed on the wall. This workshop asks these conventions to be turned over and more precisely considered. What prompts can you establish to understand the physical shapes your photographs may take? What does it mean to be more rigorously playful and expansive with these shapes?

Workshop participants will be expected to come with a developed project or collection of images/works. We will begin by looking and responding to the work and seeking to understand how it might best be dynamically presented; in book form? On the wall? Installed? Digitally-projected? On Instagram?

From there, participants will be encouraged to consider how exhibitions and books are distinct contexts that produce different, but often intersecting versions of one’s work. We will then experiment with moving back and forth between different collected sequences, most prominently in book and exhibition form.

Schedule: Meets in-person on Bowen Island at FotoFilmic on Monday August 14, Tuesday August 15, Wednesday August 16, Thursday August 17 & Friday August 18 from 9am to 5pm and online over 2 follow-up sessions: Monday, August 28 (1:1 individual meetings, 30 minutes per participant) + Sunday September 17 (4-hour group session)

This program is limited to 10 participants.

All images © Daniel Shea

ABOUT DANIEL SHEA: 

 

Daniel Shea is an artist based in New York City. Recent monographs include 43-35 10th Street, Kodoji Press (2018) and Ex Nihilo, In Other Words Press (2019). He has exhibited internationally including at The Pavilion of the United States during the Venice Biennale of Architecture, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, and The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. He has been a resident artist at Light Work, Syracuse. His photographs have appeared in The New Yorker, Frieze and Fantastic Man.

@danielpshea
http://www.danielpshea.com/

ABOUT BOWEN ISLAND

Nestled in spectacular Howe Sound, North America’s southernmost fjord surrounded by towering peaks that rise straight out of the sea, Bowen Island (Nexwlélexwm is its native Squamish name) has been Vancouver’s paradisiac getaway since the 1900s. This enchanted island is known for its exceptional serenity, centennial parks, artistic culture, and laid-back country living a short 20-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver.

FotoFilmic has called Bowen Island home since 2015, and currently hosts all its in-person mentoring programs there at the FotoFilmic space conveniently located in Artisan Square. The large 1600+ sq ft venue is set up to accommodate a wide range of hands-on artistic activities and lab type experimentations, while also acting as a photography gallery. The island’s lush natural settings yearlong, its small and relaxed coastal town feel and few amenities all combine to offer an immersive, inspiring and nurturing retreat experience unlike any other.

FotoFilmic acknowledges, with gratitude, that the land on which it operates is the unceded and ancestral territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) Nation.

 

DETAILS & FAQ

TUITION & APPLICATION DEADLINES

GENERAL APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Friday, June 30, 2023

TUITION *
Regular: $1695 USD
Past Attendee: $1395 USD

* subject to 5% GST (Good and Services Provincial Tax)

[ Early-Bird and scholarship applications are closed (Nov.21, 2022) ]

DEPOSITS & PAYMENT PLANS

REGISTRATION DEPOSITS
Applicants selected to register must confirm their participation by sending either a $845 USD tuition deposit, or a full Regular or Past Attendee tuition payment.

If choosing to send a registration deposit, the remaining tuition balance will then come due in full by Wednesday, June 14, 2023.

PAYMENT PLANS
If interested in a payment plan, requests must be made by Friday, April 14, 2023 to Bastien at bastien@fotofilmic.com. Payment plans are cost free, and schedules can include 3 to 5 terms max. Please also note that all payment plan payments remain non-refundable.

TRAVELING TO BOWEN, SCHEDULE & LOCATION + ACCOMMODATIONS

Flights, local transportation, accommodations and meals are not included in the registration fees. A detailed information packet will be sent to confirmed participants to help coordinate their stay on Bowen Island, inclusive of on-island accommodations options (single or shared), local transportation directions, a list of restaurants and other amenities available, and general island life tips.

Schedule
In-person workshop: meets at FotoFilmic on Bowen Island on Monday August 14, Tuesday August 15, Wednesday August 16, Thursday August 17 and Friday August 18 from 9am to 5pm (hours subject to change).
Online follow up sessions:  Monday, August 28 (1:1 individual meetings, 30 minutes per participant) + Sunday September 17 (4-hour group session)

Location
FotoFilmic Space
103-555 Prometheus Pl
Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G2

APPLICATION PROCESS

Applications to register are free (no fee to apply). Enrolment will be limited to just 10 participants. Photographers from all educational backgrounds and at all career stages are welcome to apply (film & digital). A portfolio of 10-20 images focused on past and/or ongoing projects must be submitted as a prerequisite for consideration (please include images from no more than 2 different series/projects).

Applications are reviewed on a weekly basis, with regular email communication from reception to final decision. The entire review and acceptance process usually takes 8-12 days from the day your application is received.

CANCELLATIONS & WITHDRAWALS

The deadline to withdraw your participation and request a refund is Sunday, May 14, 2023. Please note a $500 USD cancelation fee remains applicable. Cancelation and refund requests received after May 14 will not be accepted.

In the event the program was not meeting minimum enrolment, or needed to be canceled for any reason, paid tuition will be refunded in full without any cancelation fee. Please also note FotoFilmic cannot be held responsible for any traveling expense refunds if the program gets canceled: purchasing travel insurance is therefore highly recommended.

QUESTIONS/CONTACT

For any questions or inquiries, please contact FotoFilmic Co-Director Bastien Desfriches Doria directly at bastien@fotofilmic.com

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