Focusing our gaze on the frame, the minimal filmic unit, is like discovering the magic trick that generates the moving image. It allows us to realise that the soul of the kinetic image is a static image. A still shot, which, when combined with the time factor and the cadence of repetition, disappears to become an illusion of movement.

In this session we will reflect on this fact through the different audiovisual proposals that we will project: on the one hand, a series of short pieces on filmic experimentation with photographic, digital and above all analogue cameras, investigating the creative possibilities of Lomokino cameras. And in counterpoint, a video dance and an experimental piece with family archive material. We will then open a space for dialogue with the authors to reflect on the possibilities of making visible this constant nucleus within the flow of images and its consideration as a tool for creation. 

Selected pieces: Carles Araguz "Cuerpos negros" 7'28", Laura Boronat Corral "What if you go for a little walk and never return" 1'23", Abril Coudougnan Thomas "Answers (one or two) 1'36", Josep Lluís Escudero Pla "El Mistral" 4'02", Eva Lorente "Urbs" 54", Joana Matallana "Boumort" 1'50", Elisabet Prandi "P.O.L.S." 2'50", Mireia Sánchez "Boumort" 2'50", Mireia Sánchez "P.O.L.S." 2'50", Elisabet Prandi "P.O.L.S." 2'50", Mireia Sánchez "P.O.L.S." 2'50". 2'50", Mireia Sánchez "Rotten roots" 1'40" and Sara Sarrablo Asensio "Letter to my son" 8'.

By the Institut d’Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya

Carles Araguz. Trained as a photographer at the Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC) and with a PhD in Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), his artistic practice is eclectic and transdisciplinary. Interested in the world of computing and synthetic image generation, as well as in analogue and experimental photographic techniques, he understands the photographic image as a holistic process involving body, machine and matter. He has carried out participatory photography projects in the city of Barcelona and some of his work has been exhibited in international competitions such as the 18 Promenades Photographiques de Vêndome (France, 2022), in which he participates with the photographic project "Cuerpos negros". He combines his professional career as an interior design, product and architecture photographer with artistic practice and another of his passions: teaching. He currently teaches on university degrees in art and design at the Escola Massana and Elisava.

Laura Boronat Corral (Barcelona, 2003). Photography student at the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia (IEFC). Her main line of work revolves around photography, although she also explores other plastic and audiovisual disciplines. Since she was a child she has been interested in drawing and painting, and nowadays she is very passionate about analogue photography. Her first contact with experimental analogue techniques was as a volunteer at the Experimental Photo Festival, held in Barcelona.

Abril Coudougnan Thomas is a photographer and visual artist. She grew up in the village of Soler near Perpignan and moved to Barcelona to study graphic design, and later photography, at the Institut d'Estudis Fotogràfics de Catalunya (IEFC). She has worked on exciting personal and collaborative projects such as PhotoSolstice in 2022, and has exhibited the project "Espiad" at the Casal Català in Perpignan in 2023.

Josep Lluís Escudero Pla (Canet de Mar, 1958). With artistic interests from an early age, at 16 he was a pupil of the watercolourist Jaume Arenas i Clavell, and later at 18 he entered the Massana School. At the age of 23 he took up analogue colour photography, which he abandoned for a long period of time, as for work reasons he had to move to live in different parts of the Girona region. At the age of 50 he took up digital photography again, learning various editing and mastering techniques with professional photographers, and at the age of 61 he entered the IEFC to study for a degree in photography. He has worked as a reporter.

Eva Lorente. Born in Barcelona in 1972. Graduated in Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona in 1995. She then studied photography at the IEFC and obtained her degree in 2001. She has also taken a postgraduate course in cultural management at the UOC, and has a Master's degree in Interactive Museography from the UB. In 2000 she started working as a teacher at the IEFC, and currently combines teaching with coordination. Often her personal work is with pinhole cameras and analogue and/or antique techniques. She has exhibited her work in different venues such as the Revela't Festival and the Olot Photography Biennial, among others.

Joana Matallana (Badalona, 1972). Graduate in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona. Since 1996 her professional career has been linked to teaching at the IEFC. She currently teaches the subject Audiovisual Creation and the specialisation course Esperimental Analogue Cinema. She is the coordinator of the Graduate Degree in Photography. Her artistic production revolves around experimental video, photography, illustration and calligraphy. She has exhibited her work in various cities such as Barcelona, Valencia, San Juan de Puerto Rico, San Marino and Villeneuve de la Rivière (France).
https://www.iefc.cat/cursos-especialitzacio/creacio-experimentacio-audiovisual/
https://www.iefc.cat/escola/graduat-en-fotografia/

Elisabet Prandi (Barcelona, 1964). She is a filmmaker, director of photography and teacher at universities and film and photography schools. She studied photography at the IEFC and later film photography at the FEMIS in Paris. She has worked for various production companies and television stations and has produced video films, video dances and experimental visual works. Her most personal work has been shown in different museums: Museum of Modern Art in Perth, Musée des Moulages in Lyon, etc. The FLUX festival (Festival de video d'autor de Barcelona) dedicated a retrospective to him in 2015. She is a member of the board of directors of the AEC (Spanish Association of Directors of Photography) and together with a group of colleagues created the collective Directoras de fotografía.

Mireia Sánchez, Lliçà d'Amunt (Vallés Oriental). She is 21 years old. She is currently studying the second year of the Photography Degree at the IEFC. In 2023 she exhibited her project Polifonía in video format at El Proyector de Foto Colectania.

Sara Sarrablo Asensio (1997), born in Boltaña (Huesca). Graduated in Journalism at the University of Zaragoza (2019). She enrolled in the Master's Degree in Documentary Film at the Barcelona Film School (2021), from which she made her first documentary film as a film director and screenwriter, Puyuelo (2020). She has also studied Analogue and Experimental Cinema at the Institute of Photographic Studies of Catalonia (2023). She recently directed the documentary Moviendo Montañas (2024). She has been part of the production team of other ECIB projects: Documentary short film Canvi de pell (2022), by Clara García; documentary short film Pauline (2022), by Denisse Gilmore; fiction short film Menarca (2022), by Oriana Porreca; short fiction film El último macho (2022), by Jonathan Cortes; video art Le courage des oiseaux (2022), by Nicole Rochaix; short fiction film Cos (2022), by Silvia Muzzioli; short fiction film Falaris, (2022), by Marc Vidal.

Tuesdays of video 2024 builds on the proposals of: