As part of the program for the exhibition Horizons, a series of workshops were held.
Bookbinding workshop: Bind your own sketchbook by hand with Erik Viklund
Saturday 29 April at 13-15
Free entrance. Limited number of seats. Pre-registration is done to maline.casta@artlabgnesta.se
We go through different binding techniques and what you can think about to get a good result with simple book binding. Then everyone chooses their paper, thread color and size and then we sit down and bind our own notebook by hand!
The workshop takes about two hours and is suitable for all ages who can thread the needle.
Monster workshop #2: Give new life to dead matter with Olle Halvars
Sunday 2 April at 12-13.30 and 14-15.30 respectively
Free entrance
Limited number of seats. Pre-registration is done to maline.casta@artlabgnesta.se
Come and give new life to dead matter through your imagination. With the help of dried plant parts and scraps of paper, we create monsters similar to Frankenstein’s creation. We will then print these as posters on the risograph. The workshop is aimed at children and young participants together with an accompanying adult. where you can create a monster together.
Olle Halvars (1985) is a visual artist based in Gnesta. His works are a melting pot of fragments and self-insights that often express themselves with a blackness mixed with humor. The works are often based on graphics and various printing techniques, but are also further developed in other practices: Painting, mural, sculpture or animation. Olle works intuitively in long (extended) processes where mistakes and side tracks become part of the works.
Monster workshop #3: Test cut out animation with Olle Halvars
Saturday 15 April, 12.00-13.45 and 14.15-16.00
Free entrance.
Limited number of seats. Pre-registration is done to maline.casta@artlabgnesta.se
Come and try cut out animation with Olle Halvars at Easter. We experiment with old riso prints and create new monsters and beasts that we bring to life through animation and create a short film. The workshop is about 1 hour and 15 minutes, then we watch the films together.
Monster workshop #4: Riso/Fanzine workshop with artist Jessica Williams! From 8 years
Saturday 6 May at 13-15
Together with the artist Jessica Williams, we create a joint print based on chance, sci-fi and the risograph.
Free entrance. Limited number of seats. Pre-registration is done to maline.casta@artlabgnesta.se
In her artistic process, Jessica Williams collects everyday objects, which are then processed and refined. Through language, aesthetic montage and tragicomics, she examines themes such as identity and man’s relationship with nature, consumption and technology.
The monster workshops is part of the project Hydran’s Wet Collection of Spells, which is run with the support of the Postcode Foundation.