Schlagwort: Bochum

Bochum Kunstmuseum Kids Workshop

I’ve never run a workshop for such young children (aged between 7 and 10) before … but I have to say: it’s great fun! Most of them were accompanied by a parent … and together we walked to the park, collected flowers and other plants, performed some impromptu dances and had a brilliant time! The kids were very curious and weren’t at all shy about experimenting with the camera, even though they’d never seen one before in their lives!

Old Ladies Filming

I’ve just come back from a short trip to Bochum, a city in the Ruhr region with a wonderful art museum, which had invited me to make a film together with elderly ladies from the care home! All as part of an exhibition marking the 150th anniversary of Bochum’s Stadtpark / City Park!

It was exhausting but brilliant. We had little time (they get tired quickly) and the weather was absolutely dreadful: cold and rainy. Nevertheless, the ladies were lovely; they were really keen to do something out of the ordinary, put on their hoods and hats, and came out with us to the nearby park.

They were curious; some of them remembered Super 8 from the past, but it was more a case of “My husband always used to do that!”, so the barrier to trying it themselves was quite high – an old, vague fear of not doing something properly came to the surface.
But my two wonderful colleagues, Chiaki and Olivia, and I are masters at dispelling fears, and we eventually convinced them that you can simply pick up a camera and try something new. And it’s fun!

We filmed two film cassettes (black & white Kodak TriX film) and, on the second day of the workshop, developed them with fruit and magnolia blossom soup that we’d chopped and cooked together! Deliciously fragrant fun! And a powerful developer!

And: the films turned out well: lots of cool and beautiful scenes. Now they’re being digitised and I’ll finish the film. Plus sound. Exhibition opening: 24 April!