Junior Workshops

How does a blossom look through a lens?
How can I draw with light?
How do I feel in front of the camera, and behind it?

In two- to four-day workshops, young participants between 8 and 13 take a playful approach to different artistic questions, schooling the photographic eye of those taking part. Participants learn new techniques and let their own creativity flourish.

Current Junior Workshops
Impressions and Results
Beam me up © Iris Janke
Beam me up © Iris Janke
Beam me up © Iris Janke
Beam me up © Iris Janke
Beam me up © Iris Janke
Beam me up © Iris Janke

Beam me up

Where are we headed?

Young artists embark on an imaginary voyage, making and photographing collages. They then photograph projections of the collages and become part of the work they themselves have created.

 

Dark Room of Wonders

Photographing without a camera

With a wave of a wand, shapes and objects appear on the treated photopaper. The participants’ images appear on paper as if by magic through the careful use of light from the enlarger and a dip in the developer bath.

Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Dunkelkammer-Wunderkammer © Frauke Menzinger
Fruitylicious © Isabel Sebeikat
Fruitylicious © Isabel Sebeikat
Fruitylicious © Isabel Sebeikat
Fruitylicious © Isabel Sebeikat
Fruitylicious © Isabel Sebeikat

Fruitylicious

Good enough to eat!

Can you imagine a hat made from spaghetti, earrings created from parsley, or a necklace fashioned out of radishes? Young participants choose which ingredients and food to use in a photoshoot.

Remake

What makes a good photograph?

After taking a look at Linda McCartney’s photographs, young participants examine the composition and contents of Polaroids and finish by recreating their favorite image. Before—after!

Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Remake © Alina Simmelbauer
Trickfilm © Caspers/Rosborough
Trickfilm © Caspers/Rosborough
Trickfilm © Caspers/Rosborough
Trickfilm © Caspers/Rosborough
Trickfilm © Caspers/Rosborough
Trickfilm © Caspers/Rosborough
Trickfilm © Gabriel Menzinger

Animated Films

And it does move!

Kneading, arranging, drawing—nonstop experimentation is the motto of this workshop for anyone who wants to set things in motion and try out different animation techniques. Here, participants bring their own figures to life in custom-made environments.

Goe Blue

Experimenting with Cyanotypes

Discover this nineteenth-century photo printing technique. Photo prints, photograms, and many other experimental works can be made using only light-sensitive liquid, sunlight, paper, and water.

Blaumachen © Karoline Schneider
Blaumachen © Karoline Schneider
Blaumachen © Karoline Schneider
Blaumachen © Karoline Schneider
Blaumachen © Karoline Schneider
Blaumachen © Karoline Schneider
Online Workshop
Scherenschnitt Figuren auf weißem Hintergrund
Moving Shadows © C/O Berlin Foundation, Jan Caspers
Moving Shadows

An invitation to dream and do is offered by Jan Caspers' online workshop video, which, in addition to the activity box, introduces us to the world of silhouette animation and lets us follow in the footsteps of Lotte Reiniger.

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Online Workshop
Trickfilm © Caspers/Rosborough
Goodbye Boredom!

With the Online Workshop Goodbye Boredom! developed by animation master Jan Caspers you can say goodbye to boredom.
It takes you in just three steps to create your own short animated film—using only things that can be found in almost every household: paper, scissors, adhesive tape, and a smartphone are the tools needed for your home film studio. No previous knowledge is required.

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