Image supplied by Tom Dale.
What happens when you take footage of a performance or an event and start to edit it?
Translation is a traitor and your friend was a two-day intensive workshop held by contemporary British artist Tom Dale.
What is lost and gained by squeezing the world into the confines of a frame or laying it down on a time-line? At first glance, it appears to be quite a straightforward process with accepted parameters, however in this workshop with renown international artist in residence Tom Dale, participants looked at what aspects of their work could be amplified, simply by considering what to exclude.
During the workshop participants focused on the importance of editing, sound design and voice. Participants had the chance to workshop their own footage while being guided by Tom and his extensive experience of film making. This workshop focused on creative solutions and ways to challenge a creative practice.
Thanks Te Whare Hēra for presenting this workshop. I strongly suggest you kidnap Tom Dale and make him teach at Massey. He was exceptional, and the [literally] overnight improvement in everyone’s work nothing short of miraculous. Pity he’s a Brit, but no ones’s perfect!
– Mike Ting, Artist
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