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This workshop, taught by Kelli Anderson will be taught at Secret RISO Club in Brooklyn. We will cover the entire process of printing a short looping animation: taking it from a video to a printed sheet, to a printed moving animation. You'll learn how to output frames, how to automate a contact sheet, how to choose color separations, and finally: how to stitch it all back together again. We will go over file setup (instruction will be led in Photoshop, but alternative tool ideas are welcome!), as well as the basic operation of the machine, changing between different color drums, and the accurate registration of multiple colors.
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We require everyone to wear a mask while at the event to help keep the space safe for all—especially our disabled and immuno-compromised community members. If you’re feeling under the weather, we kindly ask that you sit this one out.
Secret Riso Club, the venue where the event takes place, is wheelchair accessible at the main level. Restrooms are gender neutral and ADA compliant. Please note: there are stairs leading to the basement, which is not wheelchair accessible.
What to expect when making a riso animation? There are no strict rules—this is a wide-open space for experimentation. That said, here are a few tips and a video to help guide your selection:
Basic Photoshop knowledge is helpful, but no animation experience is necessary. You'll learn the process of creating animations using the risograph from scratch.
This class may be for you if you:
This class may NOT be for you if you:
Secret Riso Club is an artist-run space that fosters a creative practice at the intersection of art, design, learning, publishing, printing, activism and community building. In our practice, we work to build a platform that serves as a collaborative space for developing ideas and new projects. SRC is run in collaboration between Gonzalo Guerrero and Tara Ridgedell. Read more about them on their website.
Kelli Anderson is a design alchemist blurring the lines between design, publishing, and technology, creating interactive projects such as ,This Book Is a Camera,, which transforms into a working camera; ,This Book Is a Planetarium,, which houses paper devices, including a planetarium; and ,Alphabet in Motion,, her upcoming book about typography. Anderson’s other projects include a viral paper record player and a ,New York Times, imagining a utopian future with activist group, The Yes Men. Anderson’s design work features clients like NPR, MoMA, and Apple, while her Tinybop Human Body app changed nonverbal medical communication. An educator and artist, Anderson has taught at NYU, Parsons, Pratt, SFPC and Cooper Union, inspiring students to see design as a tool for connection and wonder. Her projects, supported by institutions like the Japan Foundation and the Exploratorium, invite us to reimagine the potential of everyday objects.
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This class is free / pay-what-you-want through the support of external funding.
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