POP UP workshops

Cette année encore, Contretype propose de clôturer sa programmation artistique avec Pop Up.
Pop Up est une manifestation multi-format, un mini festival pour enrichir et diversifier le partage de la photographie avec nos publics.
Au programme du Pop Up 2025 et pour ceux et celles qui veulent approfondir leur pratique de la photo, Contretype invite Hélène Petite, Nick Verhaeghe et Federico Clavarino à chacun.e animer un workshop.
INSCRIPTION & PAIEMENT OBLIGATOIRE POUR PARTICIPER AUX WORKSHOPS.

Once again this year, Contretype is wrapping up its artistic program with Pop Up.
Pop Up is a multi-format event — a mini-festival designed to enrich and diversify the ways we share photography with our audiences.
As part of Pop Up 2025, and for those wishing to deepen their photographic practice, Contretype invites Hélène Petite, Nick Verhaeghe, and Federico Clavarino to each lead a workshop.
REGISTRATION & PAYMENT REQUIRED TO ATTEND WORKSHOPS.

Hélène PETITE
www.helenepetite.be

Samedi 22/11 10h – 18h
Dimanche 23/11 10h – 18h


Pensée Paysage
workshop de 2 jours - donné en français

Ce workshop propose d’explorer la question du paysage en photographie à travers une approche mêlant littérature, lecture d’images et geste artistique. À partir de sa propre pratique qui combine jeu exploratoire et expérimentation, la photographe Hélène Petite invitera les participant·e·s à relier leur démarche artistique à une réflexion conceptuelle et sensible sur le paysage, qui interroge à la fois la création des images et notre lien à l’environnement..

Public

12 participant.e.s au maximum, photographes engagé.e.s dans une pratique de style photographique, étudiants, amateurices ou photographes déjà professionnel.l.e.s. Le workshop sera donné en français.

Coût de participation

Tarif 100 €
Tarif étudiant 50 €


Matériel requis pour les participant.e.s

  • Vous serez contacté·es ultérieurement pour le matériel.

  • Hélène Petite explore les relations sensibles entre l’image, le paysage et la pensée. Sa démarche mêle photographie et réflexion philosophique pour interroger notre manière d’habiter le monde. À travers ses projets, elle cherche à rendre visible l’expérience intérieure du paysage, entre observation et méditation.

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Nick VERHAEGHE
www.nickverhaeghe.be

Samedi 6/12 10h – 18h
Dimanche 7/12 10h – 18h


Organic image making and recuperation
2 days workshop - led in English

Organic materials have been used to develop photographic film throughout history. From the early discovery of anthotypes—created by emulsifying light-sensitive plant powders—to the invention of collodion dry plates, Nick Verhaeghe has long been inspired to look deeper into the world around him to enhance his photographic practice.

In this workshop, Nick Verhaeghe will introduce participants to one of the most well-known methods of plant-based development.
You will take your own photographs during a photowalk in the neighborhood, create your own coffee-based developer, and use it to process your film rolls. The session will also include a discussion about the possibilities and limitations of working with organic materials in photography..

Public

Maximum 12 participants — photography students and amateur photographers.The workshop will be conducted in English.

Participation fee

Price 100 €
Student rate 50 €


Materials required for participants

  • Your film camera

  • You can bring your own rolls, but they need to be black and white film, ISO 100–400. No color or slide (dia) film, since those require different development times.

  • Nick Verhaeghe continuously explores the intersections between memory, time, and the organic world. His photographic development practice is defined by the use of natural and medicinal materials. By doing so, he relinquishes full control over the final image, allowing natural processes to intervene and shape the outcome. The materials he uses are not mere tools but active participants in the creation of each piece.

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Federico CLAVARINO
www.federicoclavarino.be

Friday 12/12 17h – 20h
Saturday 13/14 10h – 18h
Sunday 14/12 10h – 18h


Ballgame
2 and a half days workshop - led in English

Starting from an introduction to his own practice, Federico Clavarino proposes to turn this workshop into a true laboratory, where shifting our initial relationship to reality will open up possibilities for new encounters, unexpected associations, and, consequently, the creation of new images. Ideas, objects, and subjects collected at the Jeu de Balle market will serve as the basis for free, responsive, and inventive experiments. The workshop will conclude with a public presentation at the end of the Pop Up, on Sunday, December 14..

Public

Maximum 12 participants — photography students and amateur photographers. The workshop will be conducted in English.

Participation fee

Price 100 €
Student rate 50 €

Materials required for participants

  • You’ll be later informed regarding the materials.

  • Federico Clavarino’s work lies between fiction and documentary, combining visual and narrative fragments to question memory, history, and structures of power. His photography, both conceptual and poetic, constructs open-ended narratives in which the image becomes an autonomous language. Through this approach, he explores how images shape our perception of reality and time.

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