Collage Aesthetics: Working With Found Footage with Sue Ding
April 9 @ 6:00 pm– 8:00 pm EDT
Free – $10.00
Wednesday, April 9, 6–8 pm
Free or suggested donation. Limited capacity. Open to ages 16+
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In this special seminar with visiting artist Sue Ding (Los Angeles, CA), participants will gain a detailed understanding of different strategies for working with found footage, particularly that of popular media. The artist will show several clips from found footage works by herself and other artists, showcasing additional approaches to remixing photographic and film archival materials, followed by a 30 minute Q&A with participants. Participants will leave with a greater sense of agency with regards to media imagery and narratives, and to feel empowered to critique and refashion them in creative ways.
“Remixing allows us to critique, celebrate, deconstruct, and contextualize popular media texts, as well as to transform them into entirely new creations. In a 60-minute lecture, the artist will discuss various ways to utilize and manipulate photographic and film archival materials, demonstrating with short clips from my own films. In THE CLAUDIA KISHI CLUB, I printed and cut out book illustrations and used them as raw materials for stop-motion animation. In MAKEOVER MOVIE, I edited numerous clips together to highlight similar tropes and visual strategies across a hundred years of cinema. In THE SPECTACLE OF HER APPETITES (single-channel video), I continued this strategy of juxtaposition and repetition, adding the manipulation of sound as another mode of creative intervention. In the first two films, participants also add a layer of critique, directly commenting on film clips and book passages.”
Attendees: Squeaky Wheel is located in Suite 310 of Tri-Main Center. Take the elevator to the third floor, and head left. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Click here to see parking, transportation, and accessibility information.
This event is part of the Spring session of Squeaky Wheel’s Workspace Residency, funded in part by the National Endowment for the Visual Arts and Teiger Foundation.
Biography of the artist
Sue Ding is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Los Angeles. Her work explores race, gender, and diaspora through the lens of visual culture. In her research-based practice, she emphasizes process, form, and deep readings of both media and landscapes. Sue’s work has screened internationally at venues including SXSW, IDFA, Antimatter [Media Art], and Copenhagen Contemporary, and can be found on platforms including PBS, Netflix, and The New York Times. Sue’s interdisciplinary practice spans film, installation, and emerging media, and she consults and lectures widely on filmmaking and media arts. In 2023, she was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.”
