Originally pioneered by Jean-Pierre Sudre in the 1960s as a subversive alternative to traditional still photography, Mordençage has been reimagined for the 16mm format. Mordençage is a bleach-etch process that destabilizes the very structure of the film. By chemically attacking the silver-rich areas of the emulsion, Mordençage allows the filmmaker to physically lift, reshape, and drape veiled images back onto the base.

Balagan Films and AgX are pleased to welcome Vancouver-based filmmaker, Lindsay McIntyre for a program of nine short films.  Over the past two decades, McIntyre has produced over 45 films, mostly on 16mm, with a practice firmly rooted in community and indigenous cultural identity, all infused with a resolute DIY ethos and devotion to experimentation.

If a mid-winter snowstorm prevented you from getting to the Brattle’s recent screening of AgX member Raymond Rea’s retrospective presented by RPM, please join us at the AgX space for another opportunity to experience the program, which spans four decades of experimental moving image.

In this member skillshare led by Kathryn Ramey and Alison Folland, AgX members will learn about how to hand process color negative film using C-41 chemistry.

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

In this member skillshare co-facilitated by Stefan Grabowski and Fran Dintino, AgX members will learn about how to use the AgX animation stand with film and/or with video using Dragonframe.

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join the AgX Film Collective during Waltham Mills Open Studios for an after hours screening program of recent works by AgX members, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

The AgX Film Collective and the Lucy Parsons Center co-present a screening of Chicago-based artist and filmmaker M. Woods’ feature film BODY PROP as part of a multi-city screening tour this spring. Following the screening will be an in-person discussion with the filmmaker. 

AgX is pleased to welcome Mexico City-based filmmaker Annalisa D. Quagliata Blanco (a member of our sister organization, LEC) to present her new feature film, ¡Aoquic iez in Mexico! ¡Ya México no existirá más! Mexico will no longer exist! (2024). This screening will take place in the main theater of the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, with an introduction by Saul Levine. A Q&A with the filmmaker will follow.

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

This workshop will explore alternative (eco/kitchen-sink) processing techniques on black and white film. There are a variety of recipes that yield excellent results. Film developing is never completely environmentally friendly, but you can minimize the risk to yourself and the environment significantly by processing your film with the recipes that we will teach in this class. We will teach both negative and reversal processing with chemicals easily accessible to the average person. 

From the personal to the necropolitical, the artists in this program grapple with their own position as witnesses and the camera apparatus, the emulsion on the celluloid film strip, subtitles, video and audio signals as fickle and elusive, yet powerful, forms of evidence, while simultaneously embracing the relationship between sensing and making sense.

This single six-hour workshop, geared toward individuals with little or no experience shooting film, will focus on 16mm production basics using Bolex H16 Reflex cameras.

Join the AgX Film Collective during Waltham Mills Open Studios for an after hours screening program of recent works by AgX members, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.

Karel Doing will teach the phytography technique he invented that makes it possible to create detailed chemical traces of plants directly on photographic emulsion. Participants will create their own images and see the results projected.

Join us for the next monthly general meeting for current members. Prospective members welcome too!

Join us for a rare opportunity to view a collection of works by visiting Estonian animator Ülo Pikkov in person, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker hosted by AgX member Bryan Parcival.