For our SPECTRAL Device Research on Contact Printing (part 2 - prototype), we have organised a short residency where we invited Matthew McWilliams (USA) and Hrvoje Spudic (HR) to collaborate with our member Nan Wang to create a prototype and DIY building manual for a portable contact printer and an optical sound recording device. They are going to publish all the findings in the shared Filmlabs wiki, so that everyone, worldwide, can make their own 16mm contact printing portable device!
More about the residents of our Device Research Residency on Contact Printing:
Nan Wang is a multi-disciplinary media artist and experimental filmmaker who employs a poetic, abstract visual language to construct immersive installations, optical devices, live audiovisual performances, and experimental films. Nan Wang is a core member of Filmwerkplaats.
Nan is building and testing a first prototype of a DIY contact printer, using modern materials and technologies. She wanted to ensure that all the parts could be easily fabricated using components available at any hardware store, so it can be fabricated by anyone without technical knowledge and it can run on a power bank too. Nan is also progressing with her personal project: a 16mm DIY slit-scan camera, which includes a viewfinder and frame counter.