FILM SOUP: 2 DAY WORKSHOP
Led by SARAH FULLER
DATE: 17 + 18 OCTOBER, 2026 | 12PM - 3PM
LOCATION: 413 + 414, PLATFORM darkrooms, 100 Arthur.
COST: $65 (NON-MEMBERS INCLUDES MEMBERSHIP) | $35 (MEMBERS)
What happens when you deliberately disrupt the photographic process?
Join us for a two-day hands-on workshop exploring film soup, an experimental process that uses everyday materials to chemically alter photographic film and create unpredictable colour shifts, textures, stains, and distortions.
Using lemon juice, baking soda, and C-41 chemistry, participants will experiment with chemical reactions and chance to transforming colour film, embracing unpredictability
DAY 1 — LECTURE, GATHER + SOUPING
12–3 PM
DAY 2 — DEVELOP + SCANNING TRICKS
12–3 PM
No two rolls will be the same. Film soup embraces experimentation, unpredictability, and giving up some control over the photographic image. Please come with a previously undeveloped roll of film or negatives to play with.
No previous darkroom or film-processing experience is required. Come ready to experiment.
BIOGRAPHY
Sarah Fuller is a settler-Canadian artist of Icelandic and British descent who works in photography, video and installation. She has been an artist in residence at Sointula Art Shed, Skaftfell and Ströndin Studio, Iceland, the Ós Residency in Blönduós, Iceland, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Laughing Waters in Nillumbick Shire, Australia, the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (KIAC), Yukon, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Italy, and the Association of Visual Artists (SIM), Iceland.
Sarah holds an MFA from the University of Ottawa and a BFA from Emily Carr University. Recent exhibitions include Submersed Landscapes at Gallery 881 (2025), Remold at the C2 Centre for Craft (2024), Aesthetic Paralysis at Deluge Contemporary (online) (2024), and Redesigning Paradise at the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies with artists Mary Anne Barkhouse, Dianne Bos and Penelope Stewart (2023).
Sarah’s work is in public and private collections including the Canada Council for the Arts Art Bank, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Walter Phillips Gallery, the Indie Photobook Library and Global Affairs Canada.