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Camera, film stock, videotape, computer, projector—these are usually the tools an artist uses to achieve creative goals. She learns to master them, to control them, in order to tame the reality she records with them. The subject uses these objects to express himself. And so does the urban space in which we work. At best, it is a backdrop for our lives; at worst, a malleable mass for reshaping our environment according to our will. But how can the vibrant matter around us speak and participate in the message of who we are and where we are? This workshop will offer a collective filmmaking project that will serve as an imprint of a shared journey through the city to the park and back. We will invite artifacts, both plant and non-plant materials to contribute to the work. Following Jane Bennett’s ideas, we will dilute the subjectivity of decision-making process and will allow uncontrollable factors to enter into it: the effects of the „urban minestrone“ we will develop the film with, old technology, expired material. Following the current movement in alternative photography and filmmaking that emphasizes upcycling, recycling, and the use of plant materials, we will expand the creative collective to include non-human artists with whom we will create an experimental film accompanied by automated music. This will be screened in the evening. The workshop includes a journey through the city to the park and back, recruiting non-human coauthors, filming with half-centuryold Super 8 cameras on expired negative material, and developing the footage. A discussion and other hand-made film inspired workshop activities will be included.