WORKSHOP: PHOTOSLOP with WINSTON HACKING

In this hands-on workshop, participants will print inverted images—designed in Photoshop—onto special dissolvable paper. Using a light table, we’ll film the moment these images dissolve in water, revealing ghostly transformations beneath the surface.

Throughout the session, we’ll experiment with ways to get different distortions in the water. Finally, participants will bring their footage into Premiere, invert the images back to positive, and watch as their Photoslop illusions take shape—blending analog, liquid chaos with digital control. 

Full workshop details on giraffest.ca

About the Instructor:

Winston Hacking is known for recontextualizing found footage and photography through compositing and stop-motion animation. He has directed music videos for Flying Lotus, Andy Shauf, and Run The Jewels, with his projects featured in Found Footage Magazine, Cartoon Brew, and Vimeo Staff Picks. Hacking’s work has been showcased at festivals such as OIAF and Annecy, as well as many local and international microcinemas. Recently, he completed animations for the Paul McCartney documentary Man on the Run, directed by Morgan Neville and just finished a residency at the Toronto Animated Image Society, where was experimenting with claymation. Hacking also creates limited-edition risograph zines, including No Sweat!, Fog Nozzle, and A Dopey Photo Slop, which are distributed by Colour Code Printing.