Sequencing for Narrative is a five-session workshop led by acclaimed artist, curator and photography educator Kristian Häggblom. This workshop will concentrate on the selection and order of images to construct narrative in photobook form.

The workshop is intended for image-makers that have the beginnings of or an almost complete themed project and series of images. Throughout the course, participants will learn about ideas associated with the recent photobook phenomenon, such as: dummy to trade version, the tyranny of (postal) distance, the mysterious world of Japanese publishing and the photobook as object. Participants will gain further insight to photobook publishing, establish a sequence for their work and generate a plan to produce a physical book.

WEEK 1 (2 hours)

Introduction to Häggblom and Admired Photobooks

In this session Häggblom will introduce some key publications from his collection that have inspired his work and informed this workshop. They will include projects that work with expanded documentary, Japanese experimental design, the relationship between image and text and recent Australian publications.

WEEK 2 (3 hours)

Sequencing Methodologies & Participant Work Introduction

Methodologies used for sequencing will be introduced in this session and these include sequencing by association, the medium is the message and a symmetrical sequence. Participants will introduce their projects and outline the theme explored in their book.

WEEK 3 (3 hours)

Sequencing Methodologies & Participant Key Images with Pillow Shots

In session three more books will be examined that relate to participant projects and aspirations. This will be followed by participants presenting Key and Pillow images with text for possible title/s, captions, colophon, etc.

WEEK 4 (2 hours)

The Photobook as Object & Experimental Production

Session four will focus on examining experimental publications while considering how the ideas presented may relate to the participant projects.  Throughout the discussion some logic will be used to outline how to actually get a book designed and printed to present to publishers, awards, etc.

WEEK 5

Participant Project Presentation

In the final session, participants will present their sequences for feedback while we consider the next steps for the project, such as: what images are missing, what form will the physical book take, where can tests be published, are there bespoke features, what text will be included, etc.

DETAILS

Dates:

All sessions take place on Wednesdays from 5:30pm (AWST).

• 7, 14, 21, 28 February, 6 March, 2024.

Cost

Members $490 / Non-Members $520

NOTE: Workshop fees are tax deductible for practising professionals.

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Location

Online

Image (above) ©  Yusuke Yamatani @ CCP curated by Haggblom, 2018 (Installation View)

ABOUT THE FACILITATOR

Kristian Häggblom’s curatorial interests are inspired by transdisciplinary art practices and new modes of documentary making. When Häggblom first moved to Japan in 1999 he co- founded/curated RoomSpace gallery in Omoide Yokocho, Shinjuku, Tokyo. While studying in Tasmania, he received an Exhibition Development Grant from CAST, to curate the cross-cultural Japanese Australian exhibition Paper Bridges which was part of Ten days on the Island festival in 2005. Since this inauguration, Häggblom has curated several large-scale exhibitions that have included the work of French photographer Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Melbourne-based sound artist Philip Samartzis and Japanese artist group Chim↑Pom. When Häggblom permanently relocated back to Australia, he co-founded and was head curator of Wallflower Photomedia Gallery that was located in Mildura, Victoria. The gallery exhibited work from all over Australia, Japan, Finland, America, Canada, Italy, Mexico, England, Poland and Germany, in addition to showcasing work in obscure non-gallery locations such as a motel and prison through Mildura Palimpsest Biennale. More recently, Häggblom curated Tsuka: an exhibition of contemporary Japanese photography at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne and is presently the Higher Education Course Director and MA Course Convener at Photography Studies College, Melbourne.