This lecture-style workshop is designed for all levels of media artists and filmmakers looking to learn a new and experimental method of creating visuals that can be incorporated into film, music videos, video installations and more.

In the workshop, participants will be introduced to the fundamentals of how circuit bent synthesizers (the devices that have been modified to create the effects) and their use in generating real-time glitch video effects. The workshop will cover essential topics including video formats, equipment, and signal routing techniques. Through demonstration and practical exercise, participants will gain insight into the creative process and have the opportunity to experiment directly with the tools to create their own glitch art visuals.

More about Jamie: Jamie McRae is an independent film and video artist, residing in Edmonton Alberta, whose work primarily consists of shooting on celluloid 16mm film, in addition to experimental digital and analog video formats. His work can be described as punk rock on sedatives, the decay of the human soul. Jamie's work attempts to explore the fallacy of the human soul, the underlying depression caused by a capitalist society. Since beginning working at the Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta in 2014, he found the experimental works, and nature of the society's members a large inspiration for his work. His first completed works relied heavily on bent circuit analog video synthesizers with video feedback looping.