Matariki Solargraph Workshop
Join us for a special Matariki workshop where you'll make your own solargraph cameras using drink cans and light-sensitive photographic paper.
A solargraph is a long-exposure image that captures the path of the sun across the sky over days, weeks, or even months. Using a simple pinhole camera, you'll record the shifting arc of the sun as it rises and sets—revealing time in motion, etched in light.
Matariki marks the Māori New Year—a time for reflection, remembrance, and renewal. It invites us to pause, honour those who’ve passed, look to the future, and celebrate new beginnings. It’s the perfect moment to reflect on the cycles of light, time, and life.
This is a process of pure experimentation. You won’t know exactly what you’ve captured until you open your camera months later. Expect surprises, imperfections, and moments of magic.
Bring a container: an empty drink can, clean paint tin, or anything round, square, or oddly shaped that can be turned into a camera and made weathertight. The more curious the shape, the more curious the result. We will supply the photo paper, tape, and everything else you need.
All ages welcome. No experience needed.
A solargraph is a long-exposure image that captures the path of the sun across the sky over days, weeks, or even months. Using a simple pinhole camera, you'll record the shifting arc of the sun as it rises and sets—revealing time in motion, etched in light.
Matariki marks the Māori New Year—a time for reflection, remembrance, and renewal. It invites us to pause, honour those who’ve passed, look to the future, and celebrate new beginnings. It’s the perfect moment to reflect on the cycles of light, time, and life.
This is a process of pure experimentation. You won’t know exactly what you’ve captured until you open your camera months later. Expect surprises, imperfections, and moments of magic.
Bring a container: an empty drink can, clean paint tin, or anything round, square, or oddly shaped that can be turned into a camera and made weathertight. The more curious the shape, the more curious the result. We will supply the photo paper, tape, and everything else you need.
All ages welcome. No experience needed.
Photosynthesis, 400 St Asaph Street, Phillipstown
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