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Laura Taler Masterclass 🤝

  • Cineworks 1131 Howe Street Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2L7 Canada (map)

Laura Taler Masterclass
Tuesday November 11 | 10:00AM-1:00PM PST 

Presented in Collaboration with The Cinematheque and New Works
Location: Cineworks
Doors: 9:30AM PST

Join Laura Taler in a masterclass that traces the evolution of her practice. Bookended by her 1995 dancefilm classic the village trilogy and her genre defying 2025 new work Matryoshka Crush, this half-day class will give participants a behind-the-scenes experience of experimental, movement-based filmmaking. 

In the early 1990s, with no formal film training, Laura Taler created the village trilogy. The film was shot and edited on 16mm film following a time-honored cinematic process with storyboards, shotlists, and an articulated scenario. For her latest film, Matryoshka Crush, Taler employed cinematic structures developed over years of filmmaking that allow for both precision and improvisation. 

By using case studies of her films and video installations, Taler will lead the class through in-depth discussions about the production process, while sharing practical tools and tactics that help to communicate ideas to the collaborative team. Spatial considerations in installation and screening contexts will also be discussed. 

All artists are welcome. Performers, visual artists, dance artists, filmmakers, musicians, and anyone interested in movement, the camera, and installation. 

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About the Facilitator:

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Laura Taler
Laura Taler

Romanian-born Canadian artist Laura Taler works across a range of media including performance, film, sound, sculpture, and installation. Her work explores how memory and history are linked to movement and how the body is able to carry the past without being oppressed by it. Taler began her career as a contemporary dance choreographer before turning her attention to filmmaking and visual art. Her work has been praised for its unique combination of emotional resonance, wit, and striking visuals.  She has been a resident at the Banff Center for the Arts, Centro Cultural Recoleta (Buenos Aires), Carleton Immersive Media Studio (Ottawa), Ottawa Dance Directive, Unpack Studio (Havana) and a fellow at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (Berlin).  Awards include a Gold Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival, the Best Experimental Documentary award from Hot Docs!, Best of the Festival from New York’s Dance on Camera Festival, and SAW Gallery’s Dennis Tourbin Prize for New Performance.  Most recently, her public art audio work MONAHAN was awarded the 2024 Creative City Network of Canada’s Public Art Legacy Award.  To mark the 30th anniversary of her first film the village trilogy, screenings and master classes will take place in the 2025/26 season across Canada.

Photo by Charlotte Frank

Earlier Event: November 10
the village trilogy (1995) & Matryoshka Crush (2025)🤝
Later Event: November 12
Collisions of Commissions: Installation 🌀