Reducing affect

Reducing Affect is a 2.5-hour workshop — led by artist and academic James Paul to accompany their exhibition ORDER(chaos) currently on show at Shivers Gallery. James will take you through concepts and methods of phenomenal reduction, an emerging genre of creative expression — inclusive of design, music composition, visual art, UI & UX, etc.

Together, you will unpack embodied cognition — alongside an exploratory look at colour theory (as affect as opposed to colour science). A discussion on phenomenal reduction, comparing works by Hilma af Klint, Bernard Parmegiani, and Tarocchi, exploring how artists translate inner experience into form.

After a short break, a shift from theory to making — deconstructing and reconstructing Chaos, an 11-second audiovisual loop from the ORDER(chaos) exhibition. Participants will create “exploded-view” storyboards to explore how to make digital works feel alive through colour blending, layering, and sequencing.

Perfect for artists, designers, and experimental thinkers interested in the relationship between feeling, material, and motion.

Bring a notebook and coloured pens; After Effects users can bring a laptop to follow along.

🗓 Date: Nov 9
🕒 Time: 3–5:30pm
📍 Shivers Gallery, Brunswick