Derek Jenkins: Open Studio

May 8th – 12th, 2023

Factory Media Centre is thrilled to present a culminating residency Open Studio from Derek Jenkins, one of our 2023 &NOW Artists-in-Residence.

Artist-in-Residence Derek Jenkins is a motion picture photographer whose practice is handmade, personal, and documentary, with an interest in the reciprocal relationships between tools, materials, and ways of knowing. His new multichannel project uses a single roll of film shot in 2016 to consider form, reproduction, and desire.

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About the Artist

Derek Jenkins (Canada/USA) is a motion picture photographer born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1980. His practice is handmade, personal, and documentary, with an interest in labour, ecology, and technology—specifically the reciprocal relationships between tools, materials, and ways of knowing. He received a BA (2003) and an MA (2008) in English from the University of Arkansas, and an MFA in Documentary Media from Toronto Metropolitan University (2021). His films, including Contents (2018), The Shouting Flower (2019), Livestock (2019), and Grounders (2020), have been exhibited at festivals, museums, and galleries, including DocLisboa, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, McMaster Museum of Art, ARKIPEL – Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Antimatter Film Festival, the8fest, FRACTO Experimental Film Encounter, Photophobia, Media City Film Festival, Experiments in Cinema, Mimesis Documentary Festival, and non-syntax Experimental Image Festival, among many others. He is Executive Director of Hamilton Artists Inc., a board member at Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, and has also worked as a technician at Niagara Custom Lab. He lives and works in Hamilton, Ontario.

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About the &NOW Production Residency & Scholarship

Factory Media Centre annually hosts our &NOW Production Residency & Scholarship (PR&S) program each winter. This is a valuable opportunity for artists and creators to utilize the space and resources at FMC to produce a new work, or continue a developing body of work. Selections are based on project originality, its potential for artistic growth, and the use and integration of FMC as a production location. Click here to learn more about our &NOW Residency Program.

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About Factory Media Centre

Factory Media Centre is Hamilton’s not-for-profit artist-driven resource centre for film, video, new media, installation, sound art, and other multimedia art forms. Our mission is to develop and support a vibrant, sustainable, creative, and diverse community of Members and non-Members within Hamilton and its surrounding region.