NUIT BLANCHE: Risograph Animation // Artist Talk (Hybrid) + Printing (In-Person) with Zine Hug

Join us in-person or online for a night all about Risograph animation with Seattle-based publishing project Zine Hug and animator Alex Barsky.

Date: Saturday September 26, 2026
Doors Open: 6 PM
Artist Talk (hybrid): 7-8 PM, hybrid (in-person and online via Zoom)
Risograph Animation Printing (in-person): 8-11 PM
Location: Possible Worlds (2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa)
Entry: Register to secure your spot or receive the online link. Pay-what-you-can (PWYC).

DESCRIPTION
For Nuit Blanche Ottawa 2026, Possible Worlds is pleased to welcome Seattle-based animator Alex Barsky, co-founder of publishing project Zine Hug, for a night of Riso Animation! 

Alex will give a talk on her practice as an animator, to co-founding Zine Hug as a micropress, to their work as an educator. Visitors will then be invited to experiment with the Risograph printer by pushing its capabilities into the realm of animation.  Alex will show participants how to create analog animations using physical materials and the printer's scan bed. All materials will be provided. For all creative levels.

Possible Worlds will be open at 6PM before the artist talk and during the drop-in session for those who want to visit the studio and shop.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Alex Barsky is an artist living in Seattle, WA. Her award-winning animated short films The Alligator and Train Man are about frustrated and weary people who have run out of luck. They have screened around the world at festivals like SXSW, Animex, and Animation Block Party. She is the co-founder of Zine Hug, a micropress that publishes comics and animation using a risograph printer. Alex is currently an associate professor at Seattle University and the director of their animation program.