Monday, August 6, 2012

call for entries

PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED! 

this is a great opportunity to be exhibited at spring and be part of the DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL. DEADLINE EXTENDED: tuesday September 4th, 12.00PST  


spring design&art is excited to announce the opening of submissions for LIVINGarrangements 2012 photography exhibition juried by the highly esteemed gallerist Debra Klomp Ching of Klompching Gallery in New York. LIVINGarrangements 2012 will be held in the artistic Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO, where spring is located. 
Selected photographers will be included in a 2-week exhibition which coincides with the prestigious DUMBO ARTS FESTIVALSeptember 28th/ 29th/ 30th 2012 The festival attracts 200,000 visitors over three days of special exhibitions, performances and open studios.


LIVINGarrangements 2012



A second chapter in an ongoing series of interdisciplinary exhibitions showcasing professional, as well as up and coming talent in photography, LIVINGarrangements  is intended as an open platform to submit images and build a visual profile of ideas in living.
Installation of Living Arrangements at spring 2011
What are we looking for? 
An inspired interpretation of LIVING ARRANGEMENTS in one or multiple images that demonstrate a creative view and a professional approach.
What is a LIVING ARRANGEMENT? 
A still life of live flowers?
An arrangement to allow people or ideas to co-exist?



©Paul Meleschnig - untitled pool. silver gelatin print 2010
©Igor Meijer - urban. print on rag paper
©
Erica Shires
 - Jane. Pigment print on Hahnemüle Paper 


©
Pablo Gallego Picard
 - 
project1- aldea terremota (village composite)

  

©
Andrew Tingle
 - 

Sanibel- Bedspread. Digital C print

LIVINGarrangements 2012 poses an open question for who people are (or think they are) in our society and how they live in the present. The term opens discussion to political innuendo, cultural differences, social issues, and importantly, design and style.


For our first intstallment of LIVINGarrangements spring's curator Anna Cosentino invited international photographers for their interpretation of the title of the exhibition with no set assignment or medium in mind. Selected works included projects as diverse as Pablo Gallego-Picard’s Architectural essay Aldea terramota which reviews the relationship between house and owner, builder and construction and recreates a new landscape, a composite of ‘ugly architecture’; Erica Shires’ intimate portraits of living moments; Sarah Lynch’s fragile Suspended Realities still life; and Paul Meleschnig’s silver gelatin prints reflections of city living. link to slideshow

The directors at spring will review submissions along with our esteemed guest juror Debra Klomp Ching owner and co-director of Klompching Gallery in New York.


About our guest judge
Debra Klomp Ching's experience in the photography industry spans more than two decades, during which time she has participated in several notable photography review festivals, panel presentations and conferences, curated photography exhibitions in Europe, Canada and the US, juried several photography awards and contributed to both online and print publications on the subject of photography. She is an international adviser to the Executive Director of CENTER (Santa Fe) an adviser to the Center for Fine Art Photography (Fort Collins) and a photo editor for At Length Magazine.
©
Fiorenzo Borghi
 - 
untitled.- 


Archival digital print
©
Sarah Lynch
 - 
Circles, No.1- 

2005, Pigment print on Hahnemüle Fine Art Paper. 
Courtesy of Klompching Gallery




Important Dates
  • Open Submission period - NOW through Tuesday, September 4th 2012
  • Artists notified - by Monday September 10th 2012
  • Selected photographs due to spring at 126A Front St, Brooklyn, New York 11201, by september 22nd 2012
  • LIVINGarrangements 2012 photography exhibition artists opening September 28th, 6-9pm in conjunction with the start of the DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL
  • Exhibition date: September 28th - October 13th

Guidelines
  • Entries will be accepted from the United States and Internationally. (In the case of international entries, spring will not be responsible for paying postage to return photographic materials). Please read entry form for all rules.
  • Your entry (online or via mail with CD) must be received on site at spring  by midnight on 4th September 2012
  • A maximum of 6 images may be submitted - tell us a story in one or more images.
  • Traditional or Digital Images may be submitted
  • Submission fee is $40USD. All payments should be made online via PayPal directly on spring’s website. PayPal also accepts credit cards. 
  • Images selection will be made and artists notified by September 10th 2012.
  • Selected images must be delivered to the gallery framed and ready for exhibition after September 10th 2012 and before 6pm, September 22nd 2012 during gallery hours.
  • spring reserves the right to edit images for poor quality printing or framing.
  • Online entries must be optimized for screen view (72ppi). Maximum dimensions 765px x 595px. Maximum file size: 350KB.
  • Contact/questions: If not answered above, please direct any question to info@spring3d.net and we will try and get back to you as soon as possible

Please fill the entry form and enter the competition now!

We look forward to seeing your interpretation of
LIVINGarrangements 2012