”Graffiti Canons” - Photo Contest
Call
for Photographers - Deadline: October
30, 2015
My name is Robert
Paterson, and I am a composer based in New York
City, as well as the Artistic Director for the highly acclaimed New
York City-based American
Modern Ensemble. I am creating a new
choral work for Volti,
a choir in San Francisco, entitled Graffiti Canons.
I am looking for text-based graffiti images to accompany performances
of this work, either as a slide show behind the choir, or as images
mounted throughout the performance space.
With this project and other works, I have been
interested in setting unconventional texts, and working with artists
from other disciplines. The
text for Graffiti Canons
will be based on aphorisms found in graffiti,
and in particular, quotes, sayings, sentences or other texts (but not
just single words or names) that would be considered graffiti.
NOTE: please do not submit purely graphic images, or photos of graffiti
that are not viewable by the public (meaning, no sketches of graffiti
in a notebook, for example). Photos falling outside these
guidelines will be immediately disqualified.
The chosen images will be approved and mounted on the application site
for viewers to vote. Images
with the most votes will have the best chance of winning.
Winning images will be compiled into a slide
show and/or a video that will be shown along with performances of the
choral work. Each photo will include a caption with the name
of the photographer. Please do not submit purely graphic images or
texts that contain profanity. Graffiti may be from any country
or state, from any time period, and in any language. The more diverse,
the better. If the text is not in English, please include a
translation.
Winners will need to sign a letter of agreement allowing the chosen
photo to be used for all artistic and promotional purposes associated
with this choral work. Photos must be original photos
taken by the artist, but the graffiti does not need to be by the
photographer.
IMPORTANT: please submit images that
are 300dpi and at least 8X10. Smaller images may be acceptable, but
larger images are strongly recommended.
There may be an optional gallery showing of the
images at a later date, in which case each artist will be asked to
display their work during the exhibition. Exhibited works may be sold
by the artist, details TBD.
There is no fee to enter, and you may enter one
image per day until the deadline.
DEADLINE: October
30, 2015, 11:59 PM
Final results posted November
20, 2015
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