CALL FOR ENTRIES - panorama only show, Logan, Utah, January '08

[Michael Slade]

Since I'm working a lot in the panoramic format right now, and want to see as many different artists as I can, I have decided to extend a call for entries for a panoramic-only exhibit to be held on the campus of Utah State University, in Logan, Utah to be held from January 5-12, 2008.

The Twain-Tippets Art Gallery is a space approximately 2500 square feet in size with multiple partitions to hang work from. I have arranged to have the gallery for one week in January. It is the first week students will be back on campus from Christmas Break, so there will be a fair amount of exposure to them.

We only get a week because it is an on-campus gallery and there are other students/faculty/guest exhibitors who use the space regularly.

If you are interested, let me know. I am thinking of having a few 'restrictions'.

There is no restriction as to method of image capture or output. Analog and digital will be presented side-by-side.

Preference would definitely be given to any ULF, alt and/or hybrid methods.

I'm also considering making it a print-exchange also...meaning you will not recieve back the print you sent in. (still under consideration...)

In order to make it affordable to both give and mail prints, I'm also going to ask that they not be matted or mounted, but sent in a roll-tube.

The show will be 'lightly-juried' meaning that there will be some help from Craig Law (a photography professor at USU), in deciding who is in and who is out. Honestly, if you submit a print, it'll probably get in.

A small fee (undecided as of yet) will be charged to cover return postage. I would ask that the materials you send your print inside of could also be re-used to return prints to others.

Let me know if there are any suggestions I might do to modify this 'call for entries' and to make the show more sucessful.

I've never curated a show before, so not only is this new territory as to how to do a call for entries, but also in the exhibiting of the images.

Oh, and keep it up!

Michael Slade

Entries should be sent to:

Michael Slade - Panorama Show
c/o Art Department
4000 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT
84322-4000

[garri]

Hi Michael, what is the criteria? US only or open entry, sizes etc.

Gari

[Michael Slade]

No restrictions on countries...the farther flung the better.

Size? Big is always good with panos I think. Small is good, but big is more good.

[livemoa]

Is there a theme or conceptual thread to the show (rural or urban landscape, for example)?

I am interested in taking part, have a few ideas around the pano format that have been kicking about in my head of late but would like a little more info before heading in.

[Michael Slade]

If there is a conceptual thread to the show, it is the idea that there's not one 'right' way to shoot panoramas. I like that there are many ways to execute the panorama, as well as endless subject material to be photographed as a panorama.

I would expect to see lots of typical landscape images, but am hoping that's not all I will see.

Throw some ideas up and see what folks here think.

[Joe Lipka]

I will submit a print for the show. Please let me know when you want to have the print arrive.

[Michael Slade]

Wonderful! Looking forward to seeing your print.

I'm thinking the deadline for recieving prints needs to be mid-December to deal with the Christmas mail and the Christmas break from school.

Also considering having the entries being mailed to my home instead...the univsersity mail might not be the most efficient while school is out. I'll check on that too.

I will submit a print for the show. Please let me know when you want to have the print arrive.

[ednaz]

Michael - I have a series of Manhattan panos (different seasons, times of day, all from the same location) that I've shown a few times. They print at a ratio of 1:12, so if I print 12 inches high, the pano will be 144 inches long. I've shown them several times at 16 inches tall, 16 feet wide. I'd be interested in sending the sunset (reflected sunset) image if you're interested in a large size. If you're thinking 4 to 6 inches high (then you can't see what's going on in the offices) I'd probably do one of the night images. I also have a couple that are about 1:9 that I could do instead.

It's nice that you're not framing - that's been the one thing that has limited my showing the images, framing costs are brutal. I've shown them on rollers before just to avoid the framing costs.

So, give me a max length and I'll ship one to you.

[Michael Slade]

Yeah, the length of the panos can sometimes prohibit matting and framing. I have some now that are over 6 feet long. Your 16 footers would be AMAZING!

No maximum length...so if you have one you're *dying* to see hung in a show, we've got the wall space for it.

Thanks for your interest...watch this thread for updates.

Do you have some small .jpgs you can e-mail me? I'm *dying* to see these panos!

Michael - I have a series of Manhattan panos (different seasons, times of day, all from the same location) that I've shown a few times. They print at a ratio of 1:12, so if I print 12 inches high, the pano will be 144 inches long. I've shown them several times at 16 inches tall, 16 feet wide. I'd be interested in sending the sunset (reflected sunset) image if you're interested in a large size. If you're thinking 4 to 6 inches high (then you can't see what's going on in the offices) I'd probably do one of the night images. I also have a couple that are about 1:9 that I could do instead.

It's nice that you're not framing - that's been the one thing that has limited my showing the images, framing costs are brutal. I've shown them on rollers before just to avoid the framing costs.

So, give me a max length and I'll ship one to you.

[ednaz]

Do you have some small .jpgs you can e-mail me? I'm *dying* to see these panos!

I'll send you links to a couple of "gotta scroll a lot" jpg files.

I'm messing with some roller-shades right now, trying to see how big of an image I could put on a roller shade and have reliable re-rolling. I've always wanted to do something that was viewer interactive. If I can get it to work at anywhere near "whoa!" lengths, I may send you the print on a roller shade. (I remove the roller shade material from the roller, and attach my print instead.) At the moment, I've only been able to get up to 8 feet long to work on the spring loaded shades, which is a pretty small image in terms of height - roller shade minimum width is about 14".

If anybody out there knows of a very robust spring loaded roller shade that doesn't run in the hundreds of dollars, do let me know.