Exhibitions and Events
Humble Arts Foundation is pleased to present Manual Transmission, a project that commissions 10 artists to make a unique slide-based artwork. Each artist will create a piece comprised of 36 exposures from one roll of 35mm color slide film. We will present the project simultaneously on one of 10 screens during a one-night rooftop slide show exhibition. Humble will supply each artist with one roll of film, and selected artists will have one month to complete their project before retuning the undeveloped roll to Humble for processing and presentation. All exposures will be shown.
Concept
It goes without saying that photography is viewed and created with an ever increasing reliance on digital media and technology. Blogs and online exhibitions have enabled a viewing culture of isolated people flipping through single images. This digital viewing experience provides a multitude of benefits for photographers and viewers alike. On the other hand, the digital experience of photography has, in some ways, cheapened the object quality and permanence of the photograph.
There is still great potential in the unique aesthetics and collective experience of the traditional analog slide show. With Manual Transmission, Humble presents each carousel as an individual artwork in an attempt to move the creation and dissemination of new photography out of a digital space into a more permanent one, even if only for one night.
How the Project Works
• Submit a project for review.
• Deadline: Friday, May 14
• We will notify artists on May 24th when confirmation of participation is due.
• Humble Arts Foundation will send a roll of film to each participating artist which will arrive no later than June 4th.
• Make the work.
• Artists return the exposed roll, undeveloped, to Humble Arts Foundation, postmarked no later than July 1st.
• 10 pieces will be projected on Saturday, July 31 (rain date Saturday, August 7) in Brooklyn.
• After the exhibition, each artist can choose to donate their piece to the Humble Arts Foundation Permanent Collection with potential for further exhibition.
Curators
Patrick Amsellem, Curator of Photography, Brooklyn Museum
Joy Drury Cox, Artist
Nathaniel Ward, Curator, Humble Arts Foundation, group show
Exhibition Location
The Rooftop at 250 Moore
250 Moore Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
Applicant Eligibility
Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
Submission Guidelines
• Email your 250-word or less project proposal for Manual Transmission to manualtransmission @ hafny.org.
• Include eight photos from a single project sized at 550px wide in length (not height)
• Save your photos as level 12, 72 dpi jpgs (do not use the “save for web” feature)
• Include a 250-word or less project statement
• Include your full name and a 100-word or less bio (please do not send a CV) in the body of the email. Bios over 100-words will be edited.
• Include a link to your website in your bio, if applicable. Websites should be typed yourname.com, please do not include “www” before your web address.
• Rename each photo with your first and last name (ex. 1john_doe.jpg, 2john_doe.jpg, etc.)
Limit of Liability
By submitting to Manual Transmission you agree to grant Humble Arts Foundation the right to present submitted images online and in any material relating to the promotion of Manual Transmission and Humble. Humble will always provide artists with an image credit (and website link when possible).
For questions, please contact Nat Ward at nat @ hafny.org.