LACDA 'Snap to Grid' Open Call, Every Entry Shown!!

 

LACDA ‘Snap to Grid’ Open Call, every entry shown!

 

December 8 -December 30, 2011
Opening Reception Thursday December 8, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with the Downtown Art Walk, at our new 4,000 square foot gallery)

 

Show your work in our un-juried exhibit featuring digital art and photography. All entries will be printed (8.5″x11″ on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid. Entrants submit JPEG files of original work. Multiple entries are permitted. Separate registration required for each image. Exhibit is limited to space available, early entry is advised.

 

All styles of artwork and photography where digital processes of any kind were integral to the creation of the images are acceptable. Digital video stills and screen shots of web/new media are acceptable. Documentation shots of digital installation and digital sculpture are acceptable.

 

Special consideration is given to “Snap to Grid” artists for inclusion in future exhibits. Entrants to our calls for submissions form the pool of artists from which we select the majority of our exhibitors. There have been a large number of “Snap to Grid” participants who have been included in group exhibits, as well as a number of solo shows. Proceeds for “Snap to Grid” benefit these gallery programs and keep LACDA thriving. Exhibit your work, build your resume, and support our gallery. Everybody wins!

 

Location:
This call is international, open to all geographical locations.

 

Show Dates:
December 8-30, 2011

 

Deadline for entries:
December 1, 2011

 

Opening Reception:
Thursday December 8, 7-9pm
(in conjunction with Downtown Artwalk)

 

Entry Fee:
Registration fee is $32US.

 

How your images will be printed and exhibited:
Entries will be printed (8.5″x11″ on heavyweight paper) and shown in our gallery arranged in a grid.
Every entry is shown.

 

Submission Rules:
Registration and submission are done online only. JPEG file uploads are the only accepted submissions under 5mb each, and can only be uploaded after registration and payment of Snap to Grid entry fee ($32US per image). Please do not send materials to LACDA. All materials sent to LACDA will not be viewed and cannot be returned.

 

Multiple Entries:
Multiple entries are permitted. $32 registration fee for each additional image. Separate registration required for each image.

 

Two easy steps to exhibit your work at LACDA…
1) Enter as many images as you like here (one registration fee for each image):

 

click here for registration 

 

2) You will automatically be redirected to our upload page or
you may upload images here at any time:http://lacda.com/upload.html

 

Gallery Statement:
Every year for 50 years the L.A. Municipal Gallery has held its “Open Call” exhibit where any artist can show up with their art and an entry fee (to benefit gallery programs) and the piece is shown. The Los Angeles Center For Digital Art decided to launch an international experiment of the same nature where the artists upload images that are printed and hung by the gallery. The hundreds of works are displayed in a grid like installation (reminiscent of postcard art shows of the 1980′s) where every work submitted is exhibited.

 

The usual (less than democratic) selection process where only the precious few are chosen is turned on its head in a curatorial anarchy where everyone gets to participate and the viewer is literally left to be the judge. The show represents a snapshot of a current moment in art history when digital imaging has reached the hands of the many, an age where culture belongs to the “mobblogers” around the globe. From Thailand to Texas, amateur to academic, beautiful to banal and beyond the monumental quantity and variety of “Snap to Grid” becomes an aesthetic experience where each individual piece adds to an agglomerative effect that has a life of its own.

 

Los Angeles Center For Digital Art
102 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
www.lacda.com