SNAP TO GRID

Open Call for Digital Art and Photography, Deadline Extended to December 5

Hi,

Just a note of thanks to those who are already exhibiting and to let you know the

deadline for the LACDA "Snap to Grid" open show has been extended through

Sunday, December 5. We have received a fantastic variety of images by gifted

creators from all corners of the globe. We are excited to have an exhibit that

emphasizes inclusiveness, every submission is exhibited!

Please support LACDA in our continued efforts to present thoughtful technological

culture, your entries will help keep our doors open. We expect up to 20,000 people

for the upcoming art walk—they need to see your work!

Best,

Rex Bruce

lacda

Click here for complete information and registration:

http://lacda.com/juried/juriedshow.html

Los Angeles Center for Digital Art

102 West Fifth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90013

lacda.com

eighth annual
SNAP TO GRID:
the UN-Juried Exhibit

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!)

reception for prior snap to grid

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!

complete information and registration

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.

prior snap to grid

prior snap to grid

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