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Jan 9, 2020 08:57:53   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
martin smith images wrote:
Like many fellow uhh'ers I enter a few photo contests in line with my favoured photography subjects, however I recently came across a photo contest which totally baffled me as to the subject matter, this is it below, does anyone have a clue what I should look in my portfolio for??

"Transitions and displacements are the objects of reflection for our call. The concept of the two terms is a recall to the “liquid” vision of contemporary philosophy. Transitions, displacements, mutations of condition are the prerogatives of a fluid approach to reality, prerogatives of a free change in the state of things that allows full organic adherence to the environment and to the context in which each subject / object is immersed . The works that will take part in the exhibition will represent an excursus on the subject, addressed both from a physical, chemical and biological point of view and from a social, cultural and political one"
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Wow! With a description like that, you can imagine what the judging will be like.

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Jan 9, 2020 08:58:57   #
RichieC Loc: Adirondacks
 
They are looking for your take on it... you are looking to supply a concrete answer like a geometry question, when they are looking for a theoretical math answer... Guaranteed, if you can convince them of your take and its an exceptional image- it will go well for you.

Art is not about coloring in the lines, its breaking the "box".

That being said- i don't get the description either, i don;t think it is concise- so I would take it as open ended- what i think it means- and do my own thing and be prepared to support my view. Who cares if they like it if I do?

Yep I have a BFA

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Jan 9, 2020 09:05:05   #
rond-photography Loc: Connecticut
 
martin smith images wrote:
Like many fellow uhh'ers I enter a few photo contests in line with my favoured photography subjects, however I recently came across a photo contest which totally baffled me as to the subject matter, this is it below, does anyone have a clue what I should look in my portfolio for??

"Transitions and displacements are the objects of reflection for our call. The concept of the two terms is a recall to the “liquid” vision of contemporary philosophy. Transitions, displacements, mutations of condition are the prerogatives of a fluid approach to reality, prerogatives of a free change in the state of things that allows full organic adherence to the environment and to the context in which each subject / object is immersed . The works that will take part in the exhibition will represent an excursus on the subject, addressed both from a physical, chemical and biological point of view and from a social, cultural and political one"
Like many fellow uhh'ers I enter a few photo conte... (show quote)


If you can figure it out, enter it! You will probably have very limited competition!

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Jan 9, 2020 09:14:38   #
dsmeltz Loc: Philadelphia
 
I think I got it! A pair of photographs. Both self portraits of the artist's face. One just after reading the contest rules and then a later one showing the artist after understanding what they mean!

You can use the same confused image for both.

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Jan 9, 2020 09:27:30   #
wds0410 Loc: Nunya
 
cbabcock wrote:
Thanks for a reply that actually fits. Most of the HHs above are just grumpy, or would prefer something simple for a contest, like "a picture of an apple" or "a picture of a building."

The contest seems to me to allow for a very wide range of subjects, but must show some change or growth or decay. Those attributes are ones that can make a picture very interesting. Several possibilities come to mind: a graveyard, a burned-out building, a junkyard, a growing garden, a wilted garden, a wilted flower, a birth, a death, a confirmation, a wedding. Particularly interesting in the contest language is asking for showing some philosophical change, and I'd have to think about how to show that.

I suppose I'll get some blow-back from this.
Thanks for a reply that actually fits. Most of the... (show quote)


Seriously?

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Jan 9, 2020 09:41:48   #
StanMac Loc: Tennessee
 
[quote=Bill P]
User ID wrote:
. . . It's what's wrong with our society, everything has been made competitive. Art, photographic or otherwise, is for enlightenment and enjoyment. There's no best photo or painting or sculpture or whatever.


👍👍 👍👍

Stan

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Jan 9, 2020 09:44:16   #
Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey
 
I think a picture of a homeless illegal felon, who is a rainbow activist and has urinated on themselves is the subject they’re looking for?

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Jan 9, 2020 09:45:10   #
Uuglypher Loc: South Dakota (East River)
 
Darkroom317 wrote:
Don't worry. You're certainly not alone. Even as a current MFA student who is used to this language, I am having trouble with this. It is so broad and is rather vague. I understand that they are looking for states of transition. I actually surprised that the term "liminl space" wasn't thrown in there as is one of the more popular buzzwords when I was in undergrad a few years ago.

Probably perhaps, social states of transition, such as the awkwardness of tweens becoming teens and so forth. But it is extremely hard to tell here.

Unfortunately, what I a have found is that this language works as a form of exclusion to maintain a certain prestige and a small circle. I tend to avoid these types of calls for entry.
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Darkroom317,
Commendably well and thoughtfully expressed!
Apt points cogently made.
Clearly, there is yet a place for the articulate artist!

Dave
(uuglypher)

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Jan 9, 2020 09:45:48   #
kpsk_sony
 
I think its really cute the Way they said alot but really meant nothing. I thought masturbation was forbidden on the website.

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Jan 9, 2020 09:50:28   #
PeteWeez Loc: LSD
 
Could be someone trying to communicate something. Like my assistant project engineer once said in the company newsletter "The office is defining a comprehensive upgrade scope to provide a cost-effective implementation. We have developed a scheme to implement the various commitments, listing the affected devices and their functions, thus being able to analyze and implement an appropriate scheme."

Well said!

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Jan 9, 2020 09:54:40   #
srt101fan
 
cbabcock wrote:
Thanks for a reply that actually fits. Most of the HHs above are just grumpy, or would prefer something simple for a contest, like "a picture of an apple" or "a picture of a building."

The contest seems to me to allow for a very wide range of subjects, but must show some change or growth or decay. Those attributes are ones that can make a picture very interesting. Several possibilities come to mind: a graveyard, a burned-out building, a junkyard, a growing garden, a wilted garden, a wilted flower, a birth, a death, a confirmation, a wedding. Particularly interesting in the contest language is asking for showing some philosophical change, and I'd have to think about how to show that.

I suppose I'll get some blow-back from this.
Thanks for a reply that actually fits. Most of the... (show quote)


People respond to this kind of thing with ridicule (they can't think outside the box), with humor (treat it as a joke), or with an open, inquisitive mind that reserves judgment....

You are in the minority but your contribution is valuable!

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Jan 9, 2020 09:56:51   #
Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN
 
Uuglypher wrote:
Darkroom317,
Commendably well and thoughtfully expressed!
Apt points cogently made.
Clearly, there is yet a place for the articulate artist!

Dave
(uuglypher)


Thanks. I am fortunate enough to have a BA in Journalism in addition to my BFA in art. It makes for an interesting balance when writing artist statements and understanding art speak.

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Jan 9, 2020 09:59:17   #
William Royer Loc: Kansas
 
Looks like totally unhelpful bionic blather to me.

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Jan 9, 2020 10:11:33   #
amyinsparta Loc: White county, TN
 
User ID wrote:
Nope. Not gibberish. It is highly condensed
information, much like the sports page in a
newspaper. The sports page is just gibberish
to my eyes [or ears if broadcast] but I don't
declare it meaningless just cuz I don't grock
a single crumb of it.

Not only do I find the sports page gibberish
to my ears, but I also consider the subject
matter of that gibberish to be overly hyped
child's play and of zero benefit to society in
general, unless society is highly dependent
on massive sales of beer and pickup trucks.

Just as the Call for Entries is overly dense
with five-syllable jargon that really simply
says "meaningful pix, no flowers, birds or
sunsets" ... so the sports pages are full of
inscrutable numbers, and acronyms, that
really only mean "some dudes ran faster,
and threw harder, than some other dudes".
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nailed on the head!

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Jan 9, 2020 10:18:49   #
alliebess Loc: suburban Philadelphia
 
dsmeltz wrote:
It would help to know who is sponsoring this competition. Greenpeace maybe?


A group of philosophers?

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