{Festival of 24 Things}

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PAST FESTIVALS

The 4th Annual Festival of 24 Things

1. forge 2. message 3. ground 4. agent 5. embedded 6. station 7. displace 8. surge 9. derivative 10. size 11. boring 12. flexible 13. company 14. ambush 15. press 16. order 17. drift 18. strip 19. clock 20. absolve 21. formal 22. holiday 23. conversion 24. branch

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Festival of 24 Things: 401 Richmond Edition

part of Built For Us group exhibition
September 17 – October 17th, 2010. 401 Richmond Street West, Toronto, ON
More info online soon!
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The 3rd Annual Festival of 24 Things

Festival of 24 Things is an invitational photography exhibition. Participants are given a list of 24 words and the instructions to take one photograph for each word. The 3rd Annual Festival is held online and will be up for one year.

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The 2nd Annual Festival of 24 Things

Festival of 24 Things is an invitational photography exhibition. Participants are given a list of 24 words and the instructions to take one photograph for each word. The 2nd Annual Festival was held from January 30 – February 28th, at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY.

Please see opening reception photographs here.

————-The call for work is below————-

You have one month. Take 24 photographs responding to each of the words in order. Using 35mm film is encouraged, but not required. If you work in a square format, be prepared to crop or add some type of background (i.e. polaroids scanned on black) in order to fit 4”x6” specifications (horizontal)

1. plane
2. aside
3. gorge
4. cold
5. risk
6. clean
7. date
8. hike
9. contest
10. addition
11. income
12. lost
13. draft
14. time
15. origin
16. sleep
17. strategic
18. sin
19. island
20. directions
21. elevator
22. processed
23. static
24. expire

Show opening and reception:
Friday Jan. 30th, 2009, 6–9pm

Visual Studies Workshop, Print Loft Gallery,
421 University Ave, Rochester, NY, 14607

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Top Ten Records

Top Ten Records was a large scale installation of Polaroid Top Ten lists submitted from an international selection of Polaroid makers. The show ran from September 5th – November 1st, at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY.

————-The call for work is below————-

Submit ten Polaroids (with or without captions) in the form of a top ten list (i.e. Top Ten Pictures of My Feet). You are welcome to use any type of Polaroid film. Please email (see below) if you need help finding a camera.

Show opens September 5th, 6–9pm (First Friday).

More info:

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The First Annual Festival of 24 Things

The First Annual Festival of 24 Things was a collaborative exhibition where photographers were given the same list of 24 words and instructed to take 24 photographs in response. The resulting exhibition featured over 600 drugstore 4″x6″ prints in a grid that highlighted the interconnectedness of words and seeing.