CLOSED | Call for Entry: OCLnline Group Exhibition - "Art of Illusion" January 2023
© “Mirror Image” by Lisa Toboz
We are excited to announce that our January 2023 online group exhibition, “Art of Illusion,” is being curated by independent artist and copy editor for Analog Forever Magazine, Lisa Toboz!
To enter, all you need to do is read and respond to the following prompt with your analog photography. The best of these images will be showcased in an online show, beginning January 13th, 2022. Good luck!
Prompt: Trompe-l’oeil: a trick of the eye, an illusion that makes a two-dimensional space appear three-dimensional, as if there are objects or beings climbing out of artworks, longing to become part of our own. There is a mural in East Liverpool, Ohio painted on the side of an old department-store building depicting an open door that, up close, looks like a door that leads into a blank wall. But from across the street the door beckons us into honeyed light. It makes us pause, look twice, and visualize the flat surface as an entryway into another dimension.
For the January 2023 Art of Illusion exhibition, I’m looking for photographic works that move viewers from 2D to 3D worlds, that capture the space in between what is on the surface, and what we dream coming to life. Photomontage, collage, assemblage, mixed media––any analog technique that breathes depth, texture, and breadth into imagery, asking viewers to question what is real and what is a figment of imagination.
Deadline for Submissions is December 31st, 2022
About the Curator
Lisa Toboz is a self-taught, Pittsburgh-based artist with a background in writing and literature. Her work explores self-portraiture and creativity as a form of healing using various Polaroid cameras and film. She is inspired by vernacular photography, Victorian spirit photography, and ‘70s supernatural cinematography, as well as reading fiction. Her recent photo books include Dwell (Polyseme, 2020) and The Long Way Home (Static Age UK, 2018). Her Polaroid photography can be found in various publications including Shots Magazine, as a featured artist in She Shoots Film: Self Portraits, and Polaroid Now (Chronicle Books, 2021). A copy editor by trade, she has exhibited internationally and is represented by photographer Stefanie Schneider’s Instantdreams Gallery (Palm Springs, CA).
Submission Guidelines:
Image Specifications:
1) Only .jpg files will be accepted.
2) Images must be 1500px on the shortest side at 72dpi.
3) No photo-shopped borders or watermarks.
4) Only one image may be submitted.
5) Image must be named in the following format: “FirstNameLastName1.jpg”, etc.
Email Specifications:
1) The subject line of your email should state: "Submission: Art of Illusion”
2) Please ATTACH your images to the email NOT INSIDE the email. Do not embed them. Do not attach a google drive or dropbox link.
3) Include your information in the format requested (see below).
4) Format Request: “Title” by Your Name | Camera + Film, Process - Your URL
Send your submission to submissions@analogforevermagazine.com by December 31st, 2022.
Note: Due to the large number of submissions we receive, you may not receive a response. Though we try our best to respond to everyone, we do not guarantee a response. Thank you for understanding.
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