GOA CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY

Mieko Tadokoro: A Retrospective

goacap — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:17:13 +0000

Goa center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP), Japan Foundation and Art Chamber, Goa cordially invite you to “Mieko Tadokoro: A Retrospective”.

Mieko Tadokoro is a Japanese artist working with pinhole photography. A selection of her work will be on display.
Time: 1930 Hrs

Date: 24th March 2012 to 30th March 2012.
Venue: Art Chamber – Galeria de Belas Artes.
Castelo Vermelho
Gauravaddo 115/A,
Calangute, Goa, India

Project Oyamel Fir II

goacap — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:31:55 +0000

Project Oyamel Fir II

This is an open call for pinhole Photographers, enthusiasts from all over world

This year’s theme is

“IN YOUR LIVING ROOM”; tell us, what living room means to you

Entries would be exhibited in Goa on 29^th April 2012, the Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day.

April 10, 2012 is the last day for submitting the entries

Who can enter?

This is an open call for photographic work taken with a pinhole camera. In case you did not participate in the last year’s exhibition, we urge you to send one self-portrait pinhole image also along with this year’s entry.

Entry Period:

Tuesday, February 1, 2012 through Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Entry Method:

There is no entry form. Please send in your Name, name of your country, email, website, and details about the pinhole camera which has been used to take the self portrait along with the image.

Number of Entries:

Only one Pinhole image is required to be submitted. In case you did not participate during the last year’s exhibition then we urge you to send one self-portrait pinhole image also along with this year’s entry.

Entry Format:

Photo should have been taken with a pinhole camera. Images that have been digitally enhanced or edited with software will not be accepted.

File Size:

10 MB or less

Image Format:

JPEG only

How to submit:

Email: Send the entries to 25april2010@gmail.com

Entry fee:

Absolutely free

To view information on previous exhibitions (including galleries of work) please click Here

“Photographer Speak”

goacap — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:03:49 +0000

“Photographer Speak”
An interactive talk by Ms. Rachel Sokal, photographer and teacher based in Bristol UK, specializing in alternative processes. She will talk about her project “Still Alive’, a series of ephemeral chlorophyll prints; perhaps the most natural form of photography, using the leaf’s own light sensitive cells to make the image. Her website http://www.rachelsokal.com/

Venue: Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP), House No. E2 / 268, Dongorpur (Royal Village), Near St. Alex Church, Calangute – 403516, Goa, India

Date: 22nd January 2012 (Sunday)

Time: 11:00 Hrs

RSVP: 9822087276, 09689041602

Photographer Speak: Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP), hosts a monthly lecture series as a means of promoting and disseminating ideas of interest to photographers. Lectures focus on core areas of photography interest such as science and philosophy.

Lectures are free and open to the public

Walking route

goacap — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:05:48 +0000

	From	To	Distance
Day 1	Calangute (A)	Aldona (B)	16 KM
Day 2	Aldona (B)	Bicholim (C)	13 KM
Day 3	Bicholim (C)	Sanquelim (D)	09 KM
		Total	38 KM

ALTlab 2.0

goacap — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:57:17 +0000

After the success of the first edition of photography residency ALTlab we are pleased to present the second edition ALTlab 2.0. In order to make this edition more engaging and inspiring we have added a “walking” component to the existing format of the ALTlab. As said by a German philosopher and poet, ‘all truly great thoughts are conceived by walking’, we think that walking will be inspirational and a subject of exploration for artists in residency. We believe that it will allow artists to express by creating dialogues with the world around and provide continuous stimulation to their creative senses.

For ALTlab 2.0, the resident artists would be a part of a three day walk expedition (total 38 Km). It would not be a guided tour or a photo walk but a self-exploring and self-realization endeavour. We would organize experts to assist in case some help is required.

During the walk Artists would be encouraged to record their own experiences and understanding of the surroundings. The images that are created on the spot would be the base for the experiment through Alternative Photography process. Artists will have all the freedom to choose their project for the residency either before, during or after the walk. The project however should be based on the walk and the alternative process.

Prior to the actual walk of three days, artists will be lead through the two week introductory workshop on alternative photography to open up dialogues among participants and mentors regarding basics in alternative photography. The artists would therefore be in a better position to decide upon the kind of camera and equipments to be carried along during the walk.

The artist will have to choose one process from the provided following options:

1. Daguerreotype

This is the first commercially successful photography process. The image is a direct positive made in the camera on a silver plated copper plate.

2. Van dyke brown

This is an early photographic printing process. The process was so named due to the similarity of the print color to that of a brown oil paint named for Flemish painter Van Dyck.

3. Mike Ware New cyanotype

This is a photographic printing process that renders a cyan-blue print. The process was popular in engineering circles well into the 20th century.

4. Gum Bichromates

This is a 19th century photographic printing process based on the light sensitivity of dichromates. It is capable of rendering painterly images from photographic negatives.

5. Salt Prints

The salt print was the dominant paper-based photographic process for producing positive prints during the period 1839 through 1860.

FINANCIAL AND OTHER SUPPORT

Travel expenses; Maximum of Rs. 8000 – To and from Goa (against actual bills).
A total stipend of Rs. 20,000 for 2 months will be paid to the residents.
All the material required for experimenting will be provided by Goa-CAP.
The Goa-CAP apartment is furnished and rooms will be available on twin-sharing basis. There is a common space that can be shared for work or socializing. Residents will have to make their own arrangements for food. A common kitchen at the apartment can be used for cooking.

A coordinator will be in charge of logistics who shall attend to the needs of the guests.

Eligibility

Residency applications for Altlab 2.0 are invited from contemporary artists, of any medium, who are eager to use a darkroom and historical process to create images. Applicant must be a citizen of INDIA. There are no age limitations.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Applicants should be seriously engaged with researching and developing their own photography language. They should be open and willing to live modestly with other artists for a period of two months. The selected residents will have to commit themselves to being present in Goa during the time of this residency programme.

The following documents should be dispatched to the Goa-CAP office address.:

Duly filled in application form (Application-Form)
Images of current artwork; tiff or jpeg image (preferably cd/dvd, or hard copies).
Curriculum vitae, reviews and catalogues (If you have any).

Timeline

Deadline for receipt of applications: 28 January 2012
Notification to short listed applicants: 03 February 2012. The list of selected applicants will be posted onto the Goa-CAP website at www.goa-cap.com.
Receipt of acceptance letters from applicants: 05 February 2012
Commencement of the 2 month residency: 01 March 2012

Goa-CAP office

The Executive Director

Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP),

c/o Prashant Falari, House No. E2 / 268,

Dongorpur (Royal Village), Near St.

Alex Church, Calangute, Goa - 403516, India,

www.goa-cap.com,

Phone: 09822087276, 09689041602

For further inquiries please contact: ALTlab.residency@gmail.com

ALTlab photography is supported by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA), Bangalore.

Intensive workshop on Black and white developing and printing:

goacap — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:05:13 +0000

Intensive workshop on Black and white developing and printing:

This is an in-depth 3 day introductory workshop encompassing the entire process of silver gelatin image making from beginning to end.

In today’s digitally dominated world, it is becoming difficult to find readymade premixed photographic chemicals as photo stores are more and more unwilling to stock them. So the first part of the course focuses on mixing your own developers and fixers using chemicals available from chemical supply companies, so that you don’t have to wait for your order of a packet of D76 and you won’t have to settle for the quality and inconsistency of other cheaper developers. This will also enable you to take more advanced workshops on formulating your own developers suited for your specific needs.

The rest of the course focuses on various darkroom techniques of developing and printing required for making fine silver gelatin images.

Workshop fee: `3500/-

(Includes tuition, kit and registration fee)

Workshop dates: 14, 15 and 16^th June 2011

For registration: Edson Dias 9822087276

THE SALT PRINTS – 387 Km, 24 Days, 4 Artists

goacap — Fri, 13 May 2011 08:01:46 +0000

THE SALT PRINTS is a contemporary artists’ march with the aim to retrace the historical “Dandi March – the 387 km walk from Sabarmati to Dandi”, which launched the history’s greatest nonviolent battle, the civil disobedience campaign, headed by the father of the nation, the great Mahatma Gandhi, in 1930.

This Dandi March in 2011, by a group of 4 artists, aims to visualize the historical geography, by collecting and capturing photographs throughout the walk to develop a visual narrative of people’s personal and collective memoirs of Gandhi and his philosophy.

The participating artists are Ajit Bhadoriya, Edson Dias, Chaitanya Guttikar, and P. Madhavan who shall be equipped with the pinhole, medium format and large format cameras loaded with films. The march will start on the 6^th of July 2011 from Sabarmati and will end at Dandi, Gujarat.

The four artist marchers have a commitment to teach 4 youth in the village where Gandhi rested for the day (List of villages). Four youth volunteers would be selected from the village and taught, by each of these marching artists, on the basic photography skills giving them an opportunity to visually represent their village and culture. This is a small step towards igniting youth’s imagination, creativity and self-expression through photography.

Alternative Processes in Photography in India

goacap — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:58:57 +0000

In the context of Vidisha Saini’s on-going exhibition, Pratibimb and Showtime, Matthieu Foss Gallery invites you to a talk, featuring a presentation of Vidisha’s experiments with the Daguerreotype process.

The talk features a series of 15-minute presentations, by Artists from the ALTlab Photography Residency*, Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP), exploring the challenges and relevance of Alternative Processes in Photography today.

Programme
Alternative Photography: An Introduction // Matthieu Foss and Chaitanya Guttikar
Daguerreotype // Vidisha Saini and P Madhavan
Pinhole Photography // Ajit Bhadoriya and Edson Dias
Albumen Prints & Cyanotypes // Shreyasi Kar and Chaitanya Guttikar

On Saturday, 7th May, 2011
5:00 pm- 6:15 pm.

We look forward to your presence and participation in this special event.

*ALTlab Photography Residency is a two month long alternative photography residency organized by Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP) in collaboration with India Foundation for the Arts.

Exhibition and Presentations by the Artists of the ALTlab Photography Residency

goacap — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:01:13 +0000

Goa Center for Alternative Photography & India Foundation for the Arts invite you to the Exhibition and Presentations by the Artists of the ALTlab Photography Residency

Pinhole Photography // Ajit Bhadoriya

Kirlian Photography // Chandana Gupta

Albumen Prints & Cyanotype // Shreyasi Kar

Daguerreotype // Vidisha Saini

Opening

Sunday, 24th April 2011, 6:30 PM

Goa Center for Alternative Photography (Goa-CAP),

C/o Prashant Falari, House No. E2 / 268, Dongorpur (Royal Village),

Near St. Alex Church, Calangute, Goa, India,

www.goa-cap.com,

Phone: 09822087276, 09730103604

Goa-CAP Membership Program survey

goacap — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:36:01 +0000

Goa Center for Alternative Photography is planning to introduce a Membership Program for Artist worldwide. Before we progress any further, we want YOUR opinion on the membership program content and structure. Please take a moment to complete the survey. Your input will give us valuable information. We will be providing an overview of the results from this survey and our intended action plans to the membership in May.

This survey will only be available until April 10th, 2011.

The survey shouldn’t take you more than a couple of minutes. Please just click on the link below.
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/508460/goacap