Imagine This - International Juried Smart Device Exhibit

International Deadline: August 16, 2014 - The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC) invites artists from all over the world to enter our juried competition that celebrates imagination and creativity utilizing emerging app’s, software, gadgets and technologies available on smart phones & smart devices.

ELIGIBILITY
This call for submission is open to all creators working on smartphones and smart devices. All work must be captured and edited on a smartphone or a smart device. All artwork must be original in concept, design and execution.

Note: No image edited on a source other than a smartphone or smart device will be accepted.

SHOW DETAILS
The Imagine This Show is an opportunity to explore the imagination and creativity through the emerging technologies used in smart phones and smart devices. These apps have opened up exciting new ways for creating extraordinary visions and imagery on devices that we carry around with us day and night.

JUDGING
Final judging will be done electronically. Decision of the judges is final.

AWARDS
$1,500 in Cash Awards

• Best of Show Gold: $500
• Best of Show Silver: $300
• Best of Show Bronze: $200
• Best Techniques Using Emerging Apps: $50 each

At the Opening Reception, the artist whose work is selected by our juror as ‘Best” in each of the following Emerging Technology categories will receive a $50 cash prize:

• Hipstamatic: Use of any combination of lens, films, multiple exposure in one of the most popular mobile photography apps on the market. (no tweaking with other apps).
• Realistic B&W: What if Ansel Adams or Irving Penn owned an iPhone, this is where classic photography and new technology meet.
• Realistic Color: Really? You took that with a camera phone? Be bold, be colorful but realism is the rule.
• Grunge: Filters and textures rule, from vintage to steampunk.
• Toy Camera: Shots taken with apps that remind us of cheap plastic lens cameras, who doesn’t love a good light leak. Apps include: Plastica, Pudding Cam, Retro Camera, LoMob, Classic Toy or any filter app that recreates the look.
• App-tastic: Using multiple apps to create your own artistic vision, from filters apps to blending apps to working with layers, just go for it. (4 app minimum)
• Digital Art: Oil Painting, Pastels, Pencil Sketching Cartoons, even Japanese Ink Block there’s an app for that including drawing apps like Sketchbook where you can let your imagination fly, no camera required.
• HDR: Whether subtle or full blown HDR apps abound on the mobile platform.
• Panoramas: Part of the iPhone native camera App, now there are many apps across all the mobile platforms to stitch great panoramas.
• One Shot Wonder Apps: Apps that do ONE thing really well like Tiny Planets, Pixel Twister, Water My Photo, Loom.

APPLY ONLINE
Visit the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition website for complete Prospectus and easy online entry.

Only original works may be submitted. They must be in a .jpg, Tiff or Png. Format. All work must be submitted online only.

All submissions must be online during this period. All entries must be registered and received by midnight, August 16, 2014.