At the Cellular Level
A Call for Artists: Cell Phone Photography Exhibition

Cool Cleveland contributor and independent curator Daiv Whaley (pictured) and Brandt Gallery in Tremont are hosting an open call for submissions of cell phone photography for an exhibition entitled At The Cellular Level -- Cell Phone Photography. The exhibit, which will open in November, will feature cell phone photos from both professional and amateur artists from around the world and "promises to be a stimulating visual dialogue on the use of convenience technology in the 21st century," according to Whaley.

"Not so long ago, photography wasn't viewed as a fine art," Whaley says. "I wanted to up the ante and really challenge the professional photography crowd to work in this more limiting medium of cell phone photography and see what kind of amazing images they can come up with..."

Whaley says he wanted to see what kind of images that both amateurs and professional fotogs could come up with. The Polaroid photo enthusiast adds, "I personally have not heard of an exhibit with this theme before, and I'm excited to see the kind of work 'amateurs' are making on a daily basis. This is going to be fun!"

At The Cellular Level opens at the Brandt Gallery in November and will be a part of that month's Tremont ArtWalk which Brandt helped to launch. The neighborhood art celebration has revitalized the once-declining neighborhood. Whaley, himself an exhibiting visual artist, has previously curated exhibits on propaganda, lightworks, and large-scale paintings.

To submit cell phone photographs for consideration for At The Cellular Level, please send up to 4 images saved as jpgs or gifs to cellphonephotoshow@yahoo.com. Please include the artist's name, title of each image, and city and country of residence with your submission. Refrain from computer manipulation of the images, and send all images at the size they were created using the cell phone. Artists will be notified upon acceptance in the exhibit.

Deadline for submissions is October 25, 2008.

From Cool Cleveland Managing Editor Peter Chakerian peterATcoolcleveland.com
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