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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Light Impressions: A Celebration of iPhone® Photography Is Featured Installation at L.A. Mobile Arts Festival
Presented by iPhoneArt.com and Santa Monica Arts Studios
— First-ever digital iPhone® photography installation showcasing photography from 40 international iPhoneographers displayed on 40 Apple iPad 2’s is featured participant at the pioneering arts fest that celebrates today’s contemporary art renegades, the mobile artists —
WATERSOUND, FLORIDA, July 24, 2012 — As a featured installation, Studio b.’s Light Impressions is on its way to the L.A. Mobile Arts Festival, the first arts festival of its kind that pioneers and celebrates the mobile arts. Both Light Impressions and Studio b.’s Mobile Art Chandelier will be on display from August 18 through 26 at the festival’s unique venue, a re-purposed hangar — home to the Santa Monica Arts Studio, a modern-day artist’s colony being hailed as a major cultural mecca for contemporary art and design in the greater Los Angeles Area.
Light Impressions: A Celebration of iPhone® Photography showcases the curated work of 40 iPhoneographers from around the world on 40 iPad 2 units. It is the first iPhone photography exhibit of this magnitude in the world. The Mobile Art Chandelier displays the published work of iPhoneographers on printed postcards that dangle from a hanging display.
“This is truly a groundbreaking showcase. Never before has iPhone photography been exhibited on this scale and with this level of deference,” said Studio b. founder and world-renowned photographer Colleen Duffley.
She continued, “Four years ago, our very first creative showcase at Studio b. was a global camera-phone event. We elevated iPhoneography to the art form level it deserves with the Light Impressions installation and demonstrated the extent to which Studio b. is dedicated to growing and changing with technology. It is extremely flattering to be a featured installation at the L.A. Mobile Arts Festival, an event that recognizes the evolution of the relationship between art and technology.”
With an iPad 2 assigned to each artist, each unit features 13 photos from a particular artist’s collection looping at different intervals. Another iPad 2 is used to stream the entire show online at Studio b.’s website. The iPad 2’s were made available through the generous sponsorship of Studio b. patrons Steve and Lynn Dugas.
Noted Duffley, “Whether regular patrons of Studio b. can join us in L.A. or not, the streaming capabilities allow anyone to enjoy this exhibit at any time. It is our mantra that Studio b. is an experience, not merely a place.”Light Impressions was conceived as part of a Studio b. themed exhibit entitled Rock, Paper, Digital that showcased a range of artistic work through time, from primitive methods and mediums through the most contemporary. Duffley seized the opportunity to add a touch of primitive to the Light Impressions exhibit; the metal structure on which the 40 iPad 2 units are mounted was made of materials recovered from the wreckage of 1995’s Hurricane Opal that had blown off of a local restaurant.
“It seemed appropriate to me – iPhone photography in particular has a ‘found-art’ sensibility to it, and what better way to frame it than on repurposed materials?” said Duffley.
Light Impressions was created out of Duffley’s enthusiasm for iPhone photography and the belief that this new artistic medium positions everyone with a desire to express his or her creativity on a level playing field.
“iPhone photography is still an emerging art form,” adds Duffley. “I know people are going to be astounded when they see what is being done in the movement. All of it is on an iPhone – from the capture of an image to its processing and publishing. It is really mind-blowing and wonderful. It’s a pure art form – far more about the creativity than about expensive gear or intricate techniques.”
Featured installation Light Impressions will be on display at L.A. Arts Festival Opening Reception on Saturday, August 18 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Santa Monica Arts Studio, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405 and remain for the duration of the festival. Studio b.’s Mobile Art Chandelier will hang in the Botanica Room. Festival hours at the Santa Monica Arts Studio run from 12:00 to 6:00 p.m. Refer to the website at la-maf.com/ for updates in gallery hours.
Following the L.A. Mobile Arts Festival, Light Impressions can be seen at the Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery in Austin, TX beginning October 11th and at the Community Maritime Park in Pensacola, FL beginning October 18th where the installation is a featured exhibit at the invitation of Pensacola’s Mayor Ashton J. Hayward III.
For more information about Light Impressions, please visit Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Studio-b-Light-Impressions/321674474547306. To host Light Impressions, please contact Studio b. by phone at (214) 415-0476. For more information about Studio b., visit the website at www.studiobthebeach.com or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/studiobthebeach.
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Studio b. is a creative venue that brings together the best of the best and the up-and-coming in the fields of photography, art, literature, fashion, design, music and the culinary arts, placing a special emphasis on the mixing and intermingling of all creative mediums and the ongoing educational process for all artists and students. With high-profile events, seminars, classes and informative lectures by talented pros from around the world, it is Studio b.’s commitment to offer a state-of-the-art and inspirational learning environment designed to educate, inspire and cultivate an artistic community along Florida’s beautiful Emerald Coast. Apart from its home-base initiatives, Studio b. also coordinates, hosts and co-sponsors spectacular events elsewhere throughout the U.S. and around the world.Studio b. Media Contact:
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