Author Topic: Collaboration #28: Kitsch is Beautiful (Read 7997 times)

Ed Wenn · « **on:** October 25, 2012, 12:16:43 AM »

All registered Filmwasters are cordially invited to participate in Collaboration Number 28.

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Theme: "Kitsch is Beautiful"
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There is no right or wrong in a Filmwasters collab. You can be as literal or as lateral as you wish when interpreting the theme, but please take time to include a sentence or two about how your submission relates to the theme.

There is no 'time served' rule with these collaborations so don't worry if you only registered with us a week ago. Join in. The work we receive is always diverse and high-quality and the more people that get involved, the better the resulting gallery will be. So load up you cameras and get wasting film (and/or paper, glass, chemicals, tin, liquid light etc.).

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Submission Deadline: midnight Sunday, 11th November 2012

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Basic requirements:

JPEG Requirements: One JPEG image. Not larger than 800 ppi. in length or width. No more than 200kb.

PLEASE include your name in the image file name (e.g. "Susan L. Reflex - Conformity.jpg")

**ALSO INCLUDE**

1. A brief explanation of how you interpreted the theme.
2. The camera, process and/or type of film used.
3. Your website or blog address that you'd like listed.

EMAIL SUBMISSIONS to filmwasters [at] gmail.com (please write "Kitsch is Beautiful" in the subject field so we can find them easier).

Regards,
The Filmwasters Team.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2012, 12:18:58 AM »

Thanks to François for suggesting this collaboration theme and apologies to the same fine human being for it taking me about 5 months to get round to actually posting it (and people wonder why we haven't done a podcast in over a year).

Francois · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2012, 04:02:01 PM »

Bah!
No problem there Ed!

Yesterday I went to your music site and saw you were working on a new album...
This and the trip to Manchester... does that mean the new album will have that 90's Manchester sound feel to it

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #3 on:** October 25, 2012, 04:03:50 PM »

At the rate I'm managing to get things finished it'll have a 2018 feel to it!!

Francois · « **Reply #4 on:** October 25, 2012, 04:06:23 PM »

So it will be like that "sounds of the future" record I had when I was a kid ... I think it was a K-Tel production

Late Developer · « **Reply #5 on:** October 25, 2012, 09:03:38 PM »

Ed. As a Manc, I'm mad fer it......

jojonas~ · « **Reply #6 on:** October 25, 2012, 10:59:10 PM »

kitsch, huh? this will be a hard one.. I'm so used to kitsch ;P

Francois · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2012, 02:49:57 PM »

I knew it would be hard when I proposed it... but I also know that with such a subject, when you hit the jackpot, the rewards are really great

astrobeck · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2012, 05:03:39 PM »

this is a good one and I already have an idea...which never happens this early!

Alan · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2012, 10:55:46 PM »

well i dont have an idea . . . which happens always

i looked up the term "kitsch" just to get an exact and extensive explanation and
i feel

$:-\$

. . . well it certainly exercises the brain more than the camera

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2012, 11:23:24 AM »

Really? I thought this one was almost too easy and I figured we deserved a simpler exercise for once. Didn't think anyone would find it hard. I have tons of wonderful kitsch cr*p around the house (it's often called 'retro' these days) and I suspect I'll select a couple of objects and take an arty still life of them with the LF rig and some instant film - no change there then

Years ago, Jacqui and I decided it would be totally sensible to buy a family of rather large 1960's Hong Kong-made blue china cats on a trip to Australia and then bring them back to London on the plane as hand luggage (that's 'carry on' for you North Americans)!! Amazingly they survived the trip (and subsequently the sterner test of the arrival of our two children) and they now hang out on a high shelf in our kitchen.

I've convinced myself....I think I'm going to take a family portrait!

jojonas~ · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2012, 03:36:20 PM »

ed: I'll be looking forwrd to it! might come a kitty shot from me too

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2012, 05:01:06 PM »

Ed, you have made our day with your Blue Cat story......I will be sad if they are not included in your submission!

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #13 on:** October 31, 2012, 06:11:26 PM »

Hey Diane....just because it's you and you're awesome, here's a sneak peak of the cats in blur mode with Amy in-between them. Taken 7 years ago....she's grown a little since

Sharp Amy, Blurry Cats by Ed Wenn, on Flickr

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #14 on:** October 31, 2012, 06:32:39 PM »

WE LOVE IT! and you ED! Thank you!

sapata · « **Reply #15 on:** November 04, 2012, 04:38:42 PM »

This is going to be a hard one! since I haven't been able to shoot anything lately, it's going to be tricky to find something between piles of negatives...

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2012, 08:20:06 AM »

Thinking about it, I guess that this is only a difficult collab if you don't think kitsch stuff can be beautiful. I tend to be attracted to most objects which other people might consider 'kitsch' so I could take a photo of a lot of stuff in my house it would fit right in.

Definition of kitsch noun [mass noun] art, objects, or design considered to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, but sometimes appreciated in an ironic or knowing way: the lava lamp is a bizarre example of sixties kitsch adjective considered to be in poor taste but appreciated in an ironic or knowing way: the front room is stuffed with kitsch knick-knacks, little glass and gilt ornaments she offers kitsch interpretations of classic British dress, including a range of tartan mini-kilts

(from http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/kitsch)

Francois · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2012, 01:19:52 PM »

One thing about Kitsch is that it's always tacky and it always brings a smile in a way or another.

The supreme kitsch accessory: the iconic plastic pink flamingo lawn ornaments... I haven't seen one of those in a while.

Ezzie · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2012, 05:41:23 PM »

If you have a hard time understanding the concept of Kitsch. Look up Jeff Koons, specifically his Michael Jackson and Bubbles porcelain piece. $:-\$

sapata · « **Reply #19 on:** November 05, 2012, 09:47:32 PM »

There's a really fine line between tacky and kitsch that sometimes is easy to get confused, it all depends of the context!

Francois · « **Reply #20 on:** November 05, 2012, 11:01:54 PM »

Kitsch is always someone else's tacky (and vice versa)

Miles · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2012, 09:14:58 PM »

Away at the mo. looking forward to others results though

Late Developer · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2012, 10:43:05 PM »

Mine's sent.

astrobeck · « **Reply #23 on:** November 07, 2012, 07:22:35 AM »

mine's sent too, and it's not of the pink flamingo in my yard

Francois · « **Reply #24 on:** November 07, 2012, 03:25:51 PM »

Mine's sent too!

astrobeck · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2012, 05:14:23 PM »

can there be kitsch quiche

Francois · « **Reply #26 on:** November 07, 2012, 10:09:43 PM »

Just if they contain bacon

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #27 on:** November 09, 2012, 12:35:51 AM »

sent!! and before the last minute!

moominsean · « **Reply #28 on:** November 09, 2012, 08:14:23 PM »

Shent! shertainly.

calbisu · « **Reply #29 on:** November 09, 2012, 10:37:34 PM »

Mine has been sent too

Thanks Ed for launching this collaboration!

Carlos.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #30 on:** November 10, 2012, 07:42:30 AM »

Thanks, everyone for sending in your awesome entries. I'm looking forward to shooting mine tomorrow and actually having a reason to dedicate some quality time to a mini photo project with a real camera and some film.

In the meantime.... those of you who haven't sent anything in, there is still time, so get your thinking caps on and send us some beautiful kitsch.

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jojonas~ · « **Reply #31 on:** November 10, 2012, 03:05:44 PM »

ok, still don't get that ppi stuff. so I just sent one 600x600 pixels jpg your way

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #32 on:** November 10, 2012, 03:10:01 PM »

I don't think it makes sense in this context anyway Jonas

I guess Ed just means pixels.

Francois · « **Reply #33 on:** November 10, 2012, 03:11:00 PM »

In this case, PPI (pixels per inch) should really read simply PXL

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #34 on:** November 11, 2012, 10:05:44 AM »

I re-use text wherever possible. Susan wrote the collaboration blurb for the first few collaborations way back in the mists of time and now that she's not so actively involved in Filmwasters, I've taken over sending out the collaboration emails and putting up the galleries....all I've done is re-used her original words and changed the title and the date.

Next time round I promise I'll make the "PPI" acronym a thing of the past.

Now.....stop moaning and send us your photos!

moominsean · « **Reply #35 on:** November 14, 2012, 05:03:20 AM »

Well?

Miller · « **Reply #36 on:** November 14, 2012, 03:21:48 PM »

Yaaaaaaawn.....

astrobeck · « **Reply #37 on:** November 14, 2012, 06:15:57 PM »

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Ed Wenn · « **Reply #38 on:** November 14, 2012, 08:48:25 PM »

Hello all......and thank you for the usual show of restraint regarding my tardiness in posting the OSSUM collaboration gallery. I'm finally back home after being away for work since Sunday evening and I can guarantee that the gallery will be posted before I got to bed tonight.

I was planning on holding out until Sean gave me some abuse (since he usually is the one to nudge me on this), but since he's obviously busy on a night shift or something, I'll take Becky and Miller as nudge subs and get cracking.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #39 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:04:43 PM »

hehehe looking forward to seeing it up. don't forget the front page, ed

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #40 on:** November 14, 2012, 09:46:41 PM »

Hilarious.... I just noticed that Sean DID hassle me

Cool, just so long as everything is proceeding as usual.

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moominsean · « **Reply #41 on:** November 15, 2012, 03:17:31 AM »

Short and to the point hassling.

original_ann · « **Reply #42 on:** November 16, 2012, 11:49:43 AM »

How did I miss this- what a fabulous idea!! I'm not only excited to see this collaboration but hoping it won't be too long before another

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