Author Topic: What to do with "reject" Polaroids? (Read 3355 times)

Indofunk · « **on:** May 20, 2016, 11:04:19 PM »

I'm talking SX-70 type integral photos. I think I may have more duds than photos that look like anything at all, mostly due to mechanical error (I am a true artist, I always blame the equipment!

), so they're either completely white or have weird swirly abstract art patterns on them (I think I posted one in a recent weekend thread). I suppose I could cut them up and make a collage out of them, but 90 pure white Polaroids plus one or two swirly ones doesn't make for a very interesting collage

Any ideas on how to "reclaim" a Polaroid?

02Pilot · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:12:43 PM »

Phhht. You're not thinking like an artist. If Yoko can paint a canvas black and call it art (or scream at people and call it art, or...), 90 white Polaroids should be worth a gallery show if you sell it right.

Indofunk · « **Reply #2 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:27:48 PM »

Ok, you win

02Pilot · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:34:56 PM »

Remember me when you're rich and famous.

jharr · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:35:41 PM »

I'm with the Filmosaur. White polaroids on a white background with a few swirlies sounds like something someone would have to have in their Central Park West loft. We can split the proceeds 3 ways.

Indofunk · « **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2016, 11:53:07 PM »

Ok, I just realized I lied. I recently threw out most of my white 'roids, but I've kept a few of the swirlies. Here's something I put together with them real quick...

Hmm, not a bad idea... now just to custom frame it

jojonas~ · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2016, 11:11:32 AM »

Fantastic! Now tou just need one of those gallery presentation word generators and you're ready to take over the art scene

Not having gone that far myself, I've used failures to draw what I was trying to photograph or just use them as post its

Late Developer · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2016, 11:30:44 AM »

This might help......

http://www.artybollocks.com/

Sandeha Lynch · « **Reply #8 on:** May 21, 2016, 12:26:24 PM »

As we can see in this complex enneagrammatic organisation, the intertextuality of an ocularcentric interrogation underpins the creative application of core values and challenges the patriarchal phenomenon with a conjectured economy of indifference.

(I don't need an app to write crap.

)

jojonas~ · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2016, 12:58:15 PM »

example of drawing

draw sakura by jonas lundström, on Flickr

Francois · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2016, 01:34:49 PM »

A huge frame with white polaroids would actually be really interesting art wise.
Just imagine all the hidden meaning behind those!
You could either arrange them in a very grid like fashion or put them in a way that looks like a random pile of thrown prints.
If you choose the randomness, just remember that it's easy to spot true randomness from the fake one.

Now, once you done this, you need to get the title right.

zapsnaps · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2016, 01:46:29 PM »

You chaps have missed a point here. Load all the dud Roids back into the body of the film holder. They don't all have to be face side up, but it would help. Put them in a white box, label them PP and re-sell them to TIP.

I use my duds as labels for my (infrequent) gallery shows. If one writes diagonally across the white space, it's amazing how many 0's one can fit on after the £/$/€ sign.

Indofunk · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2016, 09:28:45 PM »

Jonas, that is beautiful and a great idea! What type of pen do you use to draw on it? I'm imagining a felt-tip pen?

Quote from: zapsnaps on May 21, 2016, 01:46:29 PM

You chaps have missed a point here. Load all the dud Roids back into the body of the film holder. They don't all have to be face side up, but it would help. Put them in a white box, label them PP and re-sell them to TIP.

I use my duds as labels for my (infrequent) gallery shows. If one writes diagonally across the white space, it's amazing how many 0's one can fit on after the £/$/€ sign.

Does PP stand for "Possible Project"?

limr · « **Reply #13 on:** May 22, 2016, 03:19:25 AM »

I use the duds to practice emulsion lifts. I'm also into collages these days, so I suggest doing some lifts onto textured paper or bits of canvas and then make THAT the collage!

Or wait. No. Don't do that at all. That would be a terrible idea! I'd hate for you to ~~steal~~ uh, I mean waste your time on such a silly project!

Indofunk · « **Reply #14 on:** May 22, 2016, 07:52:05 AM »

This thread is turning out to be pretty useful. Thanks everyone!

Kai-san · « **Reply #15 on:** May 22, 2016, 04:41:09 PM »

Satish, how can you call those rejects, they're nice!

By the way, Impossible has postcards which you can put your 'roids inside........... in case you want to get rid of them.

Francois · « **Reply #16 on:** May 22, 2016, 09:53:03 PM »

Looking at them, it must be like staring into the void at a space obscured by the blinding lightness of an overabundance of electromagnetic radiation in relation to elementary particles contained in the print that travel only to reach our eyes that terminate a journey that was begun millennias ago from the fusion of the simplest building blocks of the universe in a cauldron of intense pressure, heat and radiation.

jojonas~ · « **Reply #17 on:** May 23, 2016, 06:27:01 AM »

I think francois is getting close to nailing that gallery presentation now

Quote from: Indofunk on May 21, 2016, 09:28:45 PM

Jonas, that is beautiful and a great idea! What type of pen do you use to draw on it? I'm imagining a felt-tip pen?

Yup! I usually have an assortment of those permanent ones at home and in bags for writing on 35mm canisters

Francois · « **Reply #18 on:** May 23, 2016, 02:24:31 PM »

Can't you tell I've been reading too many art books lately?

Indofunk · « **Reply #19 on:** June 04, 2016, 10:24:31 PM »

Maybe I'll try this on the white ones to make them look like the swirlies... https://magazine.the-impossible-project.com/infinite-fields

Francois · « **Reply #20 on:** June 04, 2016, 11:09:31 PM »

You could transform this into a sort of Earthworks project by using the water from different places around NYC.
Some ocean water from Coney Island, some river water from the Hudson, some water from some puddle in central park and so on.
Then associate them to a time and place, not necessarily with a map but maybe using cryptic titles like Coney island on a monday in June...

rpmdrd · « **Reply #21 on:** July 13, 2016, 01:39:41 AM »

Art aside. It can make great bookmarks, postcards, or a calling card. If there was an option to print on it using a normal printer you can scan an existing Polarioid you took and reprint it using the white roid.

Diane Peterson · « **Reply #22 on:** July 14, 2016, 05:33:27 PM »

Position the above examples on some outdoor furniture then use a pinhole camera to make a very cool art deco print!

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #23 on:** July 18, 2016, 12:22:34 PM »

Great thread, people. I liked the collage a lot although you'd need quite a few of them to make something with a lot of impact. Print numbers doesn't seem to be a problem for Satish though

The drawing that Jonas did was truly lovely and it's a great idea for breathing new life prints that didn't work. I like block printing and I was wondering whether a simple design or two, printed onto the whites or swirlies might not look great? Definitely food for thought....assuming I could find ink that would work on the glossy surface.

Francois · « **Reply #24 on:** July 18, 2016, 03:14:44 PM »

Look for oil sharpies. These things will stick to pretty much anything. There's also the Liquitex pens that are pretty good. These are acrylic paint.

Both of these get used by graffiti artists.