Groundbreaking Exhibition of Camera Phone Photography Explores Impact of Wireless Consumer Technology on Art

SENT explores the impact of this new medium via invited fine art and profesional photographers, non-artists such as actors, musicians, and directors (through print photographs) and the general public (through an additional component viewable online and on flat-screen monitors during the show). Camera phones are changing the way we see the world, and our place within it. When everyone becomes photographer and publisher, how will art change? What will the difference between professional and amateur be? Can high art be low-res? Through SENT, we'll find out.

(PRWEB) July 8, 2004 -- SENT: america's first phonecam exhibition

Reception: Saturday, July 10 from 7-10 pm - open and free to the public

Hours: Sunday, July 11 through Saturday July 17 from 12pm to 5pm daily. (Closed Monday, July 10) Free public event.

@ Standard Hotel Downtown LA (550 South Flower Street)

The "Brunette" Meeting Room - fourth floor 90071

sixspace presents the gallery premiere of groundbreaking art project SENT, the first major exhibition of camera phone art in the United States. Sponsored by Motorola and co-curated by technology journalist Xeni Jardin and sixspace owners Sean Bonner and Caryn Coleman, the project examines the camera phone's potential as a creative tool in two ways: through an online public dialogue in which amateur camera phone users around the world share mobile snapshots of their lives, and through an invitational exhibit in which professional photographers, artists, and celebrities explore creative possibilities offered camera phones.

EXHIBIT FORMAT: Images from invited artists, photographers, and celebrities will debut in print format at the gallery show, which launches for public viewing on July 10 in Los Angeles, and will later be added to the SENT website at [www.sentonline.com, where images from the public are already on display. To make this unique exhibit a reality, SENT participants leveraged the newly available Motorola V600 camera phone to capture images over the past few months. The SENT website is already displaying a continually expanding database of phonecam photos submitted by the public. During the gallery show at LA's Standard Hotel, a grid of multiple plasma screens will display these public images in a constantly refreshing display.

Artists: Cynthia Connolly, Mark Cuban, Clayton James Cubitt, Elizabeth Daniels, Jason DeFillippo, Warren Ellis, Eriberto Oriol, Glen E. Friedman, Steve Diet Goedde, Lana Kim, Randal Kleiser, Kathleen McGivney, Meeno, Andy Mueller, Megan Mullally, Estevan Oriol, Chad Robertson, Shawn Scallen, Penelope Spheeris, Manuel Wanskasmith, Ruth Waytz, Wil Wheaton, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.     

ABOUT SIXSPACE: contemporary art gallery sixspace (www.sixspace.com) opened in Chicago in 1998, relocated to Los Angeles in 2002, and has since become one of the most forward-thinking galleries in the United States. sixspace concentrates on emerging artists of diverse media (painting, drawing, embroidery, photography) who push boundaries -- artists whose aesthetic is the future face of the art world. Within the past year, the gallery has exhibited by work from Glen E. Friedman, Raymond Pettibon, Chad Robertson, Seonna Hong, The Clayton Brothers, and others. In 2004, the gallery hosted Shepard Fairey's most notable exhibition to date (attended by over 4,000), and a benefit exhibition for the West Memphis Three hosted by Winona Ryder (attended by over 5,000 on opening night alone).

ABOUT MOTOROLA: Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in 2003 were $27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the environment and supporting the communities in which it does business.

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