Top Ten Records – Countdown —3—

Look! It’s a real place:

Top Ten Records – Oak Cliff (Dallas) Tx OPEN! Photo #1, originally uploaded by SouthEast Dallas Photographer.

For those of you in the Top Ten Records show — your Polaroids are due in 3 days. Get crackin’

Yes, it took me by surprise

We now have 24 participants for the Top Ten Records Polaroid show!

RSVP soon if you want to take part. More info here:

http://iheartpolaroid.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/top-ten-records-polaroid-call-for-entries/

Title Credit: Andrew Bird, Opposite Day

Places to buy Polaroid 600 Film

A few leads to find film for the upcoming Top Ten Records Polaroid Exhibition

• Polaroid 600 Instant Color Film (3-1/4 x 3-3/4) 20 Total Exposures 2 Cartridges per Pack – POL623965 « Next Day Office Supplies ($25.99 / 20 exposures) SOLD OUT
  
• Instant Film | B&H Photo Video ($15.95 / 10 exposures)
  
• 600 Instant Film | Polaroid | Walgreens ($15.99 / 10 exposures)
• Flickr: Best Price for 600 film I have found… Discussion in SX-70 Group
• polaroid film – Google Product Search

Also, if you are in or around area code 14607:

• Target in Webster, NY is rumoured to have some film.
• Saw a 2-pack of Spectra at the CVS on Park ave.

Any other leads? Post ‘em up here.

Polaroid Show – Q & A

Questions about the upcoming Top Ten Records Polaroid show

i) I have a book of my Polaroids that I published. Can it be in the show?
>> Sure. We will have a mock retail store the night of the opening, and as long as the price is clearly marked on your books, we will be happy to sell them. Make sure you indicate which portion of the proceeds you will donate to VSW.

ii) Wait, I have to donate a part of the proceeds?! Why?
>> Our host, the Visual Studies Workshop, is a non-profit arts center that has been bringing artists, bookmakers, photographers, and big thinkers together since 1969. This institution depends upon fund raising support to keep on keepin on. For more about this insanely great school & arts center, see VSW.org

iii) I have a stack of old Polaroids that are pretty great. Can I submit them?
>> Sure. As long as they can be arranged in a Top Ten list of some sort.

iv) I have a huge collection of older Polaroid cameras and other cool Polaroid-related things. Can they be in the show too?
>> Absolutely. We will have a display case for housing anything Polaroid-related. Kodak’s short-lived competitor “The Handle” will be making an appearance. Email robyn to make any special arrangements for your objects.

v) I am extremely prolific and want to enter 10 Top Ten lists. Is that allowed?
>> You can enter as many lists as you want, but make sure to enclose a submission form and an entry fee for each list.

vi) What is this business about RSVPing to get a spot? I thought this was non-juried.
>> The show is non-juried, and as long as there is nothing illegal in your Polaroids, they will be displayed. An RSVP to robynyork AT gmail DOT com will assign you an order number for your entry. Your order number will correspond to the order the lists are hung in. So if you want to be close to the front, email soon!

P.S. The competitive part

If you want to participate in Top Ten Records, send me an email to get your name on the list. The exhibition will be installed according to the time stamp on your email. (Spots 1-17 have already been filled, as of 10:24, July 21, 2008 )

robyn york AT gmail DOT com

Top Ten Records – Polaroid Call for Entries

Top Ten Records is a large scale installation of Polaroid Top Ten lists submitted from an international selection of Polaroid makers. The show will open September 5th, at the Visual Studies Workshop Print Loft Gallery in Rochester, NY. Please mail your entries now.

Submit ten Polaroids (with or without captions) in the form of a top ten list (i.e. Top Ten Pictures of My Feet). You are welcome to use any type of Polaroid film. Please email (see below) if you need help finding a camera.

Submissions due:
Friday, August 22nd, 2008.
Show opens September 5th, 6–9pm (First Friday).

Mail or hand deliver to:
Top Ten Records
c/o Robyn York
Visual Studies Workshop
31 Prince Street
Rochester, NY, 14607

More info:
iheartpolaroid.wordpress.com
robynyork AT gmail DOT com

Submission Form – Top Ten Records – Polaroid Show

Saturday round-up

Giambarba’s site is pretty great for fellow design geeks who wear polaroidhearts on sleeves.

iheartpolaroid.com has an exhibition opening in NY at the end of the month. Grant Worth’s Budweiser frames (Best Foot Forward!) are a hoot.

Was a guest at the most heartbreakingly beautiful wedding a few weekends ago. Mr. Land’s progeny also made the guest list.

The overlapping Polaroid-love internet circle proves that maybe, just maybe the internet IS tubes.

Tap your heels together three times

Sophia, February 1, 2008. Photograph made by Robyn York.

For instants

Keep an eye out. Polaroid love is spreading.

“We pursue that which retreats from us.” (The Tao of Steve)

To take part in the great polaroid exhibit, 2008, contact robynyork AT gmail DOT com
Open to polaroid-amorists everywhere.