Send your exposed, unprocessed roll film to ANALOGICA
to take part in 36EXP the first photographic contest dedicated exclusively to roll films.
Deadline extended: SEPTEMBER 30th, 2019

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There was a time when photographing was synonym for surprise.
We gazed upon what we wished to photograph, trying to imagine the final result, and snapped. Then, we waited for the film to be developed. Our photo was only in our head. Nothing was immediate. Even Polaroid photos took a few minutes before slowly appearing in our hands.
Photographing was not a synonym for immediacy. Rather for surprise.
We never knew exactly what the film was going to show.
Wrong photos, beautiful photos, forgotten photos...
photography always had an element of surprise.

Then digital photography came along and everything became instant, or rather simultaneous. It is possible to see the final result of a photo just by looking at the LCD screen of our camera, and we can add filters or modify colors. We know how the photo will look like ahead of time.
No more exciting waits and no more surprises.
Over the last few years, though, someone has wanted to go back to the old way of photographing: among them are those who have just discovered this kind of photography and those who never ceased to buy analog films, even when nobody seemed to have given them up.

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This call is dedicated to all who love analog films, slow photography, and being surprised.

THE CALL
What could you tell by means of 36 images, and how would you do it? What would you photograph, if you only had 36 snapshots available?
36EXP is the first competition dedicated to roll films.
You may photograph all you want, tell about your day, your city, one of your trips, what you see on the streets. You may create a reportage.
You may take abstract photos. All genres are allowed.
All is required is an analog camera and a 36 exposure film (B/W or color).
You must use all the exposures. You won’t be allowed to see the final result: no play or erase buttons, and no editing.
All you photograph will constitute the material with which you will participate in 36EXP.

BE CREATIVE
You can do anything you want with your roll film: tell a story, create a small reportage, or just show us how you see the world. There's no limit on the topic.
SENDING THE ROLL FILM
Download the participation form, fill it out and print it. It's very important that you include the form with your roll film, without it we cannot accept your entry. Put everything into an envelope and send it to the address specified in the form.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
All roll films will be developed by ANALOGICA. Maximum 3 reels will be selected and exhibited in Bolzano, Italy in 2019.
The best project from the 3 reels selected will receive the LAB-BOX - The first multi-format daylight-loading film tank-, offered by our technical and main sponsor ARS-IMAGO.
The remaining two projects will each receive and award of 10 roll films.
Once the selected works have been chosen, negative films will be returned to the respective authors (including the winners). We'll use the address provided by you in the participation form, so make sure to double check it!
CHARGES
A fee is required to take part in 36EXP. This includes the development of the film and return-shipping fees of negative.
Deadline extended / September 30th / € 25

Jury 2019 ///

Andy Rourke
One of the most revered bass players in alternative music, Andy Rourke helped craft the iconic sound of the '80s with seminal band, The Smiths.
Rourke went on to play and record with many talented artists in the years to follow, including Morrissey, Sinead O’Connor, The Pretenders, Badly Drawn Boy, and Aziz Ibrahim.

Arianna Carossa
Arianna Carossa is an Italian artist based in NewYork. She studied fine art painting at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti in Genoa and started her career as a painter in 1999 with exhibits at the ARC Gallery In Chicago¨ the Museo Hermitage at the Contemporary Art Biennale in Saint Petersburg Russia and at the
Mediterranean Artists Biennale in Tunisia.
In 2005 she redirected her focus and research on sculpture and in 2010¨ through the ISCP scholarship¨ she moved to New York, Brooklyn where she currently lives. In her Sophisticated work she uses an array of techniques, such as painting, sculpture, video and performance. 

Francesca Mor
Francesca is a bi-lingual film editor (Italian/ English) with over 15 years experience in the industry. Her work spans award winning Documentary Film, Documentary & Dramatic Shorts, Music Videos, Commercials and Trailers.
Born in Brescia, Italy, Francesca has been living and working in NYC since 2010.

Richard Thuoy
Richard Thuoy is one of the most active experimental film artists currently working on celluloid in Australia.
He runs Nanolab in Australia – the specialist small gauge film processing laboratory. He actively encourages other artists to work with cine film through his Artist Film Workshop initiative (see artistfilmworkshop.org). He is also a founding director of the Australian International Experimental Film Festival.

Martino Chiti
Martino Chiti is a photographer, director and video designer.
He found, along with Nicola Buttari, Proforma Videodesign: a multimedia agency creating installations and virtual scenographies for events, theater, museum and brands. He found along with Daniele Stefanini, the Miranda Project, installations of photographic blow-ups in urban contexts both for marketing campaigns and as an artistic instrument of free expression. He creates documentaries and reportages collaborating with institutions and associations involved in health and educational projects. He studies assiduously the relationship between society and individual, in continuous search for new experimentation.

ANALOGICA
Analogica is a platform for the investigation and dissemination of analog practices in visual and sonic experiments.