UCR ARTSblock is seeking photographers for its annual Photographic Excursion into Joshua Tree National Park in Twentynine Palms. 24 hrs @ 24 fps Over Joshua Tree takes place on Saturday May 3rd through Sunday, May 4th. This year's project emphasizes time-based collaboration and experimentation as an estimated five hundred photographers are being recruited to this desert wilderness to shoot discrete three-minute segments of a twenty-four hour day, or a record 2,073,600 photographic images.
24 hrs @ 24 fps Over Joshua Tree draws inspiration from photographer Eadweard Muybridge, specifically his groundbreaking work with motion studies, capturing mechanically what the human eye could only roughly perceive. These early experiments were foundational to the invention of what we now know today as cinema. In order for 24 fps to achieve such an ambitious goal, a number of southern California arts institutions are partnering with ARTSblock to recruit artists and share in the editing and screening of the final video.
Participants in 24 hrs @ 24 fps Over Joshua Tree must register with ARTSblock Ed (www.artsblock.ucr.edu) in order to receive their photo assignment, park pass, and recommended supplies list. those wishing to shoot at Joshua Tree separate from the film project, should check in as well. For info, email: digitalstudioinfo@gmail.com. To check out Joshua Tree click here. Photo by Sandi Wheaton.
