Monday, October 18, 2010

The .pdf Exchange!

.pdf Exchange brought together young creative people from Portugal, France, Germany and Poland for the creation of the first issue of a digital magazine titled dyspnea.The exchange consisted of discussions and critiques, photo editing and design workshops, and finally the launch of the magazine.  










 

Monday, October 11, 2010

SUPPORT FROM DRS

Our project got the support from DRS in Berlin that will provide us with  necessary photo equipment!
Thank you DRS!

http://www.delight-rent.com/

CALL FOR GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

 non-commercial    free  experimental    critical     creative groundbreaking   international   accessible    attractive    visible surprising    inspiring    boundless     non-mainstream  engaging


How the ideas of the magazine can be expressed in the graphic design of the magazine?
How the main points of the manifesto can be stated in the layout and typography?

Before you come to the exchange we would like you to reflect on the questions and prepare some samples of layout  and typography to discuss with the group and with other graphic designers.

Deadline 15.10.2010- presentation of the ideas.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Program, What and When (so far)

Thursday 14

20:00             Dinner all together (hope you all are on time)
21:00-22:00   Getting to know each other, name games

Friday 15

9:00-10:00      Breakfast
10:00-18:00    Workshops (don't worry there will be plenty of breaks) 
18:00-19:30    Cooking dinner
19:30-20:30    Eating dinner


Saturday 16
sometime        1.5 hours for presentations of your ideas for the magazine, so be
                         ready to share
 



The rest of the exchange will be scheduled by you the participants (with some help from us). There are some days that are already determined because of the length of the exchange.

Tuesday 19     Day off

Saturday 23    Open Space 


Sunday 24       Exhibition


Monday 25       Departure, bye bye :(

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Everything you need and more

Here are all the texts created so far:


MAGAZINE MANIFESTO



The magazine is a non-commercial, free and experimental publication. The content has to be critical and without any boundaries in the cretive process. To get such results we need creative and groundbreaking photographers & designers working as an international collective. They must be open to criticism among themselves and from the viewers in order to get the best results.

The magazine reader can be every creative and inspired artist or a any person looking for visual inspiration.  Moreover it can be anyone who knows how to use the Internet and wants to experience a new digital photography magazine.

This magazine must be accessible, attractive and visible. The content must be surprising and inspiring to the readers, and at the same time give them the pleasure of viewing. This is the reason we want the photographers to produce boundless, non-mainstream and engaging content. 



CALL FOR SAMPLE PHOTOS FOR THE 1st ISSUE OF .PDF MAGAZINE

Migration is the movement of people from one country or locality to another. There are different reasons why people choose to migrate and the list of them can be very long. But one thing is common everyone tries to make their own way in a strange new land. Nothing comes easy, nothing can be taken for granted. It has a very strong impact on ones emotional life. The shades of feelings accompanying a new life, sophisticated dreams and irrational desires that push one forward on the search of
the unknown build up an INNER PORTRAIT OF A MIGRANT. And this is what we would like to closely review in the first issue of our magazine.


Before you come to the exchange we would like you to reflect on the subject and send us (altvis.group@gmail.com):
3 samples of photographs (.jpg.) that will show the idea that you would like to develop during the exchange.Please remember that we expect you to do creative photography (not documentary or journalism!).
short description (up to 100 words) of the idea you want to show through your photographs. Its important for us to gain the knowledge how do you perceive the subject and what are the topics that you are mostly interested in.
a list of light equipment (only if necessary) that you might need during the exchange to take pictures and illustrate your ideas.

Deadline for sending them to us is the 7th of October.

The Exchange is a Week Away


Hello .pdf exchange participants here is the information you will need to have to make it to and be prepared  for the exchange. 

ACCOMMODATION
http://www.jugendkulturzentrumpumpe.de/
JugendKulturZentrum PUMPE
Lützowstr.42
D-10785 Berlin-Mitte
You need to take a sleeping bag with you.
Connections
Subway: U1-Kurfürstenstraße,
/U1/U2/U3/U4-Nollendorfplatz
From S-Hauptbahnhof: Bus M 85 until Lützowstr./Potsdamer Str. or S 75 until Zoologischen Garten, change to Bus 100 until Lützowplatz
DATE: Due to the availabilty of a wonderful venue we had to change the dates
The .pdf Youth Exchange will be 14-25.10.2010

Travel Information
This project is supported by European Commission. It means
that this YOUTH EXCHANGE is free of charge and the cost will be cov-
ered with the financial support of the European Commission. There is
only one thing which you need to cover is 30% travel cost.
We will reimburse you 70% travel cost during the project in cash. Please, be informed that 70%
your travel expenses will be covered just in the case that you will
provide us original travel tickets, invoices and your boarding passes.
In the case that you will not provide the original tickets your travel expenses will be not covered.
Please, remember that there are limits connecting with your travel
costs. The tickets CANNOT be more expensive than:
 
Portugal 600€
France 250€
Poland 90€


PHOTO-WORKSHOPS
1. a digital camera
2. a memory card for the camera
3. a charger for the camera or for the accu or spare batteries
4. a cable to connect your camera to a computer
5. a laptop
6. a memory stick
7. intalled antivirus software on your computer
8. installed GIMP, Photoshop, Indesign or anything you work on :) 

LIVING
1. personal toiletries
2. sleeping bag, a towel and shower flip-flops
3. your typical national food and drinks for intercultural evening ;)
4. pocket money for you personal expenses
5. student ID or Euro<26 or ISIC card for the travel insurance
6. our contact tel. numbers (DON' T START YOUR JOURNEY WTHOUT IT!!!)
7. if you take any specific medicine (anti-allergic for example) please be sure you have enough of it for the exchange