Invitation Image as a Poster

The first show poster used a misty monastery courtyard as a background. This image is perhaps more of signature image for this show.

Link Center Poster for Show

I wanted to provide an easy way to use the Scanlife logos to access key links -- the audio tour, to purchase the catalog (or look at it), and to this blog.

The Audio Tour Menu

This can double for the Audio Tour Menu. It's linked, so you can try it out. It may look different depending on the device you are using to browse it.

Audio Touring with your iPhone

Rather than to try to associate individual sound files with a bulleted list, I think a better way is to link to the the list of files on Audioboo. They've made is pretty easy...http://audioboo.fm/jcmanley.

There you see a list (most recent at the top) of audio entries about the show. If I use the Scanlife logo to connect to the above URL, then the list of audio tour files is pretty readily seen. In fact, it looks better on an iPhone than on the PC. So I'll take the next step, create a logo, then place that on a poster with instructions near the beginning of the show. The result will hopefully be an economical audio tour on smartphones.

Maybe to liven things up...

Contemplative Spaces: The Audio Tour

Experimenting with Audio Touring...

There are a variety of guide-by-cell-phone services that are available, but most charge at a rate that you would expect. I've been wondering whether one could replicate a cell-phone-like service at a temporary exhibition. Partly the issue how much time do you want to spend dialing, entering item numbers, etc. One good way to do it would be to put a scanlife logo on each label. Voila! anyone with an iPhone could go directly to a sound file featuring that item. But multiple logos means a monthly service cost to support multiple logos. But apps like Audioboo might be just the ticket.

It's possible to record a short sound file for each gallery item of interest. That tiny URL might be a part of a bulleted list on this blog. A logo would direct the iPhone user to that specific blog page. The user could then tap items in the list and listen to the accompanying audio. One could make the bulletted hyperlink entries quite large so that it would be easy to see and tap them. An example follows (though not large).

• 3D Anaglyphs in the Show
• About the Palladium Prints in the Show
• About print #106 in the Show
• About "Inside Shang Si"
• etc.

The first link works but it is a pure sound link, so the screen does not show a picture but only the "player" screen. It would be nice to have a picture and the sound playing together as in my Audioboo dashboard. Well, almost. The link shows the PC version, not the iPhone version. More choices to make, but not impossible. You could have a list of titles to tap. I wonder if you can reorder the list. Stay tuned.

Invitation: Contemplative Spaces

You are cordially invited to the opening of my new show July 6 of Palladium and Ultrachrome prints at the Packing House in Claremont, California. The Title (and theme) of the show is Contemplative Spaces. It includes recent color prints from Tibetan areas of China as well as black-and-white Palladium prints that have not been shown before and also 3D anaglyph images printed on paper and fabric.

The show starts on Claremont's "First Friday" Art Walk in July and runs for the month of July. It is located in the Packing House on 1st Street in West Claremont. Come anytime after 6:00 pm on that Friday. Pilates Studio M will host an aerial show at 7:30. If you have enjoyed performances on the "silks" at Cirque du Soleil, you will enjoy this half-hour performance.

There is a catalog available at the show and on Blurb which features an iPad/iPhone eBook version. The prints on display are available for purchase, as are full-sized and letter sized unframed versions of both . The gallery hours during the week are in the afternoon. The show will be up through July.

Best,

Jim Manley

Show Poster