2022 Center for Contemporary Photography Summer Salon

 

 

 

Flora #07, D Roll. Oct, 2022.
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Mutliple exposure on boiled Fuji C200 35mm film.
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This image is one of a few I have @ccp_australia in the current 2022 CCP Summer Salon. It is open til 18th Dec. The gallery is open Wed—Sun, 11—5. If you are in Fitzroy, go check it out and see not only my work (I have six pieces up), but all of the other wonderful works.

Spring days 2022 exhibition, and fundraiser for Sri Lanka.

 

I am really excited to be part of this special group show put together by @offthekerb . 

The exhibition ‘Spring days' runs from 8-22 September 2022. 

A portion of all sales goes to support those in Sri Lanka. 

My image (top of this post) 'Spring days 2022'. is a mixed media version of my image - Flora #31, July 2022. This was a Multiple exposure on Velvia 100, 35mm film. I then printed it on matte archival paper and used goauche and watercolur to tone down the distracting areas. It is framed and a unique piece. 

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 Lifted from @offthekerb 's insta post: . Bring your love and generosity to raise well needed funds to support the less privileged affected by the economic crisis in Sri Lanka!! 🇱🇰 

🔸️OPENING NIGHT: Saturday 10th Sept 6pm - 8pm 

🔸️EXHIBITION OPENED BY: @samantharatnam Leader of the Victorian Greens Party 

🔸️E-catalogue link to bio 👇🏽 http://www.offthekerb.com.au/exhibitions.htm 

🔹️CHARITIES SUPPORTED (through art sales): @palmeraprojects @thesoupbowlers 

 

CCP Salon

 If you are in Melbourne, (Aus), I have a few (six) pieces in the CCP salon. Have a look online or go in and see the works in person. So many wonderful images.

I just found out that this small (4x5 inches), experimental piece of mine has sold.
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Title: 'Blended memory #2. From Swansea to Port Arthur, Tasmania (2019).'
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We travelled across the land, with the sea at one side. We talked about our past relationships, and of our hopeful future together. Some of the moments we shared are still vividly clear. Some have merged and are blended. While the trip itself has in most parts, become dreamlike, the feeling of hopefulness we shared, remains clear and strong.
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Delta 3200 film (Stacked and scanned).

 

 copyright matthew schiavello 2021.

More collaborations on 35mm film

I have been doing some swapping of film with people and really enjoying it. Essentially you shoot on a roll of film, wind it back and send it to another person to shoot over the top of. Obviously the next person has no idea what they are shooting over, hence the random fun and sometimes beautiful outcomes.

Here are some images from a collaboration with John Baxter Weekes in NSW. John decided to have the film cross processed when being developed, just for some extra randomness!
You can see more of John's work on his Ello page: https://ello.co/baxtus
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Collaboration: John Baxter Weekes (Australia) and Matthew Schiavello (Australia)

Double exposure (March 2019)

First Exposure - Matthew - Victoria, Australia.
Second Exposure - John - NSW, Australia.

Film:
AGFA Vista (Cross processed)

Post processing (including black and white conversions and inversions) - Matthew
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All works copyright of John Baxter Weekes and Matthew Schiavello 2019

upcoming exhibition. 'X'. a collaboration.

Please mark Friday the 30th into your social diary.

'X' is a exciting collaboration between artist TomboyBill and myself. It is a captivating merge of experimental photography and painting. The works have been called thoughtful and accessible, and said to have an exciting playfulness about them.

The opening is Friday the 30th August from 6-9pm. Come and say hello.

The show runs from the 29th of August, until the 12th of September at - Off the Kerb Gallery, 66B Johnston St, Collingwood. The gallery is open Thursdays- Sundays only. more info: www.offthekerb.com.au

artist websites:
www.tomboybill.com & www.matthewschiavello.com

Setting up for the exhibition:

 

collaborations on 35mm film

I have been doing some swapping of film with people and really enjoying it. Essentially you shoot on a roll of film, wind it back and send it to another person to shoot over the top of. Obviously the next person has no idea what they are shooting over, hence the random fun and sometimes beautiful outcomes.

Here are some images from a collaboration with Kathryn in NSW.

Important details:

Collaboration: Kathryn (https://ello.co/dropshot) (Australia) and Matthew (https://ello.co/matthewschiavello) (Australia)

Double exposure.

First Exposure - Kathryn - Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia, July-August 2018.
Second Exposure - Matthew - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, August-Sept 2018.

Film:
AGFA CT Precisa 100 (soaked in Vodka and gifted by Walter,  https://ello.co/walter_ac)

Cameras:
Kathryn- Pentax ME Super with SMC Pentax macro 1:4/50 lens
Matthew - Nikon FM10 with Micro Nikkor 55mm 2.8 lens.

Post processing - Matthew

Experiments on 35mm film

I have been experimenting with 35mm film.
It started with someone gifting me two rolls of film, one roll soaked in vodka, and one soaked in window cleaner. I shot these and loved the effect. I then found out about boiling (and freezing film).

here are some of my boiled films (some have been 'inverted' (colours reversed)):

all images copyright matthew schiavello 2019

35mm Film

I have been busy working away on photography, both digital and analog photography.

Here is some recent 35mm film photography, I had scanned in.


AK and I, exploring (#19).
Ilford FP4 plus, 35mm film. 
Taken in mid 2017.

AK and I, exploring the city.
Kodak Gold 200, 35mm film. 
Taken in late 2017.

These next ones are triple exposures, where I took three images, one over the other (all in camera). Crop and post editing processing (slight tweaking) done on the computer.


April 2018 Image #02
(Positive version)
Camera: Nikon FM10
Lens: AI Micro-Nikkor 1:2.8 55m
Film: Kodak Portra 160

April 2018 Image #4

Not sure what happened here, but my 35mm scanner can't seem to handle too much saturated color in film negatives and sometimes does weird, unexpected things.

Camera: Nikon FM10
Lens: AI Micro-Nikkor 1:2.8 55m
Film: Kodak Portra 160

April 2018 Image #8
Camera: Nikon FM10
Lens: AI Micro-Nikkor 1:2.8 55m
Film: Kodak Portra 160

April 2018 Image #68
(Positive version)
Camera: Nikon FM10
Lens: AI Micro-Nikkor 1:2.8 55m
Film: Kodak Portra 160
 

all work, copyright matthew schiavello 2018