PRECIOUS METALS
A$9,060
of $6,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 10th Mar 2014 at 8:10PM.
Precious Metals is the title of an upcoming exhibition of new and recent photographs by 25-year old, Sydney-based artist, Jack Mannix at the Centre for Contemporary Photography from Friday 28 March - Sunday 25 May, 2014.
As part of the 2014 Next Wave Emerging Curators Program, emerging curator Sophie Kitson, is presenting a selection of 45 large Type-C photographs from Jack Mannix's extensive body of work spanning the last few years. Working with both Next Wave and CCP, Kitson has been able to implement and realise the proposed exhibition, while cover the associated gallery hire, travel, media and publicity collateral costs. The credible Colour Factory in Melbourne has generously assisted with the large photographic printing costs.
WE NEED YOUR PRECIOUS METAL!
The last and perhaps most tangible component we are hoping to realise is the development of a well-made square-shaped artist monograph, collaboratively compiled by both Kitson and Mannix. This comprehensive 80pp+ full-colour soft-cover photography book will house a curated selection of around 90 striking portraits and still life images made by Mannix over the last five years; plus contain a critical essay and an interview that reflects on some of the integral reoccurring themes of Mannix's work. This will retail at a mere $40, and be available for sale at the exhibition, online, at as a pre-sale as part of this campaign.
This project is important to us because it is Jack's first solo exhibition and Sophie's first large exhibition as an emerging curator. It is the first time Mannix has presented a large and cohesive collection of his photography in a fine art exhibition dedicated solely to the medium of his first creative love affair, in a gallery dedicated and specialising in photography, CCP. It is also somewhat of a milestone for both collaborators, having known each other for ten years and to be able to work together to realise this project in its entirety.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT TO SEE?
Exploring themes of loss, friendship, agony, ecstasy, isolation, addiction, sex and death, his gritty, documentary-style images cross the boundaries of both lo-fi and high-fashion photography.
Leaving home at 13, Mannix had his first paid photography job at 14, freelancing for Rolling Stone and VICE magazine. His documentation of various subjects and places in Sydney and Melbourne, including a steady collection of self-portraits, has seen his images widely published in national and international publications; amongst Mannix's plethora of other creative pursuits, such as his zine, Cocksucker Bruise or band, Drown Under.
Mannix's photographs touch on and represent the important social and critical dialogues occurring today -- notions of gender, transgender and queer theory; the re-inscribing of popular culture objects; hardship, failures and addiction; and representations of non-traditional family units, friendship circles and creative communities. One could liken elements of his work to photographers and artists such as Nan Goldin, Larry Clark, Dash Snow, Diane Arbus, Rennie Ellis, Richard Kern, Harmony Korine, John Waters, Genesis P-Orridge and Samuel Hodge.
CAMPAIGN UPDATE - 25th Feb, 2014
A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS HELPED AND SUPPORTED THE CAMPAIGN SO FAR:
Jennifer Herrema, Nicole Smith, Emily Sexton, Lara Thoms, Jane Smith, Richard Baron, Emma Ramsay, Catherine Kelleher, Nevena Spirovska, Marcus Whale, Daryl Prondoso, Annalee Koernig, Debbie Pryor, Meg Hale, Dimity Kasz, Celeste Juliet, Matthew Hopkins, Jake G, Lloyd Honeybrook, Idaho Beau, Guy Blackman, Jack Murray, Michael Zulicki, Nashi Ferguson, Kalindy Millions, Aaron VIII, Chris Rudge, Louisa Jones, Cristian O'Sullivan, Ryan Stuart, Dane Fireball Roberts, Darren Sylvester, Anna Shapiro, Ben Sullivan, Ally Spazzy, Max White, Adam Curley, Catherine Vasseleu, Gill Tucker, Kimberly Tillyer-Strudwick, Randy Whalen, Whipped Cream Chargers, Darryl Kostka, Samuel Pearton, Nigel Chong-sun, Ashley Thompson, Anthony Chan, Nikki Nighthawk, Georgia Rose, Sophie Miles, Phoebe Loomes, Susan Dietrich, Timothy D, H Rose, Al Gatto, Saywood Barone, Ramya Ramo, Raquel Caballero, Dan Lewis, J H, Llewellyn Annie, Ladeeh Fiddycent, Tina De Broux, Jonnine Standish, Kiara Mazzon, Fabian Seigel, Kennie Ward, Gabriel Gerhard, Lucy Holt, Stuart Page, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Danielle Bianca, Amber Chapman.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO Jack Colwell for supporting us with a $500 donation, and for all our INCREDIBLE anonymous supporters who have contributed significant amounts to helping both Jack and I reach our goal!
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REWARD UPDATE:
EVERY REWARD CATEGORY OVER $100 WILL ALSO RECEIVE A COPY OF 'PRECIOUS METALS' WITH THEIR DONATION, so you can have double the fun!
CRITICAL ESSAY CONTRIBUTIONS by none other than the wonderful ANGELA GARRICK and JACK SARGEANT.
Jennifer Herrema, Nicole Smith, Emily Sexton, Lara Thoms, Jane Smith, Richard Baron, Emma Ramsay, Catherine Kelleher, Nevena Spirovska, Marcus Whale, Daryl Prondoso, Annalee Koernig, Debbie Pryor, Meg Hale, Dimity Kasz, Celeste Juliet, Matthew Hopkins, Jake G, Lloyd Honeybrook, Idaho Beau, Guy Blackman, Jack Murray, Michael Zulicki, Nashi Ferguson, Kalindy Millions, Aaron VIII, Chris Rudge, Louisa Jones, Cristian O'Sullivan, Ryan Stuart, Dane Fireball Roberts, Darren Sylvester, Anna Shapiro, Ben Sullivan, Ally Spazzy, Max White, Adam Curley, Catherine Vasseleu, Gill Tucker, Kimberly Tillyer-Strudwick, Randy Whalen, Whipped Cream Chargers, Darryl Kostka, Samuel Pearton, Nigel Chong-sun, Ashley Thompson, Anthony Chan, Nikki Nighthawk, Georgia Rose, Sophie Miles, Phoebe Loomes, Susan Dietrich, Timothy D, H Rose, Al Gatto, Saywood Barone, Ramya Ramo, Raquel Caballero, Dan Lewis, J H, Llewellyn Annie, Ladeeh Fiddycent, Tina De Broux, Jonnine Standish, Kiara Mazzon, Fabian Seigel, Kennie Ward, Gabriel Gerhard, Lucy Holt, Stuart Page, Amiel Courtin-Wilson, Danielle Bianca, Amber Chapman.
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO Jack Colwell for supporting us with a $500 donation, and for all our INCREDIBLE anonymous supporters who have contributed significant amounts to helping both Jack and I reach our goal!
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REWARD UPDATE:
EVERY REWARD CATEGORY OVER $100 WILL ALSO RECEIVE A COPY OF 'PRECIOUS METALS' WITH THEIR DONATION, so you can have double the fun!
CRITICAL ESSAY CONTRIBUTIONS by none other than the wonderful ANGELA GARRICK and JACK SARGEANT.
How The Funds Will Be Used
IF WE REACH OUR TARGET
With your help we can reach our first goal, which is to self-publish one run of high-quality 80pp offset printed Precious Metals artist monographs. These will be available to purchase during the exhibition dates at CCP Melbourne, in selected bookstores, online, and as a pre-sale as part of this campaign.
We are using a Sydney-based Australian printing company and professional negative scanner to help us achieve the highest quality full-colour reproductions of Mannix's photography. This is one incredibly beautiful and well-produced book! Printing will cost around $5,000 (stock, offset printing set-up, perfect binding, freight), designer fees $500, and the negative scanning costs $500 to transfer film to quality high-resolution images that will remain as true to original in the printing process. Printing in Australia and with a quick turn-around is realistically why the base price is a little more than printing overseas, but with the ability to be involved with our printers every step of the way, it is worth it!
Your donation will contribute directly to the costs needed to achieve the publication, using the offset printing process and on a quality eco-friendly stock. We have negotiated with a local designer to provide us with their expertise at a mate's rate without any additional charges. What you will be able to see and purchase is a well-made, intimate sized, thoughtfully considered artist book that will feature over 90 photographs of Jack Mannix's work - including images from his 2013 Working Girls series, and more.
We need your help and undying generosity to help make our project a reality! We must reach (or exceed) our target of $6,000 to make it happen. Even just by pre-ordering a copy of Precious Metals (at the $40 Reward bracket), will not only ensure the project is a success, but you will have already bought (freight included!) your own copy that can be mailed directly to your front door! If you are feeling like your want something a bit more special, why not order yourself a personalised signed version by the artist himself? There are 50 available.
NEXT STAGE - SUPERSEDING OUR TARGET
Ultimately, if we achieve a sum that goes beyond our target goal, all funding will go directly back into the printing costs associated with the development of the book. Mannix and Kitson have a selection of a further 40 photographs they would love to be able to include in the edition; and with any additional money raised with your help, we will have an opportunity to create a thicker publication of around 90-112pp so that we can include our intended selection of photographs for the book.
We intend to price our publication at $40, which for an artist monograph produced by the artist, including essays, interviews and personalised text, is the most affordable way to own a little part of Mannix's body of work.
Aesthetically, so you have an idea of what the book may look like, this Wolfgang Tillmans catalogue from his 2012 show at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm is a great example at what we have designed and intend to print:
Both Sophie and Jack are happy to answer any questions you might have in relation to the project. Feel free to email us to discuss. Sophie: [email protected], Jack: [email protected]
With your help we can reach our first goal, which is to self-publish one run of high-quality 80pp offset printed Precious Metals artist monographs. These will be available to purchase during the exhibition dates at CCP Melbourne, in selected bookstores, online, and as a pre-sale as part of this campaign.
We are using a Sydney-based Australian printing company and professional negative scanner to help us achieve the highest quality full-colour reproductions of Mannix's photography. This is one incredibly beautiful and well-produced book! Printing will cost around $5,000 (stock, offset printing set-up, perfect binding, freight), designer fees $500, and the negative scanning costs $500 to transfer film to quality high-resolution images that will remain as true to original in the printing process. Printing in Australia and with a quick turn-around is realistically why the base price is a little more than printing overseas, but with the ability to be involved with our printers every step of the way, it is worth it!
Your donation will contribute directly to the costs needed to achieve the publication, using the offset printing process and on a quality eco-friendly stock. We have negotiated with a local designer to provide us with their expertise at a mate's rate without any additional charges. What you will be able to see and purchase is a well-made, intimate sized, thoughtfully considered artist book that will feature over 90 photographs of Jack Mannix's work - including images from his 2013 Working Girls series, and more.
We need your help and undying generosity to help make our project a reality! We must reach (or exceed) our target of $6,000 to make it happen. Even just by pre-ordering a copy of Precious Metals (at the $40 Reward bracket), will not only ensure the project is a success, but you will have already bought (freight included!) your own copy that can be mailed directly to your front door! If you are feeling like your want something a bit more special, why not order yourself a personalised signed version by the artist himself? There are 50 available.
NEXT STAGE - SUPERSEDING OUR TARGET
Ultimately, if we achieve a sum that goes beyond our target goal, all funding will go directly back into the printing costs associated with the development of the book. Mannix and Kitson have a selection of a further 40 photographs they would love to be able to include in the edition; and with any additional money raised with your help, we will have an opportunity to create a thicker publication of around 90-112pp so that we can include our intended selection of photographs for the book.
We intend to price our publication at $40, which for an artist monograph produced by the artist, including essays, interviews and personalised text, is the most affordable way to own a little part of Mannix's body of work.
Aesthetically, so you have an idea of what the book may look like, this Wolfgang Tillmans catalogue from his 2012 show at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm is a great example at what we have designed and intend to print:
Both Sophie and Jack are happy to answer any questions you might have in relation to the project. Feel free to email us to discuss. Sophie: [email protected], Jack: [email protected]
The Challenges
Our greatest challenge is to reach the intended target goal of $6,000 in order to achieve one run of the smaller-paged publication we have carefully researched for our budget. The best case scenario is that we reach our target, sell the edition and acquire enough money to be able to fund another run of the publication. Our other challenge is our tight deadline to go to print before the opening of the exhibition on March 27. We hope to meet our target to ensure we will have something to present for Opening Night.
If for whatever reason we are unsuccessful with our crowd-funding campaign entirely, we can at the very least generate enough personal income to print a leaflet-style brochure to view whilst at the exhibition.
All photography (c) the artist, Jack Mannix 2014
A huge thank you to Oliver Heath for shooting and editing the Pozible video!
$1 - $14? Thanks! Your donation is most appreciated. Every little bit helps :)
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Est. delivery is Apr 14
Receive a one-off, handmade, A5 watercolour painting made by the artist, Jack Mannix. Featuring a range of male genitalia and other phallic or sexually charged items from Mannix's personal history. Ink illustration, abstract colours, a variety of compositions available. Signed and editioned by the artist, 2014. 100 unique drawings available. Purchase more than one and create a series!
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Receive a limited edition copy of Cocksucker Bruise - new run of 100 copies made especially for this campaign. Signed and customised by the artist, 2014 edition.
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Receive a pre-sale copy of Precious Metals, the book you are helping to produce! Offset printing, 80pp full-colour, monograph featuring over 90 photographs from Jack Mannix's extensive body of work spanning the last ten years not able to be displayed in the exhibition. The book includes interviews, a critical essay and contributions by both Jack Mannix, and curator, Sophie Kitson.
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Receive a signed and personalised copy of Precious Metals; the 80pp full-colour monograph displaying over ninety photographs not seen in the exhibition of the same name. A wonderful gift idea for appreciators of Mannix's photography. Limited to one copy per person, 50 available. Message can be customised.
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Combination special! Receive a trilogy of special Jack Mannix creations: A signed copy of the Precious Metals monograph, Cocksucker Bruise zine, and a watercolour painting all bundled up and ready to be sent to your door! A great way to experience Jack's prolific body of work, from writing, photography, painting and drawing while helping us raise the money to achieve our publishing goal!
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An opportunity to meet the artist and curator in Melbourne for a personal and informal discussion about Jack's body of work. This experience will include a private walk-through of the exhibition at CCP, lasting 2 hours guided by both curator, Sophie and artist, Jack. You and the other donators in this category can select from one of two sessions held in March or May. There are 30 spots available for each event. A rare chance to speak candidly with the artist about his work!
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Receive a limited edition, signed Type-C photographic print of Jack Mannix's most recent body of work. The print is A4 in size and landscape in orientation featuring a thin white border in order to be able to pin directly to the wall. Unframed. Two images to choose from: "LOUIS ON THE INTERNET, FOOTSCRAY 2014" "LADY KIARA IN BED, EXHALING THE WEED, SURRY HILLS 2013" There are 10 prints available of each in this edition, limited run.
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Receive a limited edition, signed Type-C photographic print of Jack Mannix's most recent body of work. The print is A3 in size and landscape in orientation featuring a thin white border in order to be able to pin directly to the wall. Unframed. Two images to choose from: "GLORIA’S BODY CORPORATE (PROFILE), THE WINDOW, KINGS CROSS 2013" "STILL LIFE, WADE AND LISA'S, KINGS CROSS 2013" There are 10 prints available of each in this edition, limited run.
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Est. delivery is May 14
Receive a personalised 2-hour photo shoot with the artist, Jack Mannix. Locations (Sydney or Melbourne) can be negotiated with the artist and shoots will take place between May and December, 2014. Included in the shoot is creative direction and styling. You can expect a large range of digital photographs from your experience. Please be aware shooting on film and costs associated are extra. Email [email protected] for more info before pledging! This is an open to negotiation process :)
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An enormous thank you for your incredible generosity and one-off donation! We will include your company logo in the publication and associated marketing collateral. We will mention and acknowledge your contribution at all media/publicity events surrounding Precious Metals exhibition & book launch (coinciding with 2014 Next Wave Festival across all media platforms between March and June 2014). A personal walk-through of the exhibition, and a signed copy of the Precious Metals publication.
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