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New Projects – Our New Form of Artistic Installation aka ‘The Quilt’ Is Ready!

13/09/201811/09/2018 by Joanne Carter

We’re delighted to inform our readers that the quilt that so many of you contributed to, has now been completed. For those of you not aware of this project, it involved mobile artists contributing one image and each one was then carefully included within a large quilt to be displayed at the next gallery show or even Mobile Arts Festival. There has been a few obstacles along the way and we have overcome each one. This quilt was sewed together and finalised by none other than mobile artist, Lorenka Campos’ mother in law. We all owe her much gratitude. The quilt is now with Lorenka Campos, so if you would like to display it at your next event, please contact her for details.

I have also been reminded and I shouldn’t have needed to be however, “Linda Toki did the whole layout of the quilt and had it printed. She also spent days working on the catalog so I really think she deserves a shout out as the quilt would never have happened without her”. We all need to give huge thanks to Linda M. Toki – join me!!

With many thanks to everyone involved in this project, Lorenka Campos, Kate Zari Roberts, Roger Guetta, Linda Toki, Karen Axelrad, Christine O’ Sobczak, Jane Schultz, Marian Seid Rubin, Gina Costa, Armineh Hovanesian, Susan Rennie, Catherine Schell Caddigan, Elaine Taylor, M. Cecilia Sao Thiago, Lrh Arquitecto, Jill Lian, Fiona Christian, Barbara Nebel, Lisa Mitchell, Meri Walker, Diana Nicholette Jeon, Clint Cline, Cara Gallardo Weil, Alexis Rotella, Carol Wiebe, Juta Jazz, Gianluca Ricoveri, Ile Mont, Dilshad Corleone, Joyce Harkin, Deborah McMillion, Rad Drew, Gillian Brodie, David Scott Leibowtiz, Eliza Badoiu, Clarrise Debout, Andrea Bigiarini, Bobbi McMurry, Sukru Mehmet Omur, Mimi Svanberg, Robin Cohen, Lynette Sheppard, Sean Hayes, Violet Martins, Susan Detroy, Amanda Parker, Liz Dameron, Janine Graf, Allyson Marie, Linda Hollier, Alon Goldsmith, Lee Atwell, Christine Mignon, Jennifer Thomas, Valeria CAmmareri, Karen Divin, Gerry Coe, Debara Splendorio, Vannesa Vox, Vivi Handson Sacerdote, Sara McCracken, Manuela Matos Monteiro, Jerry Jobe, Giulia Baita, Laurie Amerson, David Hayes, Nick Kenrick, Adelino Marques, Sabine Gromek, Bonobo Stone, Dina Alfasi, Kristie Benoit, Robin Robertis, Sylvie Prevot, Andrew B White, Robi Gallardo, Lilian Schwitter, Tuba Korhan, Katie Teixeria, Stef LP, Sheldon Serkin, Rob Pearson-Wright, Brendan O Se, Kaaren Malcom, Jeffrey Simpson, Rosalie Heller, Tim Bingham, Vicki Cooper, Lisa Peters, Susan Murtaugh, Edward Santos, Marguerite Khoury, Frederic Deschenes, Oola Cristina, Himanshu Roy, Christina Chin, Mel Harrison, Janis Brandenburg Lee, Brett Chenoweth, Ocean Morisset, Vadim Demjianov, Cathrine Halsor, Angie Lambert, Stefanie Piccioni, Mark Fearnley, Tricia Dewey, Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Mariano Luchini, Susan Tuttle, Mandolina Moon, Adria Ellis, Jo Sullivan, Paul J Toussaint, Montse Abad, Karen L Messick, Katie Saxby, Cristina Rossi, Edith Meier, MaryJane Sarvis, Davide Capponi, Cecily Batey Caceu, Lindy Ginn, Sammi Gravich, Marco P Prado, Andrea Koerner, Claude Panneton, Leasa Fortune, Mark Schnidman, Nancy McClure, Cliff Oliver, Yoni Mayeri, Illse Harris, Connie Gardner Rosenthal, Tommy Vee, Patricia Leeds, Trish Korous, Mim Keo, Shirley Drevich, Kerryn Benbow, David Ingraham, Lanie Heller, Lynette Jackson, Annie Helmsworth, Rinkey Boleman, Carolyn Hall Young, Cadu Lemos, Elaina Wilcox, Lea Murphy, Robin Sacknoff, Stefania Pecchioli, Erik Lieber, Deborah Johannes, Patricia Januszkiewicz, Heather Mc, Adrienne Parks, Maruizio Zanetti, Mariette Schrijiver, Lene Basma Horsnell, Cargan Brown, Manuela Basaldella, Daria Stermac, Nei Cruz, Rudy Vogel, Isabel Afonso, Carol Robinson, Elodie Hunting, Eleni Gemeni, Reece Curham, Angelique Manchandra Peres, Lori Hillsberg, Giancarlo Beltrame, Basak Aytek, Philip Del Carmen, Chad Rankin, Jeronimo Sanz, Tania Konnerth, Akwa Marina, Jane Gottlieb, Star Rush, Teri Lou Dantzler, Maura Shine, Lou O’Leary, Bleu Chemiko, Daniel Vondav, Bridget Robertson, Kim Martino-Diaz, Cory Carpenter, Julia Badakhshan, Paula Betlem, Grace Brignolle, Jody Frost, Anndrea Lewis, Steve Cooper, Sonya Sanchez Arias, Mary E Peek, Wnick Maygay, Tony Smith, Donna Coburn, Hilary Packard, MaryJane Rosenfeld, Sandra Belyea, Bruce Barrett I cannot possibly include every member of our Quilt Project here, so please continue to tag any that I may have missed…

Mobile Photography & Art – Flickr Group Showcase – 20 May 2018

20/05/2018 by Joanne Carter

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style”, Maya Angelou – I couldn’t agree more…

What’s happening now in the mobile art and photography scene, as in so many genres of art right now, is a revolt. It’s been building for sometime, but there’s now more urgency. And with that, artists are implored with a range of apocalyptic anxieties. Change is on the cards, however mindful we are aware of this pictorial elegance, we need to support it with passionate pleas and deft authority. At TheAppWhisperer we have a special relationship with our readers, a shared sense of purpose and a commitment to understand and illuminate our times. The depth of our deep sense of duty and responsibility to our readers is to honour the trust your place in us, we ask you to stand by us, we’re just getting started!

Thank you to all artists for submitting your works. If you would like your work to be considered for entry in to our weekly Mobile Photography and Art Flickr Group, please submit it to our dedicated group, here.

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Y F, Deborah McMillion, Cecilia Sao Thiago, Damian De Souza, Susan Blase, Kathy Clay, Lorenka Campos, Korhan Kumral, Jun Yamaguchi, Gabriele Rodriquez, Robi Gallardo, Jillian2 – Jill Lian, Luison – Lrh, Clare Pickett, Tomaso Belloni, Amo Passicos, Valeria Cammareri, Shel Serkin, Lorenka Campos, nashira1901, Sergiy Beliayev, Candice Railton, Gianluca Ricoveri, Susan Maxwell Schmidt, Donna Coburn, Clint Cline, Poetic Medium, Susan Rennie, TheiPhoneArtGirl – Meri Walker, Linda Hollier, before.1st.light – Jane Schultz, Barbara Nebel.

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Group Showcase – 25 March 2018

30/03/201825/03/2018 by Joanne Carter

It is the high calibre of talent shown throughout this weeks Mobile Photography and Art Showcase that spells liberation. The potency of these raw artists crystallises this era’s insurgent shifts in photography and art. Unapologetically, we present this weeks showcase, kicking open the door to your heads and your hearts, with narratives of power, desire, independence and sexual prowess into the view of the brave and unbridled, socially assertive lives that we all share today, Enjoy!

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Lorenka Campos, Candice Railton, Anastasia Potekhina, Clint Cline, Paul Yan, Juta Jazz, Donna Coburn, Sheldon Serkin, Jillian2 – Jill Lian, Lydia Cassatt, ArrRT eDUarD, borisbschulz2009, Jun Yamaguchi, Nashira1901, Gianluca Ricoveri, Jeronimo Sanz, p.a. hamel, Kate Zari Roberts, Deborah McMillion, Susan Rennie, before.1st.light – Jane Schultz, Barbara Nebel, Bobbi McMurry, Ile Mont, Damian De Souza, Gabriele Rodriquez, Rob Pearson-Wright, klimtt – Cecilia Sao Thiago, Jon Arne Foss, Karen Axelrad, Clare Pickett, David Welsh, woltarise, Debara Splendorio, Tomaso Belloni, Valeria Cammareri.

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Group Showcase – 10 March 2018

11/03/2018 by Joanne Carter

Sometimes when curating and putting together our mobile photography and art showcase, as I work long hours, tiredness creeps in and it’s at those times when semi consciousness takes over and the real creativity happens. I think this is the case for many artists, creativity can not be turned on and off with the flick of switch, sometimes it takes a while for it to start building and smouldering and as the heat builds and builds it becomes the all encompassing climax of our vigorous lives. There is much talent in this showcase, matched with fierce, compassionate and revelatory art. Enjoy this piercingly tender film, it’s one that will make you laugh, cry and reflect on what life is all about and for me, that’s kindness, rooted in true respect for human dignity and equality – a society without kindness would be a much sadder place. Love to you all, always…

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Sheldon Serkin, Deborah McMillion, Ginger Lucero, YF, Clint Cline, Mirza Kafi, Jean Hutter, Joseph Cyr, Sergiy Beliayev, Marietjie du Toit, Jill Lian, Amo Passicos, Kat McClelland, Mark Walton1, woltarise, Kate Zari Roberts, Vadim Demjianov, Nncy McClure, Jun Yamaguchi, Sarah Kuhn, Din Alfasi, Hanni K, Catherine Caddigan, Tomaso Belloni, Poetic Medium, jon jon, Amy Ecenbarger, Damian De Souza, Clare Pickett, Donna Coburn, Lorenka Campos, borisbschulz2009, Gianluca Ricoveri.

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Group Showcase – 11 February 2018

11/02/2018 by Joanne Carter

I am not one to read lonely hearts ad’s per se, however I do love history and found myself pre Valentine’s wondering when the first lonely hearts ad may have been written. I think I found it, in 1695 a ‘gentleman about 30 years of age’ placed at least one of the first recorded lonely hearts ad’s and he was seeking ‘some good young gentlewoman that has a Fortune of 3000 l. or thereabout’. £3k is equal to around £260k ($340k) today. This chap had his eyes set on more than love it’s plain to see, no second guessing needed with this guy… I turn again and again to ‘The Art of Loving’, Eric Fromm not least because “Love is not primarily a relationship to a specific person; it is an attitude, an orientation of character which determines the relatedness of a person to the world as a whole, not toward one “object” of love. If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to the rest of his fellow men, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism. Yet, most people believe that love is constituted by the object, not by the faculty.” What I have learned (so far), is that love is not a passive activity, it requires consciousness, dedication and it requires more giving than receiving…

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Kristie Benoit, Hanni K, Sergiy Beliayev, Jun Yamaguchi, Luison, woltarise, Jean Hutter, sculptorli, Karen Axelrad, Kate Zari Roberts, Valeria Cammareri, Damian De Souza, Michael Brunsfeld, Sheldon Serkin, Jill Lian, Gianluca Ricoveri, Juta Jazz, Μιχάλης Αστακός , Gina Costa, Em Kachouro, Donna Coburn, Clint Cline, Tuba Korhan, Marguerite Khoury, BlemishedEye – David Booker, Ile Mont, Tomaso Belloni, Candice Railton, Marianne Rieter, Lydia Cassatt.

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Group Showcase – 24 September 2017

24/09/2017 by Joanne Carter

You know that feeling when you just can’t wait to leap out of bed? Well, that happened to me this morning and its not happened for a while. I share a very beauiful bed with a very attractive and intelligent person who manages to stimulate me in every possible way but not even the lure of that deliciousness combined with comforting luscious silk sheets could seduce me this morning. I’m bursting with excitement and renewed direction for TheAppWhisperer, all will be revealed soon. Mobile Photography and Art is a huge part of my life, when I sleep, I dream multiple times, it’s almost a spiritual experience to me. I see you work, I hear your expressions and I feel your fierce trust. Mobile Photography and Art actually demands fierce trust and that trust lays down the fundamentals, ensuring you create and put forth your work, without knowing or planning an outcome, that must come secondary. Take a look at this weeks showcase, each one of these artists have fierce trust in their work and it shines though, this is truly a magnificent and extraordinary performance. Enjoy!

If you would like your work to be considered for entry into our weekly Mobile Photography and Art Flickr Group, please submit it to our dedicated group, here.

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Ade Santora, Gergely Hando, Valeria Cammareri, Bob Weil, Paul Yan, David Hayes, Ile Mont, borisbschulz2009, Luc Borell, Larissa Paschoalli, Karen Axelrad, Kate Zari Roberts, Luison, Lawrence Lazare, Tomaso Belloni, Davide Capponi, Jun Yamaguchi, TheiPhoneArtGirl – Meri Walker, Nicolas Xanthos, Donna Coburn, Trish, Lou Liuzzi, rorofot, before.1st.light – Jane Schultz, Poetic Medium, Armineh Hovanesian, Hotel Midnight – Deborah McMillion, Aylin Argun, Patricia Januszkiewicz, Gianluca Ricoveri, Lorenka Campos.

Music this week: To and From – Stanton Lanier

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Group Showcase – 20 August 2017

20/08/201720/08/2017 by Joanne Carter

‘Only dedicated circles can give birth to something new‘, a quote by a circle of African wise women, capturing an important lesson in life, engagement starts small and requires a team of committed people. This quote is also functional to TheAppWhisperer and Mobile Photography and Art. Each artist featured in this weeks Mobile Photography and Art Showcase is dedicated and emotionally engaged with the present and future of our art. They are also committed to initiating and implementing all the changes we need to bring about, to move forward. We as a group are willing to respect each other and each others work. TheAppWhisperer is a holding space, for the future of mobile photogrpahy and art, an emotional home for our joint iniative. If you pay attention to somebody, or something, that’s an expression of love. Only when you love, can you do that. Implementing freedom of your own thoughts, is genuine freedom, when you get there, it can be transformative and healing. Pause, connect, create, this is the secret. Enjoy!

If you would like your work to be considered for entry into our weekly Mobile Photography and Art Flickr Group, please submit it to our dedicated group, here.

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Eliza Badoiu, Jill Lian, be.mo.re [hopes], Poetic Medium, Donna Coburn, Ile Mont, Catherine Caddigan, Damian De Souza, Susan Maxwell Schmidt, Montse Abad, Donna Donato, Violet Martins, Giancluca Ricoveri, Linda Hollier, Karen Axelrad, Marianne Rieter, Diewuwke Geervliet, Clare Pickett, Roger Guetta, Barbara Nebel, Clint Cline, before.1st.light – Jane Schultz, luc borell, Lorenka Campos, Trish, Paul Yan, Tricia Dewey, Luison – Lrh Aquieteco, Mimi Svanberg, Eliza Badoiu, Andrea Koerner, Chad Rankin, woltarise, Hotel Midnight – Deborah McMillion, Kate Zari Roberts, TheiPhoneArtGirl – Meri Walker, Clare Pickett, Y F, Vanessa Vox, Liliana Schwitter, Bob Weil, Suzana Dordea, David Hayes, Gothic Swan, Asif Ahmed, Shel Serkin.

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Showcase – 28 May 2017

28/05/201728/05/2017 by Joanne Carter

Enjoy this freewheeling elucidation of mobile photography and art in this weeks showcase. As you view this inspired excursion into deepening imagery, complete with characters within and without, transcending all that we know about mobile photography and art, you will see how vividly it anatomises non-conformity as a key element in the photographic/art circles and … Read moreMobile Photography & Art Flickr Showcase – 28 May 2017

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Showcase – 7 May 2017

26/10/201707/05/2017 by Joanne Carter

Every single vignette in this weeks’ Mobile Photography and Art Flickr Group Showcase offers a renewed sense of ‘anything is possible’. It is, if we set our minds to a task, however challenging, we can create brilliant art. Life as we all know is a journey and this is a compassionate presentation of an extremely moving body of modern life.

If you would like your work to be considered for entry into our weekly Mobile Photography and Art flickr group, please submit it to our dedicated group, here. If you would like to view our previous Flickr Group Showcases (please go here).

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Clint Cline, Beate Goralczyk, Roger Guetta, Valeria Cammareri, Violet Martins, Juta Jazz, Waldemar Blazej Nowak, Kate Zari Roberts, Catherine Caddigan, Andy, Davide Capponi, Izumi Horaguchi, Dina Alfasi, Lorenka Campos, borisbschulz2009, Hotel Midnight – Deborah McMillion, Damian De Souza, Jun Yamaguchi, Connie Gardner Rosenthal, Hanni K, Luc Borell, Liliana Schwitter, Christine Sobczak, Dominique Torrent, Gianluca Ricoveri, Buzz Kills, Gina Costa, David DeNagel, Susan Rennie, Michael Trombley, before.1st.light – Jane Schultz, Jill Lian, Isabel Afonso, Barbara Nebel, Karen Axelrad, Eliza Badoiu, Rob Pearson-Wright, Lee Atwell, Susan Maxwell Schmidt, TheiPhoneArtGirl – Meri Walker, Vanessa Vox, Shel Serkin, Donna Coburn, Marianne Rieter,

Music this week is ‘By the Light’ by Anna Jarosz

Mobile Photography & Art Flickr Showcase – 30 April 2017

26/10/201730/04/2017 by Joanne Carter

Larger than life, this weeks Mobile Photography and Art showcase is a potent theatrical nocturne of pure pleasure. This showcase offers an unashamedly intellectual and gripping example of how powerful mobile devices are and how talented are those that use them. This is more than an exhibition of elegant mobile art, it is truly a reflection on life and purpose.

Many congratulations to the following artists for being featured this week:

Dominique Torrent, Maarten Oortwijn, Shel Serkin, Sandra Becker, Dan Arsenault, Cristian Margarita, Sarah Kuhn, Karen Axelrad, Valeria Cammareri, Kate Zari Roberts, Grof of the pop, Lorenka Campos, Eliza Badoiu, Clint Cline, Tania Konnerth, Linda Hollier, Juta Jazz, Petyr Campos, Jun Yamaguchi, Smileformama, TheiPhoneArtGirl – Meri Walker, Tomaso Belloni, Dina Alfasi, Vanessa Vox, Roger Guetta, Kathryns Photography, Janos Kertesz, Sukru Mehmet Omur, Elizabeth Ann Duffy, Liliana Schwitter, Donna Coburn, hong jing chung, Poetic Medium, Eliza Badoiu, Jill Lian, woltarise, Gianluca Ricoveri, Thomas Toft, Gina Costa, Lorenka Campos, Laura Peischl, p.a. hamel, Davide Capponi, Susan Rennie, Giancarlo Beltrame, Montse Abad, before.1st.ight – Jane Schultz, Beatrice Chapillon, Chad Rankin, Jim Perdue, Didier du Castel, Ile Mont, Tricia Dewey, columnsovsleep, Barbara Nebel, Kristie Michele Art – Kristie Benoit, Francesco Sambati, Luison – Lrh Aquietco, Li Dongwei.