Tuesday, May 22, 2018

"TALENT/MODEL RELEASE FORM": D. Franklin [92]

D. Franklin's conceptual art audience-activated performance piece entitled "TALENT/MODEL RELEASE FORM":

Instructions for participants in D. Franklin's conceptual art audience-activated performance piece entitled "TALENT/MODEL RELEASE FORM":

Print a copy of the form. Fill out Section 2, information about the talent/model. Whenever you are in the presence of any kind of camera (in your phone, your friends' phones, your computer, surveillance cameras in public or privately-owned spaces, drones flying overhead, etc.) that might be taking an image of you, display the form towards the lens of the camera. Try to display it at a distance and in a manner that it will be as legible as possible (this will require some guesswork regarding the lensing of the camera and whether the reader will be a human being or software).

TALENT/MODEL RELEASE FORM

[Production Company: please complete the information in the first section below in blue ball-point pen and return the completed form to the talent/model named below using the contact information supplied. Please use all capital block letters.]


1. Name of production company:

__________________________________________

Telephone: land line _________________________

Telephone: cell/mobile _________________________

Email __________________________________

Website __________________________________

Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Federal Tax Identification Number ____________________

Address where company is legally registered / incorporation address:

Street or PO Box__________________________________________

City _______________________

State/province/district _____________

ZIP/postal code _____________

Physical address or location of main business activities:

Street __________________________________________

City _______________________

State/province/district _____________

ZIP/postal code _____________

Type of company (circle one):      LLC      LP      LLP      PC      S-corp
Government agency (please specify. Be as specific as the law permits): ____________________ )     
Other (please specify: ____________________ )

Names of UBOs (ultimate beneficial owners) and responsible directors, managers, CEO, CFO, members of the board of directors, majority stake stockholders (attach additional sheets if necessary):

 
1. Surname: ______________________ Given name(s): ______________________

Cellphone/mobile: _________________________

Email: _________________________


2. Surname: ______________________ Given name(s): ______________________

Cellphone/mobile: _________________________

Email: _________________________


3. Surname: ______________________ Given name(s): ______________________

Cellphone/mobile: _________________________

Email: _________________________




[Talent/model: complete the information in the second section below before displaying the form to any cameras that may be recording your image.]

2. Full name of talent/model; ______________________________

I, [talent/model’s full name ____________________________________ ], being of legal age, hereby give [Production Company Name ____________________________________], their licensees, successors, legal representatives, and assigns the absolute and irrevocable right and permission to use my name and to use, reproduce, edit, exhibit, project, display, copyright, publish and/or resell photography images and/or moving pictures and/or videotaped images of me with or without my voice, or in which I may be included in whole or in part, photographed, taped, videotaped, and/or recorded on [today’s date __________________] and thereafter in perpetuity, and to circulate the same in all forms and media and printed matter for art, advertising, trade, competition, government surveillance of every description and/or any other lawful purpose whatsoever, to the degree that the lawfulness of such usage can be ascertained.

I hereby waive any right that I may have to inspect and/or approve the finished product or products or the editorial, advertising, or printed copy, accompanying text, digital files and other data, or soundtrack that may be used in connection therewith and any right that I may have to control the use to which said product, products, copy and/or soundtrack may be applied.

I hereby release, discharge and agree to save [Production Company Name ____________________________________], their licensees, successors, legal representatives and assigns from any liability by virtue of any blurring, distortion, alteration, optical illusion or use in composite form whether intentional or otherwise that may occur or be produced in the making, processing, duplication, projecting or displaying of said picture or images, and from liability for violation of any personal or proprietary right that I may have in conjunction with said pictures or images and with the use thereof.

AGREED AND ACCEPTED this [today’s date __________ ] of [month ___________ ], year 20____

[Optional] location ________________________________________________

Talent/model signature ________________________________

Talent/model surname (block capital letters) ______________________________

Talent/model given name(s) ______________________________

Talent/model stage name(s)/pseudonyms/aliases ______________________________

Street or PO Box__________________________________________

City _______________________

State/province/district _____________

ZIP/postal code _____________

Email: ______________________________________

Cellphone / mobile / landline (optional) _________________________

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

For Your Consideration : Laura Minning [ 91]

Laura Minning
Exhibiting Abstract Artist,
Published Poet & Author
brcartistpoet @ gmail dot com


"freedom" (original previously published poem)


"Amelia Trail (photo)


"frostbite" (original artwork)



L a u r a   M i n n i n g ‘ s   C r e a t i v e B i o

Laura Minning began writing creatively at the age of nine. She’s become an award-winning published poet and author since that time. All in all, she’s had one-hundred and seven individual poems, six articles, three short plays, two books and one piece of prose published both in hard copy and on-line. Her work has been featured in publications like “Literature Today”, “Amulet” and “Slate and Style”.

Laura received her first Editor’s Choice Award in 1993 for “bronx zoo” and her first International Merritt of Poetry Award in 1995 for “introspection” by the National Library of Poetry. Poetry.com recognized her work a decade later by granting her the title of International Poet of the Year.

Laura’s artistic accomplishments have been equally impressive. She’s had ninety-three original pieces exhibited and eleven images published. Her work has been displayed at venues like the VMFA Studio School, Trenton Free Public Library and Barcode.

The Barcode exhibit featured thirty-six pieces of Laura’s artwork during the month of February in 2016. Four pieces were sold over the course of opening weekend, and the exhibition was sponsored by Bacardi.

As a person who has reached for the stars and followed her own creative dreams, Laura hopes to inspire others to do the same. She donates part of all sale proceeds to charity, and anyone interested in learning more about Laura and her work is welcome to contact her directly at brcartistpoet @ gmail dot com.