Gigantografía

English translation: large-scale [translucent] photographic scrim/screen

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Spanish term or phrase:Gigantografía
English translation:large-scale [translucent] photographic scrim/screen
Entered by: Chris Lovelace

14:45 Sep 6, 2010
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / This is for an academic publication
Spanish term or phrase: Gigantografía
I am looking for the correct TECHNICAL TERM used in a museum setting to translate "gigantografías."
Is "photographic enlargements" appropriate, or is "mural" a better rendering?
I HAVE found references to "gigantography" in English to refer to the general process/industry of producing photographs in excess of standard poster size (in excess of 100x70 cm).
"Panoramic photographic enlargement" or “mural” works, but I need to make sure that the term I use is appropriate for an academic publication.
Chris Lovelace
Argentina
Local time: 16:55
(utilisation/creation of) photographic wall murals
Explanation:
installations, which construct portraits of a society and an age. ... in Brussels; a permanent photographic mural in the Arensa Train Station in Naples, Italy; ... Zero Gravity, Museum of the University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain ...
www.bitforms.com/images/pdf/biocv/canogar_bio.pdf; C 'The 3 Ages of Man', photographic mural, permanent installation on 3 floors .... 1993 Museum of The Big Bend, Alpine, TX 'Texas-Scotland Photography ...

Mostrar mapa de 2006 Main St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA
www.philmoodyphotography.com/exhibits.html - En caché - Similares; Tweed Museum of Art - University of Minnesota – Duluth - Duluth, MN. ... Installation: 12 Photographic murals, video, clay powder, sand. ...
www.lynnlukkas.com/documents/lukkas_3p_resume.pdf

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Note added at 35 mins (2010-09-06 15:21:08 GMT)
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According to the new information it should be 'large-scale translucent photographic scrims/ screens': New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans, LA 70179 ... Thirty large-scale translucent photographic scrims are woven into the existing ...; Used with permission from Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Six banner-style prints of Picasso ... A large scale printed material as walls or signage for displays. ... Unique exhibit displays are designed with translucent panels ...
www.studio-productions-inc.com/museum_home.html - En caché - Similares;

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Note added at 36 mins (2010-09-06 15:22:24 GMT)
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Oops, meant to say that 'panels' could also be considered. It would be helpful to know how these were supported (hung from tracks on the ceiling, etc.).
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 00:55
Grading comment
Thank you. Your links and discussion addressed my question precisely.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1(utilisation/creation of) photographic wall murals
Jenni Lukac (X)
4enlargement/blowup
Andrés Ureta
4(photographic) enlargement(s)/ blow up(s)
Frensp


Discussion entries: 9





  

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(utilisation/creation of) photographic wall murals


Explanation:
installations, which construct portraits of a society and an age. ... in Brussels; a permanent photographic mural in the Arensa Train Station in Naples, Italy; ... Zero Gravity, Museum of the University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain ...
www.bitforms.com/images/pdf/biocv/canogar_bio.pdf; C 'The 3 Ages of Man', photographic mural, permanent installation on 3 floors .... 1993 Museum of The Big Bend, Alpine, TX 'Texas-Scotland Photography ...

Mostrar mapa de 2006 Main St, Columbia, SC 29201, USA
www.philmoodyphotography.com/exhibits.html - En caché - Similares; Tweed Museum of Art - University of Minnesota – Duluth - Duluth, MN. ... Installation: 12 Photographic murals, video, clay powder, sand. ...
www.lynnlukkas.com/documents/lukkas_3p_resume.pdf

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Note added at 35 mins (2010-09-06 15:21:08 GMT)
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According to the new information it should be 'large-scale translucent photographic scrims/ screens': New Orleans Museum of Art 1 Collins Diboll Circle New Orleans, LA 70179 ... Thirty large-scale translucent photographic scrims are woven into the existing ...; Used with permission from Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Six banner-style prints of Picasso ... A large scale printed material as walls or signage for displays. ... Unique exhibit displays are designed with translucent panels ...
www.studio-productions-inc.com/museum_home.html - En caché - Similares;

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Note added at 36 mins (2010-09-06 15:22:24 GMT)
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Oops, meant to say that 'panels' could also be considered. It would be helpful to know how these were supported (hung from tracks on the ceiling, etc.).

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 00:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
Thank you. Your links and discussion addressed my question precisely.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: All of these are possibilities, depending on the exact context (though "wall mural" is a tautology)
29 mins
  -> Thanks, Phil. I never understand why the clients don't provide images for these projects...
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56 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
enlargement/blowup


Explanation:
Hello;

This discussion was posted at proz before, look here:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/media_multimedi...


    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/media_multimedi...
Andrés Ureta
Chile
Local time: 18:55
Native speaker of: Spanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(photographic) enlargement(s)/ blow up(s)


Explanation:
If I have found the right document using the sentence in your discussion entry, these are obviously not all wall murals nor all panomaric (cf photo p. 17).


    Reference: http://www.ncsu.edu/project/acontracorriente/spring_10/artic...
Frensp
Local time: 18:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: I posted this answer earlier, but I do't see it here: Yes, this is EXACTLY what the author is talking about. The article I am doing is based on this one, apparently. It's great that you found this.

Asker: The answer "large-scale translucent photographic screen" seems to fit this illustration very well, don't you think?

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