Descripción del Premio ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- TERMS & CONDITIONS CELESTE PRIZE 2013, 5th EDITION These Terms & Conditions were published on 24 January 2013. Deadline for submissions is 31 July 2013, 6pm (Italian time). To submit a work online: Sign-up or login, in your personal admin click on box 'Celeste Prize 2013', pay entry fee and begin to upload. Alternatively, apply by mail sending all materials requested in Art.5 (B). It is cheaper, simpler and faster to submit online, and you save sending by post copies of the application form or images of your work. Art. 1 - AIM The prize has been established to promote international contemporary art in the widest possible sense. There will be a final exhibition of 40 artworks, a catalogue of circa 100 pages with circa 90 illustrated works and critical texts, as well as 6 prize awards totaling 20,000 euros. The exhibition of finalist works, voting and awards will take place in Rome this Autumn. Art. 2 - ELIGIBILITY The competition is open to any person practicing art either as a professional artist in full-time or part-time, student artist or self-taught artist from anywhere in the world. There is no age limit for applicants and the prize is open to all artists whatever their qualifications, with or without experience of public or private exhibitions. The prize encourages participation by artists at every level. Art. 3 - PRIZES Excellence in content, contemporary aesthetic, technique, and material is sought in the selection of works for the final exhibition. Works submitted to the prize must have been completed in the last 36 months, and do not necessarily have to have been exhibited before. There is no special subject, title or theme required for participating works, and they can range from being figurative to abstract, from conceptual to participatory to performance. (A) PAINTING & GRAPHICS PRIZE euros 4,000* Media accepted: oil, acrylic, vinyl, watercolor, graphite, pencil, ink, illustrations, printing in its various forms, etc. The work can have any form of support: canvas, paper, cardboard, wood, plastic, metal, etc. Diptychs or triptychs are considered one work. There is no limit to the size of works accepted. (B) PHOTOGRAPHY & DIGITAL GRAPHICS PRIZE euros 4,000* Media accepted: digital or analogue photography; computer graphic modeling; net/web art and software art presented in a 2D format; works in which several media are used, for example digital manipulations which include the use of painting or other forms of manual expression, collages, polaroids, mobile phone photographs, etc. Diptychs or triptychs are considered one work. There is no limit to the size of works accepted. C) VIDEO & ANIMATION PRIZE euros 4,000* Media accepted for the video and animation: video, short film, time lapse, stop motion, any kind of animation 2d and 3d, any kind of combination between video, film and photography in motion (see video Art. 5. (B), 2, for video formats). (D) INSTALLATION, SCULPTURE & PERFORMANCE PRIZE euros 4,000* Installation works of any nature in any material, video installation, multimedia installation; sculpture - all materials are accepted (organic or inorganic); net/web art and software art presented in a 3D format with or without web streaming; works with an interactive basis and/or connection to electricity, motorization, light, sound or video. If an installation includes projection of a video the latter must be presented on DVD (Art. 5. (B), 2). Any kind of performance, which may or may not include the use of any form of software and hardware. Live audiovisual performances can either be projected on screens or presented as a live audiovisual performance, sound art and all forms of participatory art. There is no limit to the size of works accepted. For finalist works, it might be necessary to adapt them to site-specific necessities. (E) CURATOR'S CHOICE PRIZE - euros 3,500* - Ami Barak, the curator of the prize chooses one work at the finalist exhibition. (F) VISITORS CHOICE PRIZE - euros 500* - Visitors choose one work at the finalist exhibition. *Celeste Prize has by Italian Law to hand over to the Italian state 25% of finalists' prize money for tax purposes. This sum will be withheld by the Organizer from each first prize winner and all finalists who receive reimbursements. Art. 4 - SELECTIONS & WINNERS Curator of Celeste Prize 2013, 5th edition Ami Barak, Paris, France Selection Panel Ferran Barenblit - Director Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo Madrid, Spain Iara Boubnova - Curator at ICA Sofia Bulgaria, & Russia Katrina Brown - Director of The Common Guild Glasgow, UK Florence Derieux - Director of Frac Champagne Ardenne, France Dominique Fontaine - Independent curator, Montreal, Canada Christian Fuller - Curator at Recession Art Brooklyn, USA Mihnea Mircan - Artistic Director of Extra City Kunsthal Antwerp, Belgium Gean Moreno - Independent curator, Miami, USA Ian Alden Russell - Curator of the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, USA Alia Swastika - Independent curator, Jakarta, Indonesia Gaëtane Verna - Director of The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada PRE-SELECTIONS: Prize curator Ami Barak chooses in August 120 works from among all works submitted to the prize. FINALIST SELECTIONS: Each member of the Selection Panel chooses 20 works (5 works in each of the 4 prize categories) from among the 120 pre-selected works. The 10 works which receive a majority of preferences in each prize category will go through to the final exhibition. In the event of their being an equal number of preferences for works, the curator Ami Barak will decide which works will go forward to the final exhibition. WINNERS & VOTING: Only works present at the final exhibition can be voted for prizes. Each finalist will exercise one vote of preference in each of the 4 prize categories (a vote in one's own prize category is worth 2 points, while a vote in a prize category other than one's own is worth 1 point). The voting will be confidential. No one may vote for themselves or in agreement with other finalists, to do so will result in disqualification. Voting slips will be named and checked by Celeste. Winners will be those artists who receive the highest number of preferences in their prize category. In the event of a tie during voting in any prize section, the curator Ami Barak will decide which artist shall be the winner. Finalists unable to be present at the voting will be able to cast their vote in advance via email: info [at] celesteprize.com. Prizes will be given directly at the awards ceremony during the final exhibition. Two other prizes will be awarded: one by the curator of the prize, the other by the visiting public at the exhibition on the awards night. All finalists' artworks, including those by prize winners, will remain after the awards ceremony and exhibition, property of the artists or of their legitimate owners. Art. 5 - SUBMISSIONS & DEADLINE Entry deadline is 31 July 2013, 6pm (italian time). This deadline hour and date is the last moment in which entry fees can be paid. Participants will have a further 7 days in which to upload their works and complete submissions. There are two ways of submitting a work: It's EASIER and more ECONOMIC to submit directly online. (A) DIRECT UPLOAD ON WEBSITE Entry fee: euros 50 for each work ( euros 40 for each additional work). Entry fees are not refundable. To submit: sign-up or login to your personal admin page in Celeste, click on 'submit' in the box 'Celeste Prize 2013', pay your entry fee, and immediately begin to upload your artwork, description and statement. You can always return to finish upload, when you have completed all uploads click on 'confirm' to ensure your work is visible and among candidate works to the prize. (B) BY POST/ MAIL Entry fee: euros 80 for each work (entry fees are not refundable). Send to: Celeste Prize 2013, Via Sangallo 23, 53036 Poggibonsi (Siena), Italy. Include the following: 1. A complete and signed copy of the Application Form (see below and print). 2. On CD/DVD (or as positive photographs and text): Curriculum Vitae or a short biography, preferably written in English, but other languages are also accepted; An image file of the work you wish to submit, including title and description. Image specifications for all works (except videos): Images can be uploaded onsite in JPG or PNG; we advise at least 2,500 pixels on the longest side, sufficient for eventual reproduction in the prize catalogue if selected. It is possible to approve, or not, visualisation onsite of the image in high resolution. If you are applying by mail send images of your works on a CD in JPG or PNG format. We advise a document size of 21x29 cm at 300 dpi. Or send a photograph in positive, minimum size 15x10cm, maximum 21x29cm (A4). Please indicate on the reverse of all photographs: name and surname, address, title of work, medium, dimensions (width x height) and year of execution. Image specifications for videos, motion graphics, animation, and live media: If you upload in vimeo.com and cross-link you do not have to send in your work. Send your video art work on CD-ROM or DVD Data, or upload on the website, in the following format: MP4, speed or data rate 2500 kbits/sec (for regular video) or 5000 kbits/sec (for high definition); there is no duration limit. If your work is selected for exhibition you will be invited to send a copy of the original art work with its full quality characteristics. It is necessary to send a still-photograph taken from the video for reproduction in the 2013 Celeste Prize Catalogue (above for photo characteristics). Art. 6 - METHODS OF PAYMENT (a) Login to www.celesteprize.com, enter your personal admin page and click on the box 'Celeste Prize 2013', pay for your entry with credit card via PayPal before you begin to upload artwork. (b) Electronic bank transfer*: Account name: Celeste Network Bank name: Banco Posta Branch: Poggibonsi (Siena), Italy. IBAN: IT74 W076 0114 2000 0000 5409 079 Bic/Swift: BPPIITRRXXX *Send your entry fee in euros Euro currency, net, without transfer fees or commissions payable by Celeste on receipt. For bank transfers coming from outside-Europe you must ADD 10 euros Euro to the entry fee. You must state the following details when bank transfers are made: 1. Participating artist's full first and family names. 2. Celeste Prize 2013 entry. Art. 7 - TIMETABLE FOR SELECTIONS & EXHIBITION (A) 31 July - last day for entries to Celeste Prize 2013. (B) 30 September - publication online of selectors' choices for the 40 finalists and 80 shortlisted artists. (C) Autumn - final exhibition and awards in Rome. Art. 8 - TRANSPORT & TRAVEL Each finalist will arrange and cover transport/insurance costs of his or her work to and from the final exhibition location, as well as any personal travel arrangements. Installation and hanging of works for the exhibition will be decided by the Organizer. Any construction or production costs associated with creating or setting-up installation or sculpture works will be covered by the artists themselves. Art. 9 - CATALOGUE A copy of the 100 page catalogue with circa 90 illustrations and critical texts written by members of the selection panel will be available free to every finalist, while participating artists will receive a discount on list prices (see 'Catalogues' page). Copies of the catalogue can be collected at the finalists' exhibition or requested by post from OnDemand Editionsi, publisher of Celeste Prize catalogues. Art. 10 - ACCEPTANCES AND COPYRIGHT (A) By ticking online Celeste Prize's Terms & Conditions or signing the Application Form (the latter if prize submissions are made by post), artists accept all that these 2013 Terms & Conditions contain and Celeste Network's website 'Terms of Use.' (B) All works appearing onsite and in print remains copyright and property of the originating artists. Artists allow Celeste Network to use images of works they upload for communication and promotion purposes only: to create the prize catalogue or other promotional material associated with the prize, and in Celeste's websites. (C) CDs, DVDs, CVs and any texts or catalogues submitted for the prize will not be returned, but archived by the Organizer. (D) Those persons who upload text, images, or videos onto the prize website, and/or those persons who upload on behalf of participating artists, are personally responsible for the texts and for the visual content of the uploaded images. The Organizer reserves the right to remove any defamatory images or texts, he considers defamatory, unless these are motivated in writing by the artist. Artworks uploaded and presented to 'Celeste Prize 2013' and personal webpage relating to the artist will remain visible online and in use as described in (B) above, as part of the complete visual documentation of each prize submission and cannot be removed. (E) Applicants to the prize authorize the Organizer Steven Music, Celeste Network and all those persons charged with working for them to handle personal data and images of creative work submitted to Celeste Prize, according to Italian Law - Legge 675/96 (the so-called 'Privacy Law') and successive amendments to it, D.lgs 196/2003 (Codice Privacy), for the purposes of insertion of information in databases and website. Any controversies will be argued and settled in the Italian legal forum. Personal data, images of creative work, or films and videos taken by the Organizer during the course of any event organized by Celeste Network, might be used by the Organizer to promote artists, other contemporary art events, web promotion, communications, and marketing without necessarily seeking another written consent from third parties. (F) The Organizer retains the right to change the Terms & Conditions should the need arise. Celeste Prize 2012, 5th Edition is organized by Celeste Network, Via Sangallo 23, 53036 Poggibonsi (Siena), Italy. Tel / Fax: +39 0577 1521988 info [@] celesteprize [.] com APPLICATION FORM - Celeste Prize 2013, 5th edition (only for postal entries)
Los ganadores del Premio Celeste 2013 han sido: -Painting & Graphics Prize Primero premio: 4.000 euros - Noa Giniger (Israel, 1977), The Sorrow the Joy Brings Segundo premio: Catalin Petrisor, One day reality Tercer premio: Tibor Pogonyi, Waiting for the Apocalypse -Photography & Digital Graphics Prize Primero premio: 4.000 euros - Alexander Solomon, David and the Climb Up Segundo premio: Nikolas Ventourakis, Leaving Utopia - Billboard 2 Tercer premio: May San Alberto, Estudio sobre Minerva -Video & Animation Prize Primero premio: 4.000 euros - Pavel Braila (Chisinau, Moldavia, 1971), Ink Ribbon Fingerprints Segundo premio: Alix Delmas, Cloud Tercer premio: Shahar Marcus, Seeds -Installation, Sculpture, Live Media & Performance Prize Primero premio: 4.000 euros - LAB BINAER & Felix Weinold (Augsburg, Alemania, 1960), White Noise Segundo premio: Boohri Park, Gestern hat es viel geregnet (Yesterday it rained a lot) Tercer premio: Evangelia Spiliopoulou, Thermohygrograph2 -Curator s Choice Prize - 3.500 euros El premio se repartió equitativamente entre: Dominique Blais (Châteaubriand, Francia, 1974), Ring Ana Prvacki (Serbia, 1976 - reside en Los Ángeles), DIY Chivalry -Visitors Prize - 500 euros Cristina Gardumi (Gavardo, Italia, 1978 - reside en Pisa), Adults don t exist El jurado estuvo formado por:Ami Barak (curador del Celeste Prize); jurado de selección: Ferran Barenblit (director del Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo), Iara Boubnova (curator del ICA Sofia), Katrina Brown (director de The Common Guild Glasgow), Florence Derieux (director de Frac Champagne Ardenne), Dominique Fontaine (curador independiente), Christian Fuller (curador de Recession Art Brooklyn), Mihnea Mircan (director artístico de Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp), Gean Moreno (curador independiente), Ian Alden Russell (curador del David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University), Alia Swastika (curador independiente) y Gaëtane Verna (director de The Power Plant). La exposición de las obras seleccionadas se celebrará del 7 al 15 de diciembre en el nuevo espacio romano en Fienaroli, 28, en el distrito Trastevere de la capital italiana.
Exposición. 14 nov de 2024 - 08 dic de 2024 / Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía (C3A) / Córdoba, España
Formación. 23 nov de 2024 - 29 nov de 2024 / Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) / Madrid, España
