Kharkov Municipal Art Gallery call for proposals, Ukraine, deadline February 1

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NON STOP MEDIА V
FESTIVAL OF YOUTH PROJECTS

Kharkiv Municipal Art Gallery opens the competition for the V Festival of
Youth Projects NON STOP MEDIA.
Dates of the Festival first weeks of April 2010.

We announce an open preliminary competition the winners of which will be
pronounced by the competent jury, and will have the right to display their
works during Festival’s competition program. 25 projects will be selected
and will make up the base of the program.

The main goal of the Festival is to provoke and motivate young authors to
project-based art creation. Therefore, the project-oriented thinking,
professionalism in implementing project idea, innovation, taboo overcoming
(art, social…) and “contemporary language” will be the key priority in
the preselection process. We remind you that a project requires not just a
clear concept but also an intrinsic logic. In other words, the conception
should be conveyed through works’ technique, form and content. Except for
author’s project projects from curators are also acceptable. Selection
criteria remains the same.
Art project of different technique (from traditional painting to
contemporary media) and different subjects can be submitted for the contest.
Organizers of the Festival set only an age limit for authors/curators –
from 16 to 30 years.

For participation authors/curators ought to submit following:
filled in application form;
contact of authors and curators;
illustrative material (on CD/DVD)

Please, application form, contacts and illustration materials give only on
CD or DVD (by post mail or bring to the gallery). Projects and materials
that are sent by email will not be considered. Email address is only for
correspondence.
The Organizers reserve the right to reject any projects that are not in
correspondence with the Festival’s goal and objectives. The Curator shall
have the right to reject any project if any of the listed items are missing.
The materials submitted for the Competition will not be either returned or
reviewed.

All the participants of the preliminary competition will be informed about
the results of the selection process by March,1, 2010.

Deadline for submission February 1st 2010
Address for application forms
Kharkov City Art Gallery
Chernushevskaya str, 15
Kharkov, 61057
Phone/Fax +38 (057)7061620
e-mail: galery@ukrsat.kharkov.ua
www.mgallery.kharkov.ua

Contact person
Marina Koneva, curator
Kateryna Mariushkina, coordinator

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