TERMS & CONDITIONS
CELESTE PRIZE 2014, 6th EDITION
The deadline to enter works or
projects has been extended to 30 July 2014.
These Terms &
Conditions were published on 23 January 2014.
It’s simpler, faster and
cheaper to submit online.
To submit online a work or
a project:
sign-up or login https://www.celesteprize.com/eng_auth_login/ ; once in your verified, personal admin page click on the
box ‘Celeste Prize 2014’, pay entry fee and begin to upload.
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 works and 3 projects, a catalogue
of circa 70 pages which will contain illustations of finalists' works and critical
texts, as well as 6 prize awards totalling 20,500 € in cash prizes. Awards night and exhibition of finalist works at Assab One, Milan, Italy, from 15 to 23 November 2014.
Art. 2 - ELIGIBILITY
The competition is open to
any person practicing art, either as a full-time or part-time professional or
student, or as a 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.
20,500 € cash prizes.
A two-stage selection process
guarantees openess, clarity and legitimacy to selections and awards: firstly, a
top, international panel of art critics and curators publishes its choice of
finalist works, then the finalist artists themselves vote the award winning
works at the final exhibition.
NEW - (A) PROJECT
PRIZE 4,000 €*
Artists are encouraged to
present works which investigate relevant social, political, economic or
personal themes today. Up to 10 works in any media can be included in a project
for this new prize. Each project must consider an exhibition area of 6x6metres
and the use of 6 linear-metre wall space. 3 Projects will be selected by the
chief-curator Elena Sorokina for the final exhibition.
(B) PAINTING &
DRAWINGS PRIZE 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, glass, etc. Diptychs or triptychs are considered
one work. There is no limit to the size of works accepted. 10 Works will be
selected for the final exhibition by the ‘Painting & Drawing’ specialist
panel.
(C) PHOTOGRAPHY &
DIGITAL GRAPHICS PRIZE 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. 10 Works will be selected for the final exhibition by the
‘Photography & Digital Graphics’ specialist panel.
(D) VIDEO & ANIMATION
PRIZE 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), for video formats). 10 Works will
be selected for the final exhibition by the ‘Video & Animation’ specialist
panel.
(E) INSTALLATION,
SCULPTURE & PERFORMANCE PRIZE 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
art or video installation. Any kind of human or interactive performance, which may or may not include the
use of any form of software and hardware. Live Media 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. 10 Works will be selected for the final
exhibition by the ‘Installation, Sculpture & Performance’ specialist panel.
(F) VISITORS
CHOICE PRIZE 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
Chief-curator of Celeste Prize
2014, 6th edition
Elena Sorokina, Paris and Moscow
The jurors
Project Prize
Elena Sorokina
Painting & Drawing Prize
Daria de Beauvais - curator at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Jelle Bouwhuis - curator at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Andrea Bruciati - independent curator, Italy
Elena Sorokina - independent curator, Paris, France
Pedro Vélez - independent curator, Chicago, USA
Photography & Digital Graphics Prize
Katerina Chuchalina - curator at V-A-C Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield - independent curator and philosopher, UK
Solvej Helweg Ovesen - artistic director at Grosses Treffen, Berlin, Germany
Elena Sorokina - independent curator, Paris, France
Video & Animation Prize
Antonia Alampi - curator at Beirut Art Centre, Cairo, Egypt
N'Goné Fall - independent curator and founder at Gaw-Lab, Senegal
Natasa Petresin Bachelez - chief-editor, Manifesta Journal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Elena Sorokina - independent curator, Paris, France
Installation, Sculpture & Performance Prize
Daniele Balit - independent curator, France
Andrew Hunt - director at Spacex, Exeter, UK
Mélanie Mermod - independent curator, Switzerland
Oscar Roldàn-Alzate - curator, Museum of Modern Art of Medellin, Colombia
Elena Sorokina - independent curator, Paris, France
What's NEW in SELECTIONS?
Celeste is constantly seeking to improve ways in which
shortlisted artists are selected - not only to guarantee the quality of finalist
works but also to ensure maximum openess and accountability in the process. To
reach this goal, we have decided this year to create smaller, specialist panels
in which curators with a track record in a particular media make selections for
finalist works in that particular media.
FINALIST SELECTIONS
Each selector, in his or
her prize category, chooses and publishes 10 works for the finalist shortlist. The
10 works which receive a majority of preferences in each prize category will go
through to the final exhibition. There will be 10 finalist works in each prize
category, except in the Project Prize category in which there will be 3
projects chosen by the chief-curator Elena Sorokina. In the event of there being an
equal number of preferences for works in any prize category Elena Sorokina will
decide which works will go forward to the final exhibition. If more than one
work by the same artist is chosen as finalist by the selection panel, Elena
Sorokina will decide if both or just one will go 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 5 prize categories (Projects; Painting &
Drawing; Photography & Digital Graphics; Video & Animantion;
Installation, Sculpture & Performance). 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,
Elena Sorokina 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.
A sixith prize, ‘Visitors’
Choice Prize’, will be awarded 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 30 July
2014, 8pm 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: 50 € for each
work (40 € for each additional work). 90 € to enter the ‘Projects Prize’ which
includes upto 10 works on a specific project (70 € for additional projects). 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 2014’, 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: 80 € for each
work (entry fees are not refundable). 120 € to enter the ‘Projects Prize’ which
includes upload by Celeste staff of upto 10 works on a specific project.
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 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 format, 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 2014 Celeste Prize Catalogue (above for
photo characteristics).
Art. 6 - METHODS OF
PAYMENT
(a) Login https://www.celesteprize.com/eng_auth_login/
, enter your personal admin area and click on the box ‘Celeste Prize 2014’, 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 € Euro
currency, net, without transfer fees or commissions payable by Celeste on
receipt. For bank transfers coming from outside-Europe you must ADD 10 € 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 2014
entry.
Art. 7 – TIMETABLE FOR
SELECTIONS & EXHIBITION
(A) 30 July, 8pm
Italian time - last day for entries to Celeste Prize 2014.
(B) 15 September -
publication online of selectors’ choices for the 43 finalist artists.
(C) 15 - 23 November - awards night and final exhibition at Assab One, Milan, Italy.
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 70 page
catalogue with illustrations of the finalists' works 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 at info [at] celesteprize.com
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 and are
responsible for all that these 2014 ‘Terms & Conditions’ and Celeste Network’s
website ‘Terms of Use’ contain and declare.
(B) All works appearing
onsite and in print remain copyright and property of the artists who created
them or the works’ legal owners. But artists expressely allow Celeste Network
to use the images of works they upload in Celeste Prize for communication and
promotion purposes only, to create the prize catalogue, to use in online pages in
Celeste Network or other promotional material associated with the prize inside
or outside 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 2014’ 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 2014, 6th
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 2014, 6th edition
(only for postal entries)
If you wish to enter the
prize by post complete and sign the Application Form and send it with all
materials requested in Art.5 (B) of the 2014 Terms & Conditions.
1. I wish to apply to
Celeste Prize 2014:
Name and Family name/Surname_________________________
Male/female__________________________________________
Postal
address________________________________________
Place & date of birth
(city & nation)_____________________
Place of work/study (city
& nation)_______________________
Email and
website_____________________________________
Telephone
number/cell._________________________________
2. With the following
artwork:
Title________________________________________________
Measurement (width x
height x depth in cm)________________
Medium_____________________________________________
Support_____________________________________________
Year of
execution______________________________________
If the work is a video,
name author of musical credits_________
3. I wish to enter the
following prize category(ies)
(make a cross beside) :
Projects Prize
Painting & Drawing
Prize
Photography & Digital
Graphics Prize
Video & Animation
Prize
Installation, Sculpture
& Performance Prize
4. I have attached the
following documentation listed in Art. 5 (B) of Terms & Conditions:
Signed and completed
Application Form, photographic or video materials, CV, receipt confirming
payment of 80 € entry fee in which the Organizer uploads my candidate work, or
120 € to enter the Projects Prize.
5. Acceptances
1) I accept selections
made by the members of the Selection Panel.
2) I accept the decision
to award prizes to artists who receive a majority of preferences from other
finalists.
3) I accept the selections
made for catalogue illustration.
4) I have read &
accept the ‘Terms & Conditions of 2014 Celeste Prize’.
Signed_________________________________
Date___________________________________
Send Postal Applications
to:
‘Celeste Prize 2014’,
Celeste Network, Via
Sangallo 23, 53036 Poggibonsi (Siena), Italy.
T & F +39 0577 1521988
E: info [@] celesteprize
[.] com W: https://www.celesteprize.com
