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China

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Third Desert Sculpture International Symposium Minqin China 2021

The Third Desert Sculpture International Symposium Minqin China 2021 be held at Minqin County, Wuwei City of China once again. All professional artists with from all over the world regardless of country, nationality and gender, are invited to submit your works with applications for pre-selection. The specific information and key information for submissions are as follows:

Event Activities
Symposium activities include: outdoor large-scale sculpture exhibition, indoor sculpture exhibition, and academic seminar.

Outdoor large-scale sculpture exhibition: the event will selected 20-30 large-scale sculptures.

Academic Seminar: During the opening ceremony, domestic and foreign artists and invited guests will discuss the topics of Silk Road culture construction, Minqin desert sculpture characteristics, international art forms of other desert countries, and provide sustainable development of urban culture from different perspectives, different cultural backgrounds and different nationalities.

Media Promotion

  • Invite relevant authorities of national and provincial sculpture art associations and relevant media to participate in the reporting. Major media websites and local television stations follow up the reporting.
  • Publish Catalogs, record every moment of the whole activity in detail, and record the information for the activity.
  • Media support: Xinhua, Sohu, Sina, Guangming, Sculpture Headlines, Artron , China Public Art, China Arts and Crafts, China Light Industry Information, headline news, etc.
  •  Selection and Production Process of Final Selected Works
  • Three rounds of selection system are adopted in the selection of works. In the first round, 100 proposals will be selected from the submissions and entered the waiting list. In the second round, 50 proposals will be selected by the Art Committee from the first round. In the third round, 20-30 proposals will be selected from the second round by the local government and social representatives of Minqin County as the finial list.
  • Production Process: All selected works will be notified by the Organizing Committee. Selected proposals are required to submit the sculpture model, and all the works made by the artists according to the required time will be processed and produced by the manufacturers determined by the implementing units through bidding and procurement in China.

 Requirements and Detailed Information for Submissions

  • Theme: The Sound of Camels on the Silk Road
  • Range of the Works:

a. Land Art Work: According to the Silk Road cultural background and desert environment design scheme, the creativity is bold and innovative, and the environment is perfectly integrated.
b. Materials: Should be suitable for desert environment and outdoor display, including sand sculpture, stone, metal and so on.
c. Specially invited theme: Invited artists and experts from members of the Arts Committee could provide representative works base on the theme.

HOW TO APPLY:

Submission requirements:

  • Proposals need to fit the theme of the event and integrate the Silk Road Cultural Characteristics and desert environment, the works must be the original works of the author himself.
  • Number and type of works: 20-30 outdoor landscape sculptures (including 2 pieces of earth art).
  • Specification of the work: The length or height of the work is not less than 8 meters, and the specific size can be adjusted according to the surrounding environment.
  • Requirements for submitting works: Each artist fills in the application form information in detail, and submits the picture with jpg format. The name of the picture file should be named after the proposal’s name. Each artist can submit 2-5 proposals. Exceed or Less than the requirements will be disqualified. Finial selected artist should provide the same material as the actual material of the work as the model. Please consider carefully and submit the proposal according to the theme and environmental conditions of this event.


Work reward: Each Finial selected artist for the project would be rewards with ÂĄ60,000 (after tax). The above reward includes the cost of making the final sculpture model. Participating sculptors will receive the honorary certificate issued by People's Government of Minqin County. The sculpture model will be permanently collected by Minqin County.

For more information: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/iDeVxMlj7SyIdwIWQXJz-g