Wuwei
China

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Third Desert Sculpture International Symposium Minqin China 2020

The Third Desert Sculpture International Symposium Minqin China 2020 be held at Minqin County, Wuwei City of China once again. 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 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

  • Two rounds of selection system are adopted in the selection of works. In the first round, select one work from each artist’s submission works. In the second round, 200 works will be selected from the first round. In the third round, 100 works will be selected from the second round and recommended to the Organizing Committee for finial confirmation.
  • 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: Silk Road Dream
  • 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.

 

Application

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: 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, and the length or height should be no less than 40cm. 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 ¥60,000 (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.


APPLICATION FORM DOWNLOAD FROM https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XM4nkniWpUvzEXryc1sRUg