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Contest for a sculpture or installation about "water".

Objectives

  • To encourage artists to engage with the theme of water, which has played a part in the history of art since time immemorial.
  • To encourage them to reflect upon, observe, analyse, criticise and make use of water in their creative work, exploring its properties, its symbols, its tools and its issues.
  • To offer the artists a platform to reach all sections of the public.
  • To encourage dialogue and networking with the cultural community.
  • To develop the public’s awareness of contemporary art, particularly young people, and enable them, through the water theme, to experience and more easily perceive its diversity of perspectives.

This Competition is open to major visual artists, of all nationalities, at the mid-point of their career, the eligible disciplines are the following: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, video or any other form of plastic or visual art (live performance and music are not eligible).

For installations and sculptures, artists may present either an existing work or a project. In the case of a project, a production budget of a maximum of €80,000 must be attached.
For other art forms, only an existing work can be submitted. No additional production budget can be allocated for paintings, drawings, photographs or videos. The work presented, which may consist of a set or a single piece, must be a single copy.
For video or photography, ideally the work must also be a single edition, but if it includes editions, the prize is different (see rules). Film productions, live shows and performances will not be considered. 

Since the 10th edition, 4 winning artists are awarded annually for their project or work:
> 2 works or projects of sculpture or installation;
> 2 existing works of painting, drawing, photography or video (not as a project).

The call for applications for the 11th edition of the competition will take place from September 20 to November 21, 2021.

 

https://www.fondationfrancoisschneider.org/en/contemporary-talents-competition/call-for-candidates/