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The International Political Poster and Cartoon Competition
"Watch Out, Femida!"
Russian version
The "Free culture" organization and the Museum of Nonconformist Art
continue to develop the project, "Nota Bene, or Pay Attention!"
The goal: to bring attention to problems that threaten Russia and the
rest of the world.
The method: to maximize the full potential of the cartoonists and
poster-artists from Russia and other foreign countries.
The process: to carry out international competitions of political
posters and cartoons, draw attention to exceptional work, exhibit artwork,
distribute prizes, create an album which catalogues the exhibits, and
to distribute and use the best work in the public sphere.
The first exhibition of the project was the competition, "Watch out,
Nazis!" which took place in St. Petersburg in 2005.
Our call for participation was answered by artists from Brazil,
Uzbekistan, Spain, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Poland, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria,
Germany, Israel, the United States, Italy, Armenia, Switzerland, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Ukraine, Slovakia, Japan, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Australia, Iran, Bosnia and Russia. They submitted over 300 works to the
competition.
An exhibition was held in St. Petersburg and Moscow to announce the
results of the competition, awarding prizes to citizens of six countries.
The catalogues and posters of prize-winning work are circulated to
Russian libraries and other public organizations.
Every participant of the exhibit receives an album containing the
works.
The exhibit expanded on the internet, where the site was visited by
60165 people who left over 140 thousand responses. To see the exhibit and to
leave your opinion and commentary, go to http://notabene.org.ru
The success of the first exhibition of the project proved the necessity
of its continuation.
The motto of the next international competition in the framework of our
project is "Watch out, Femida!"
We picked this theme because we believe that the following injustices
exist in the world:
- dependence on power
- police brutality and incompetence
- individual and societal bias in the courtroom
- the use of repression for political reasons
- the system's inability to effectively counteract crime
These problems remain a threat to modern Russia.
THE ORDER OF THE COMPETITION:
1. The judges accept entries to the competition in two forms: posters
and cartoons.
2. The deadline for submission of the work is November 25, 2006.
3. The competition is held in the cultural center, "Free Culture," on 10
Pushkin Street, in St. Petersburg
4. Location:
- at the Museum of Nonconformist Art, St. Petersburg
- at the A. Saharova Academic Center, Moscow
5. The press conference on judicial abuses in Russia and the
presentation of the album containing the work of the competition's participants is held
in St. Petersburg.
6. Posters of the prize-winning works are produced and distributed.
7. The album is distributed to all the participants of the exhibition.
8. The participants who receive the acknowledgement of the jury as well
as the support of the viewers are awarded prizes.
9. After the competition, the work of the participants will be sent to
the fund of the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the "Nota Bene" project
will receive the right to noncommercial use of their art.
10. Guidelines for entries: the poster must be A1, A2, the cartoons
have no restrictions.
Foreign participants and native Russian artists who are unable to hand
in work in its original form, may send the work electronically.
(format-TIFF, JPG, CMYK colors, 300 DPI)
Mail address:
Russia, 191049, St. Petersburg, 10 Pushkin Street, Office 1.
Email address:
uar@notabene.org.ru
Project Directors: Victor Bogorad, July Rybakov. www.rybakov.spb.ru
Judges of the competition:
Chairman: July Rybakov, artist, human rights activist
Victor Bogorad, Vice President of FECO
Michael Kuzmin, art director, active member of the Academy of Humour
Support (Grenoble)
Samuel Lurie, member of the Writer's Union, Russian journalist, APCC.
Yuri Stern, the President of International Association of Development
of Cultural and Economic Ties (Italy)
Sichev Nicholai, the head artist of the Museum of Nonconformist Art
Gregory Svetozarov, Chairman of the Leningrad Cartoonist Club
Yuri Schmidt, chairman of the Russian committee of lawyers and
defenders of human rights.
For more information call: (812) 764-5371, or fax: (812) 764-52-07
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