Fax for Peace - Fax for Tolerance

International Competition
of faxes, e-mails and net videos
about solidarity among people
sent by students and artists

with the support of
President of Italian Republic giorgio Napolitano
Regional United Nations Information Centre for westen Europe (UNRIC)
UNESCO
Ministery of Education, University and Research
Ministery of Work and Social Policies
Friuli Venezia giulia Region
Local Authority National
Coordination Office Peace and H.R.
Province of Pordenone
Town Council of Spilimbergo
United Nations Educational
Scientific Cultural Organization
Commissione Nazionale Italiana

Who & How
It is open to students of all grades and types of schools and to professional artists from all over the world. Each competitor may take part in two ways:
1. FAx [numero fax ++39 042 740898] or E-MAIL JPG format max 1,5 Mb [indirizzo e-mail: istsuperiore@faxforpeace.it] one or more pictures or works of visual art concerning peace, tolerance and fight against racism to Istituto Tecnico Agrario Statale di Spilimbergo;
2. send SHORT FILMS of maximum 45 seconds lenght that could also be broadcasted in compressed format at the following address istsuperiore@ faxforpeace.it. The videos can be realized in the most common formats (AVI, MPEG, REAL VIDEO, QuICkTIME, VIDEO FOR WINDOWS ecc.) which require 2MB of space on the hard disk.

When
Works from each competitor (individual artist, student or class) will be accepted starting from Sunday November 26th 2006 at 8.00 a.m. until Wednesday February 28th 2007 at 12.00 p.m..

Exhibition
On each work it is necessary to indicate full name, name of school and grade/ class (if students), telephone and fax number and/or E-mail address, city, country.
The works will be exhibited as they are received in an “in progress” exhibition wich will open on SUNDAY 26TH NOVEMBER, 2006 AT 11.00 A.M. at the Istituto Superiore di Spilimbergo (Via degli Alpini n.1, Spilimbergo, Pordenone, ITALIA). Works must be sent within the 28th February.
Each author, under penalty of exclusion, will have to attach information about: name, surname, age, place of residence, nation, telephone number and fax number or e-mail address.
Students will also have to specify address school and class attended. Competitors implicitly autorize the school to reproduce and use their works in the catalogue and with different media for no-profit activities.
The organization cannot be held responsible in case of theft, damage or loss of the works. Works will not be returned or retransmitted to their authors.
THE EXHIBITION WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 31ST, 2007. The catalogue will later be sent to all competitors free of charge.

Prizes
A jury of experts in communication, art critics and representatives of the school will award the following six prizes, according to categories:
> best work - Nursery and Primary Schools: E 300;
> best work -Low Secondary Schools: E 300;
> best work - High Schools: E 300;
> best work - Artists: E 300;
> best work awarded to a satirical or humorous drawing inviting consideration upon the human and civil themes dealing with the initiative: E 500;
> specil prize, supported by the President of the Italian Republic consiting in a medal, awarded to the school named for the quality of the images sent and the importance of the didactic project submitted.

info
Istituto Superiore
via degli Alpini, 33097 SPILIMBERGO (Pordenone) Italia
tel ++39 (0)427 40392 - fax ++39 (0)427 40898
e-mail: istsuperiore@faxforpeace.it - www.faxforpeace.it

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