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2nd INTERNATIONAL CARICATURE CONTEST FESTIVAL “HUMOREIX” LLEIDA
RULES OF 2nd INTERNATIONAL CARICATURE CONTEST FESTIVAL
“HUMOREIX” LLEIDA (ASSOCIACIÓ DE COMERCIANTS DE L’EIX AND HUMORÀLIA)
1. Any artist, amateur or professional, can participate in this
competition, as it is a competition which is open internationally.
2. The competition theme is: "Caricature Celebrities Cinema Actors."
3. Only one original piece of work will be accepted from each
participant. The piece must be original, not have won any prizes in
previous competitions or have been published anywhere else. Any
pieces which are considered, according to the criteria of the judges,
to be similar in any way to other well known artwork will be
disqualified immediately.
4. Artwork can be executed using any pictorial technique within a
maximum scale of A3 (420 x 297mm) or a scale which is
proportional to this. Digitally formatted work will also be accepted. In
this case the work must have a resolution of 300ppi and be
presented in JPG or JPGE format.
5. If any text is present in the work it must be translated into Spanish
or Catalan.
6. Artwork must be presented within a sealed envelope together with
the details of the participant (name, surname, address, nationality,
telephone number, email address, etc). Work can also be sent by
email to the following address: eix@eixcomerciallleida.com (Eix
Comercial), with the participant’s details in another document
attached to the same email. It is advisable for artwork that is not
digital to be colour photocopied and hand signed. All original artwork
will be returned to the artist once the competition has finished.
7. The final admissions date for artwork is 4th May 2009.
8. From 12th May 2008 artwork will be exhibited in the shops that
are members of the Association of the Lleida Eix Comercial
(Shopping District), and will be duly labelled. Prior to this a panel of
specialist judges will be convened, formed by one representative of
Humoralia, another from the Shopping District and two professionals
who will judge the 200 best entrees, which will be exhibited. These
artworks will also be exhibited on the Eix Comercial (Shopping
District) Association website. The judges reserve the right to declare
the prize null and void if the quality of the originals is insufficient or if
there is little or no public interest.
9. The artist is obliged to give up all image copyrights for the artwork
presented for its publication and exhibition, both physical and digital,
as well as publishing them in a catalog, which can be downloaded
from the web humoreix. Once the work has been judged and
finalized it will be returned to the artist. The organization pledges not
to use images of the winning piece, or any other award winning
pieces, without prior permission from the artist. Moreover, the
organization will take full responsibility for the originals from the
moment they are received until the finalization of the
competition.The organization promises to inform the contestants of
the reception and acceptance of the participating artwork via email
or publication on the Eix website
10.One prize only of €1,500 will be awarded to the winning entry.
11. The verdict will be decided by public vote over the Internet using
the Shopping District’s website in a first phase. Only allowed one
vote per person. In a second phase, a qualified Jury composed by
representatives persons of the Commercial Association “Eix” and
Humoràlia will decide between the 3 most popular votes, wich was
the winner. The judges’ decision will not be open to appeal.
12. The verdict will be released during the 5th and 6th June 2009
13. Participation in the competition means the acceptance of all
terms and conditions. Any doubts or problems that may arise during
this time will be dealt with by the organization through a memo to its
members.
Lleida, 1st April 2009
ADDRESS:
Eix Comercial de Lleida
A.A.: Judith Gonzalez
Pl. Paeria, 14, 2 izq.
25007 - Lleida
SPAIN
http://www.humoralia.cat
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