Picking Up The Pieces Cartoon Competition

Over the last few weeks, Kenya has witnessed post-election violence on an unimaginable scale. As efforts to resolve the political stalemate continue apace, there is need for the Kenyan society to initiate dialogue on the root causes of this violence and also to provide alternative avenues for the people to air their grievances without resorting to force.

The Association of East African Cartoonists (KATUNI) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) are organizing a cartoon competition entitled “Picking up the Pieces” in hopes of contributing towards the identification of a lasting solution to the problem.

The goals of this competition are to identify the reasons for the violence and propose ways out of the crisis on the basis of the following questions:

What are the root causes of the violence?
How have our leaders reacted to crisis?
What is the way forward?

COMPETITION RULES:

Participation in the competition is open to all professional and amateur cartoonists.

All entries must include the artist’s address and daytime telephone number.

Submitted cartoons are to be either A4-Size (210X297mm) or A3-Size (420X297).

Digital copies submitted via email should be 300 dpi resolution and in JPEG format.

Cartoons may be either black-and-white or colored.

Cartoons advocating ethnic hatred, containing obscene language or scenes of gratuitous violence will not be accepted.

The deadline for receiving artworks is Monday 25th February 2008.

A jury of experts will select the 3 best cartoons for prize awards. The jury’s decision will be final.

The award of the prizes will take place during the opening of the exhibition on 7 March, 2008 at the Goethe Institut on Monrovia St., Nairobi.

All entries will be FES and KATUNI and will not be returned.

THE PRIZES:

– First Prize: Art equipment worth Kshs. 30,000.00
– Second Prize: Art equipment worth Kshs. 20,000.00
– Third Prize: Art equipment worth Kshs. 10,000.00

Cartoons may be sent via email to katuni@gmail.com and should be in JPEG format with a resolution of 300dpi.

Original artworks should be marked “Picking up the Pieces Cartoon Competition” may be sent via post to:

Patrick Gathara, P.O Box 3613-00200, Nairobi

or dropped off at Communicating Artists Limited, 3rd floor, Revlon Towers, Kimathi Street, Nbi.

1. The aim of the contest is:

– creating an art gallery comprising works that could be used in actions promoting the city in a printed form or in the form of organized exhibitions.

– promoting the city, changing the traditional perception of Lodz and challenging the stereotypical image of the city.

2. It is an open contest. Everyone can participate in it, on condition that they submit their works with the application form before the regulatory deadline. The contest is an international event.

3. The theme of the third edition of The BIG BOAT of HUMOUR contest is:

“Boat fishing”

– capturing the paradoxical relationship between the name of our city and its inland location away from navigable waters, enriched with an interpretation of voyage, exploration and pioneering motif, characteristic of sailors.

4. The original works entered in the contest can be made using any drawing, graphic (including computer graphics) or painting technique and should not be larger than A3 format (297×420 mm). Accepted by the Jury as original graphic works are the copies of author’s edition described and signed by the author.

Photocopies and xerox copies of the works, computer printouts of scanned works or any other kind of duplication using multicopy techniques, for example offset printing, which serve as reproductions of a work, shall not be accepted by the Jury.

Previously published works, works entered in other contests or works to which rights do not belong to the authors shall also be excluded from the contest.

5. Each participant may submit up to 5 works. The works should be unframed, provided with the name and the surname of the author and possibly the title on the reverse. The works should be accompanied with an application form, which shall be tantamount to the acceptation of the contest regulations and a permission for publishing author’s personal data contained in the form, and with a CD with the electronic form of submitted works (in TIFF format, the resolution of 300 dpi, 15 cm at the base), which is the condition of placing them in the catalogue.

6. The works should be sent to the address of Lodzki Dom Kultury (Lodz Cultural Centre), ul. Traugutta 18, 90-113 Lodz, Poland till 30 April 2008 (with a note on an envelope “Big Boat of Humour 2008”).

7. The organizers are not liable for any damage to the works during delivery. The works shall be insured since the moment they are received by the organizers, during the exhibition and until their return to the authors.

8. The Jury shall choose works for the post-contest exhibition and hand out the Grand Prix of the contest on 5 May 2008.

9. The ceremonial opening of the post-contest exhibition and the verdict announcement shall take place on May 2008.

10. The authors of works admitted to the contest shall be invited to the ceremonial opening of the exhibition and shall receive the catalogue. The organizers do not provide the return of expenses covering transport to Lodz and stay in the city. The organizers anticipate the exhibition of the original works admitted to the contest in the building of Lodzki Dom Kultury (Lodz Cultural Centre) and the exhibition of printouts (on the basis of the submitted CDs) in Piotrkowska Street in the centre of the city.

11. The works that shall not be admitted to the contest as well as the works shown on the exhibition should be taken back from the organizers till 30 June 2008 or they shall be sent back to the authors.

AWARDS

1. The works shall be judged by the Jury of the Contest consisting of professional artists, the representatives of  the City of Lodz Office and the Organizers of the contest.

2. The Jury shall hand out the regulatory Grand Prix of the contest amounting to PLN 10,000, funded by the Mayor of the City of Lodz. The prize is indivisible. The Jury reserves the right to resign from handing out the award. In such case, the amount is added to the pool of prizes of the next edition of the contest. The decisions of the Jury are definitive without the right to appeal. The work (or works of one author) honoured with the prize, together with all the rights, become the property of the sponsor.  

3. The organizers allow for a possibility of handing out sponsored awards other than the regulatory prize. Works awarded by the sponsors, with all the rights, shall become the property of the sponsors.

FINAL PROVISIONS

1. Sending works to the contest together with a filled in application form equals giving consent to:

– participation in the post-contest exhibition (or a series of exhibitions), unpaid reproducing the works in all media and all techniques as far as promoting the City, the Contest and the exhibition is concerned.

– duplicating the works for the needs of non-commercial promotional actions carried out by the organizers (occasional publications, press materials and the Internet), at the same time, promoting the authors and their works.

– using the works in charity actions, carried out for the citizens in need by the Organizers during the period of one year starting from the date of the post-contest exhibition opening.

2. Participation in the contest means the acceptation of the above regulations.