The 5th INTERNATIONAL CARTOON CONTEST BRILLIANT MINDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL: THE CITY OF IDEAS
Eligibility & Requirements
1.
Open to professional or amateur artists
,
over 18 years
old,
from anywhere in
the world.
2.
The artworks submitted must be completely original and unpublished. They
should not be participating in another conte
st or event at the same time.
3.
The idea to develop will be as follows:
"Dangerous Ideas"
What is your dangerous idea capable of changing the lives of 10
million people over the next six years?
Express your DANGEROUS IDEAS in a cartoon and share, with the
IDEASTAS, your
innovative proposals to change the reality of 10 million people in six years. Within your
work you can use short texts that must be written in Spanish and translated into
English. You should clearly state the question or idea in the cartoon
or in title of your
work.
*The organization reserves the right to withdraw from the contest those works that are
considered to be offensive or violate human rights.
4.
Each artist will be able to participate with 3 works of his or her own (those
artists tha
t submit more than 3 works will be disqualified from the contest).
5.
Any artistic technique will be accepted (by hand or digital, coloured or black and
white).
6.
The artwork may not be greater than 21cm x 29cm (8,2 in. x 11
.4 in) in size or
proportional. In ca
se is presented in
digital
format, with a
resolution no less
than 300 dpi and no bigger than 10 MB
7.
If the contestant submits his or her original work, he or she must attach the
following information in a sealed envelope:
•
Full name of the author and pseudon
ym
•
Photo or self
–
portrait of the author
•
Address
•
Phone number
•
Email
•
Nationality
•
Title of each work
•
Is this the first time you participate?
•
Brief biographical summary (CV)
8.
The contestant will have to sign a certification. If the work is
uploaded
, the
artist
must click on the acceptance box. If the original artwork is sent
by post
,
the artist must include and sign the following statement:
I,
(name of the author)
certify to be the author of the artwork(s) presented
to the 2013
Dangerous Ideas Contest and submi
t
the
m to the
City of Ideas.
I,
(name of the author)
accept
,
for the simple reason of pre
senting my work to this contest, the us
e
of my work
by Poder Cívico
A.C.
in any way they consider pertinent.
_________________________
Signature
9.
The artworks can be
sent in two formats: original or
digital
.
Original: Send the author’s information
and work
to the following address:
5o. Concurso Internacional de Caricatura TUS IDEAS PELIGROSAS
Reforma 222, Piso 12
Col. Juárez
Delegación Cuauhtémoc
C.P. 06600 México D
.F.
Digital
:
fill the
form
and upload the artwork(s) in the following
web
page:
www.ciudaddelasideas.com/caricaturas
* Fill the form for each work with resolution no less than 300 dpi and no mor
e than
10 megabytes.
10.
The selected works will be exhibited in Puebla, Mexico, during the 7, 8 and 9
th
of November 2013 and will appear in various media sponsored by Poder Cívico
A.C.
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/Cddelasideas
Flickr:
www.flickr.com/95637596@
N07
W
eb Page:
http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com
The cartoons will be used in diverse media, for the promotion of the Brilliant Minds
International Festival. This includes the reproduction of the artworks in catalogues,
postcards or books, Internet or TV acc
ording to the agreements with sponsorships.
11.
This call for submissions will run from May 17, 2013 to August 1, 2013.
Applications submitted by e
–
mail or normal courier must be sent between these
dates and must have the date registered in the post stamp or
in the e
–
mail.
12.
The final results will be announced in the official website of City of Ideas
http://www.ciudaddelasideas.com, in Twitter and Facebook. The winners will be
sent a notification to
the specified e
–
mail they send with their personal data. We
ask
you to disregard any email confirmation if it does not come from the
following domains: ciudaddelasideas.com or podercivico.org.mx.
13.
The board will be appointed by Poder Cívico A.C. and will be entitled to solve
any contest
–
related situation that does not
meet the requirements stated in the
entry requirements. The award may be declared null if the jury believes t
hat
none of the works presented comply with the quality standards
. The members
of the board will be announced once the call for submissions starts.
14.
The non
–
winning authors may recover their original works in Poder Cívico A.C.
head quarters, three months after posting the final results. The original works
which are not reclaimed and picked up in the aforementioned period, will be on
deposit with Marth
a Barragán Méndez
15.
Awards
•
First place:
–
A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
including
: transportation,
accommodation and food.
–
A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of
Ideas,
which organizes
mo
re than 30 conferences of well
–
known personalities who are
changing the world.
–
Access to the
alternative festival activities,
theme parties, artistic interventions,
exhibitions and more.
–
P
resentation of the
artwork
within the Brilliant Minds Internationa
l Festival: The City
of Ideas.
–
Certificate, which will be delivered
in
the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The
City of Ideas.
•
Second Place
–
A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
including
: transportation,
accommodation and food.
–
A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas,
which organizes more than 30 conferences of well
–
known personalities who are
changing the world.
–
Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artis
tic interventions,
exhibitions and more.
–
Presentation of the
art
work within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City
of Ideas.
–
Certificate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The
City of Ideas.
•
Third Place
–
A fully paid trip to the city of Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
including
: transportation,
accommodation and food.
–
A ticket to attend the Brilliant Minds International Festival: Puebla The City of Ideas,
which organizes more than 30 conferences of well
–
known pe
rsonalities who are
changing the world.
–
Access to the alternative festival activities, theme parties, artistic interventions,
exhibitions and more.
–
P
resentation of the
art
work within the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The City
of Ideas.
–
Certifi
cate, which will be delivered in the Brilliant Minds International Festival: The
City of Ideas.
Three honourable mentions will be awarded: Each one will be granted a diploma that
will be sent in the days following the festival.
Note: P
rizes will not be p
aid in cash, and will not be transferable to another person.
If you are a not a Mexican national you will be required to have a passport and valid
visa to attend the festival in Puebla, Mexico.
Regards
Martha Barragán Mendez "Mar"
concursocaricaturas@ciud
addelasideas.com
The City of Ideas Festival
International Cartoon Contest Coordinator