Painting & Photography - London 2009

11000 $ in Prizes

On the occasion of World Habitat Day and as a side event of the"International Conference on Architecture, Settlement and Urban Identity in the Persian Gulf Region",UN-Habitat in Iran in collaboration with Westminster university and Arte Sara Art & Architecture group will be holding "the Young artists Competition on Architecture, Settlement and Urban Identity in the Persian Gulf Region". The exhibition is planning to display the artistic ability of the young artists in the fields of painting & photography.

This exhibition is allocated to holding a thematic competition amongst the young artists around the world and The program aims to establish positive contribution between the youth and Human habitat programs in order to provide the young artists with an international context to represent their potential artistic sense as well as representing the contemporary artist attitude toward the theme of the conference

Key Subjects:
Art in Settlements - Forgotten Settlements - Social Settlements - Ecology of Settlements (materials, forms and functions) - Identity in Human Settlements - Habitats and Human Rights - Habitats and the Ecosystem - Water and Settlements - Slums and Settlements - City, Home, Human and life - Navigation, livelihood and settlement.

The competition will be held in two sections:
A- Painting (Regarding contemporary approach, using Various mediums)
B- Photography (Proximate photography, Directive photography, Media combination ,Designed Photography, photo based installation)

Chairman:
Ali Pooladi

General Secretary:
Somayeh Rokhgireh

Coordinator of the Jury Panel and curator:
Javid Ramezani

The members of the jury:
Photography: Hamid Severi, Shahriar Tavakoli, Javid Ramezani and Babak Zirak
Painting: Babak Etminani, Dr. Bagher Ziaee, Nosratolah Moslemian and Majid Karimi

Prizes:
The First Prize winner in each section of the competition will receive a cash award of 3,000 USD, a plaque of recognition and an emblem from UN-Habitat presented by UN-Habitat, as well as a statuette. The selected entry will be printed in the exhibition book

The Second Prize winner in each section will receive a cash award of 1,500 USD, a plaque of recognition and an emblem from UN-Habitat presented by UN-Habitat, as well as a statuette. The selected entry will be printed in the exhibition book

The Third Prize winner in each section will receive a cash award of 1,000 USD, a plaque of recognition and an emblem from UN-Habitat presented by UN-Habitat, as well as a statuette. The selected entry will be printed in the exhibition book

4th to 10th place winners, commendable entries in each section of the competition, will receive a plaque of recognition presented by UN-Habitat, an emblem of UN-Habitat, and their work printed in the exhibition book.

11th to 30th place winners in each section of the competition will receive a certificate signed by the UN-Habitat's regional director, and their work will also be printed in the exhibition book

Deadline for entries:

The entries in JPG format and registration form should be forwarded to artcompetition@humanhabitation.org before the end of office hours on 19 Aug 2009.

For more information about the Competition Guidelines ,How to submit works ,General Procedures for Judging, Time table of the program and key subjects of the competition refer to the event web site: www.humanhabitation.org/YouthArtCompetition.html

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