World Textile Art Organization

WORLD IN TEXTILE ART
5th International Biennial of Textile Art
Palais de Glace - Buenos Aires - 2009
Argentina
The 5th International Biennial of Textile Art will be held from April 1st to 25th,
2009 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized by the World Textile Art
Organization (WTA).
WTA is a non-profit organization, founded in 1997, with headquarters in Miami,
USA, that has already organized four Biennial Exhibitions in Contemporary
Textile Art, both in the United States and in different countries in Latin America
with the participation of international artists and juries.
CURATORIAL CONCEPT
The 5th International Biennial of Textile Art places its attention on those artists
who choose to express themselves through fibers and weaving , resignifying
through their work the concept of Textile Art, by taking away all boundaries and
making it explode into many meanings and connotations.
Overstepping boundaries and combining different disciplines, those artists
participating in the 5th International Biennial of Textile Art start from the mere
fibers to merge into new technologies, venturing to follow new lines of
investigation, fusing their quests and challenging categorizations but keeping
the soul of textile materials as the integrating element.
REGULATIONS
1. Participation
1.1 Participation is open to all artists of legal age from all over the world.
1.2 Submitted works: up to three (3) works per artist - either brand new or
already shown. All submitted works have to be created later than year
2000.
1.3 Free subject
1.4 Works can be either two-dimensional or three-dimensional or any kind
of installations with no specific size.
2. First Stage – Regulation
2.1 The proposal must be send together with the signed application form
2.2 For each work to be submitted authors shall send:
a) CD containing:
Two professional digital photographs – 8.5 inches or 21,5 cm width and
300 dpi - one of them depicting the whole work and the other one
showing a detail of the work.
All photographs should be clear and sharp, with non- interfering
backgrounds in order not to disturb the actual image of the works. This
is of the utmost
importance, since they will be included in the Exhibition Catalogue.
b) A good color print 20 x 28 cm photograph of the work.
Both the CD and the printed photograph shall bear at the back the
following information: name of the artist, e -mail address, telephone
number, image direction, title of the work, work completion date, list of
all employed materials, list of applied techniques, and work
measurements.
c) Brief CV including: date of birth, education, gallery representative
status, awards and scholarships, main exhibitions both individual and/or
collective, where the artist’s work has been shown (please mention 10
at the utmost) and also any other interesting professional experience.
2.3 All applicants submitting works to be considered in the selection
process shall bear a U$S 30 – thirty US dollars – non-refundable fee.
2.4 This non-refundable fee can be paid by check in US Dollars,
International Credit cards payable in US Currency or Postal Transfers in
US Dollars (in this case please consult the Organization).
All submitted documentation will be kept and will be become part of
the archives of the Organization.
v All the requested items shall be sent together with the corresponding
application form to the Buenos Aires Headquarters of the Word Textile
Art, addressed as follows:
5th International Biennial of Textile Art
11 de Septiembre 2761 (CP 1428)
Buenos Aires – Argentina
v Final date for proposals reception will be September 1st , 2008 –
which will be validated per post stamp date.
3. Second Stage - Work Selection
3.1 WTA will inform on October 13th, 2008 via e-mail the applicants who
have been chosen to be included in the Biennial.
3.2 The participation at 5th International Biennial of Textile Art bears a cost
of U$S 70.- Seventy US dollars
3.3 Those chosen artists will have to acknowledge receipt of the e-mail
before October 31st, 2008 to confirm their participation at the 5th
Biennial.
3.4 Chosen works shall be sent to WTA before January 30th, 2009. The
sending address will be informed in the next communication.
v Please bear in mind that all parcels should be sent “door to door” and
should be marked “ NO COMMERCIAL VALUE “
All the parcels sent via DHL – FEDEX – UPS and/or similar private postal services are
bound to discharge customs duties at arrival at Buenos Aires. Those expenses shall be
solely for the owner’s account. WTA will not be liable for any kind of payment or
disbursement related either to postage or customs and /or transportation duties.
Non -donated work will only be returned after the settlement of “shipping & handling”
expenses.
3.5 All forwarding and/or sending postage and insurance costs and
traveling risks shall be wholly borne by the owner and/or sender and at
their own risk.
4. Jury
4.1 The Jury will be formed by highly prestigious authorities of the
international art field. As soon as the jury members are appointed, their
names will be informed through the web page.
4.2 The same jury will gather in Buenos Aires to award the corresponding
prizes.
Their decisions will be final and non- appealable.
5. Prizes
Prizes will be as follows:
First Prize: U$S 3.000.-
Second Prize: U$S 1.500.-
Third Prize : U$S 500.-
Honorable Mentions to be considered by the Jury
Granted awards are not considered as “acquisitions”
6. Donation and /or Return of the works
At the end of the Biennial each of the participating artists will be able to
donate their work to the WTA and become a member of the Organization,
and as such, they will :
1 - be granted the status of Honorary Member of WTA
2 - be entitled to receive all relevant information regarding Textile Art such
as Exhibitions, seminars, articles, etc
3 - be able to load their CVs and photos of some of their works in the WTA
Page
4 - be part of the sales & promotion scheme of WTA
v Those works which are not donated will be returned to their countries of
origin at their owner’s account and risk, after the corresponding
payment has been effected by the owner.
v WTA will have a (3) three months period to return all not donated works
to artist’s origin countries
v WTA will give each one of the participating artists a color printed
catalogue of the Biennial and a Participation Certificate
v WTA reserves the right to publish those photographs they deem
convenient to promote the Biennial and advertise within the media
7. Important dates
Deadline for application ………………………… September. 1st, 2008
Confirmation of participation …………………… October 13th, 2008
Acknowledgement of Mail reception …………… October 31st, 2008
Work reception deadline ………………………… January 30th, 2009
Opening day. ……………………………………… April 1st, 2009
For further information please contact:
Tel. (5411) 4788-8080 Fax (5411) 4787-1316
E-mail : contact@wta-online.org - worldintextileart@gmail.com
www.wta-online.org
WORLD IN TEXTILE ART
5th International Biennial of Textile Art
Palais de Glace - Buenos Aires - 2009
Argentina
ENTRY FORM
Name: ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Palais de Glace - Buenos Aires - 2009
Argentina
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