Energy is changing the map of the world; in the near future the most important issue which is underscored will be the energy problem. As Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association, we will be waiting different explanations from the cartoonists all over the world to be able to draw people's attention to this increasing energy problem and its possible solutions.
The cartoons to be exhibited during the festival in Istanbul will also be exhibited in other branches of our association which are in other cities of Turkey such as Ankara, Izmir, Adana, Antalya, Van, Bursa, Izmit, Mersin, Aydin and associations in abroad which collabarates with Yeni Y sektepe; for people who are interested in art.
We would like to invite you to the 6th International Cartoon Festival which will be held on 10-18 October 2009 with your talented cartoons.
ACTIVITIES DURING THE FESTIVAL:
1) EXHIBITIONS: Personal and collective exhibitions of the cartoons under the theme of "Energy" will take place during 10-25 October 2009. More than 200 well-known cartoonists are expected to participate to the exhibition as before.
2) SYMPOSIUM: An opportunity is created for inter-disciplinary sworks by performing a symposium under the theme of nergy with participation of guests on arts, science, philosophy.
3) WORKSHOP: The aim is to highlight the importance of nergy once more and also to increase the interest to the art of cartoon among people in the workshops which is participated by cartoonists and people.
Detailed information about the place and the daily programme of events will be announced by our website soon.
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION:
Theme:
1)The theme of the exhibition is nergy Cartoons not related with the main theme and the sub- themes, may not take part in the festival and the exhibition. The final decision is to be given by the Organizational Committee, and this committee works with cartoonist Tan Oral chairmanship.
Technique:
2)Technique: Free. Black/white or colour.
3)Dimension: A4 or A3. No pass partout, no frame.
Sending Way:
4)By post: If this way is preferred, cartoons shouldn have pass partout and frame. Please send them with filled participation form to the below address.
Yeni Yuksektepe Kultur Dernegi,
Muhurdar Cad. Gunesli Bahce Sok. No: 50 34710 Kadikoy-Istanbul-TURKEY
5)By website: Cartoons should have 300 dpi resolution and JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PNG formatted. (Max. 2 MB)
6)Work should be named. Example: nameandsurnameofartist_nameofwork.jpeg
http://cartoonistfest.org/upload/main.asp
7)No limitation for the number of works to be sent for the exhibition.
Sending Back the cartoons:
8)All cartoons will be kept in the cartoon archives of Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association and will not be sent back, unless there is a special request from the artist to send his/her work back.
Usage Rights of the cartoons:
All the usage rights of the cartoons are belong to Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association without any commercial purposes. The originals may be printed or exhibited in Turkey or abroad; used for the books, magazines, catalogues, brochures, VCDs and DVDs to be printed by Yeni Yuksektepe and its corporative associations in Turkey or abroad; sent to another association in Turkey or abroad for the purpose of exhibiting or printing without commercial purpose by Yeni Yuksektepe. Even if the cartoonist sends the originals or the copies to Yeni Yuksektepe, the cartoonist will be the owner of the publication and financial rights. Cartoons that were exhibited in the festival will be covered under a booklet. A copy of the booklet will be uploaded on the Internet web site http://cartoonistfest.org free for download. News covering the festival will also be available on the same web site. The originals may be used in the news coverage about the Festival in the Print and TV Media.
Deadline:
9)The deadline for the cartoons to arrive to the Festival Organizational Committee is September 1st, 2009. |
