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Student Poster Competition 2008, Students all to Chaumont !
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CONCOURS ETUDIANTS TOUS À CHAUMONT / STUDENTS ALL TO CHAUMONT ! The 15th Students Competition of the International Poster and Graphic Design Festival Of Chaumont once again teams up with the CRIPS-CIRDD Public Health Association* of the Ile-de-France Region to devise a subject aimed specifically at students. This year, participants are being asked to submit posters based on the theme : We, men and women. In order to avoid being too general, the theme itself is divided into 6 sections: We, men and women... as seen in... history / politics / work / media / family / sexuality. We are looking for applications which explore and express, via images, questions of domination, power and violence as well as pleasure, seduction, equality and otherness between men and women. In a word, those ingredients which give rise to us, humans. We will be looking for works probing this diversity from all angles, religious, cultural, social, generational and so on. Globalization and the concomitant mingling of civilizations and cultures have totally changed relations between women and men. Progress, regression or uniformization of behaviors: how can we consider and understand differences and put ourselves on track to think in terms of equality ? As part of the partnership with Crips-Cirdd, and entirely independently of the award handed out by the Chaumont Festival, there will be a 2nd jury, organized by the Crips- Cirdd, with people from different backgrounds (associations, graphic arts, social studies, etc.) who will select 10 posters to create a printed pedagogical document to raise general public awareness about relations between the sexes. These 10 posters will be widely distributed (urban areas, schools, cultural venues). The winners, with help from professional graphic artists, will finalize their work during a 5-day workshop in Chaumont at the end of September 2008. Winners agree that their work could be used as part of a nationwide campaign in France to raise awareness on this subject. The Crips-Cirdd is specialized in public health and awareness issues related to AIDS and drugs. In 2003, the Crips Ile-de-France, with the added support of the French drug prevention inter-ministerial body, participated in the 10th Students Competition leading to the selection of 14 winning posters, which were used as part of a nationwide drug awareness program. THE POSTER COMPETITION-EXHIBITION is aimed at graphic design students from art schools, universities, technical and vocational schools, may they be public or private, enrolled for the current year. This competition will give rise to an EXHIBITION OF A SELECTION OF POSTERS ENTERED and an award in the context of the 19TH CHAUMONT POSTER FESTIVAL on Saturday, 24ST May 2008. The organizers reserve the right to cancel the competition in case of absolute necessity. Theme 2008 : WE, MEN AND WOMEN ENTRY DEADLINE FOR RECEPTION : FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2008 TERMS OF PARTICIPATION : Each student may only submit one poster, imperatively at the dimensions 60x80 cm, upright format. On each poster must appear obligatorily in body 12, as a signature, in any font, the following: "Étudiants, tous à Chaumont !",Name, First name, 2008. It is possible to submit a poster as a collective work. The projects must imperatively be reproduced by photography or printer at the required dimensions. Collages – roughs are not accepted. Each poster must be sent in with a completed participation form, a photocopy of the student card and an i.d. photo of the participant. These documents should, under no circumstances, be pasted onto the poster. The poster must neither be framed nor backed. It should be carefully protected for shipping, which is at the student’s charge. For students from outside of the European Community, please make sure the shipping does not involve any customs duties, which the association of the Festival would not be able to cover. The organization accepts no responsibility for any damage caused to the entries shipped. The organization reserves the right to refuse posters counter the regulations or offending moral standards, religious or national feelings. The organizers reserve the right to use all the information provided by the students, as well as the right to reproduce the poster photographically in order to ensure the promotion of Festival, for any books or catalogues published on that occasion or as part of the Festival, or to be presented on Festival or City’s websites or competition partners websites. The organizers reserve the right to show the posters during further events (permanent, itinerary or temporary exhibitions) or to publish them. All the entries are donated to the city of Chaumont, and might be kept at the "Silos / Maison du livre et de l'affiche". In partnership with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the Champagne-Ardenne DRAC, the city of Chaumont is considering creating a database including all the posters, which have been entered by the participants of the Chaumont Poster Festival, as well as the vintage posters, which it has received in donation. Consequently, the author agrees to transfer any property right to the city of Chaumont on the material medium of the poster / posters, which he / she delivers to the city of Chaumont for the Chaumont Poster Festival. The authors also undertakes to transfer to the city of Chaumont, at no charge and non-exclusively, the right to reproduce the poster, their photography, perhaps his / her portrait and elements of his / her résumé on the media representing his / her works as well as on the Internet network during the whole operating period. The poster is intended to be integrated into a digital database, which will be accessible in France and abroad. The author guarantees the city of Chaumont not to take any action for counterfeiting or based on the right of the image related to his / her creation. The author is free to reproduce the poster, which he / she created, on any medium. The participants of the competition – exhibition «Students, All to Chaumont» must also send their image on a CD-Rom, TIFF format, 11,25 x 15 cm, 300 dpi resolution, colour mode CMYK, in order to ensure a better printing quality for the planned publication, which will gather together the selection of the posters to be exhibited. Any participation implies full acceptation without any restriction or limitation of the present regulations. THE AWARDS : A selection of the posters entries, which imperatively meet the format, will be exhibited during the festival and will be published in the catalogue for this purpose. The jury, made up of professional graphic designers will award three prizes, each materialized by a diploma. The jury may award no or only a part of the prizes. The award winner of the first prize will receive 1000 Euros. The participants that take part of the exhibition will be granted 10 copies of the planned publication. In the general context as described hereby, the jury’s decisions are without appeal. Mailing address "Étudiants, tous à Chaumont !" Association festival d'affiches 7/9 avenue Foch / 52000 Chaumont / France Information : Tel : 33 (0)3 25 03 86 80 Fax : 33 (0)3 25 31 08 58 Email : artsgraphiques.affiches@wanadoo.fr In accordance with the law « Informatique et libertés » of 6 January 1978, you have the right of access and of correction concerning information about yourself.