INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM - TURKEY

Deadline: 5th May 2015

A Turkish town organizes an International Sculpture Symposium that will be held between 05-25 August 2015.

The theme of the symposium is “Conscience”.
Material:
Stone, metal and concrete are chosen as the materials. Maximum 2-3 m3. Material will be provided to those who will work with stone and concrete.

10 artists will be invited to take part in the symposium. The artists will be chosen by the symposium committee according to the application files of the candidates. Application to the symposium could be done with maximum 3 projects.

Transportation, accommodation, breakfast, lunch and dinner will be afforded by the organization.
Transportation includes round trip economic class flight ticket and airport transport. Each artist will provide their flight ticket. The ticket fees will be paid during the symposium.
The organization will provide raw material for the specified project of each artist. Also, if stated in the application form, the base of the work, the mounting of the base and the materials for this will be covered by the organization.
The organization provides 220 volts of electricity, crane, air compressor and their systems of lengthening to the artists for using in the symposium area.
Artists provide electrical tools and small hand tools and their consumables by themselves.
The organization will pay €3300 (including 0.9,48% stamp duty and 10% income tax deductions) to each artist as equipment expenses and copyright fee to whom finished his work and delivered in time as declared in the specifications. %20 part of the payment (Turkish Lira equivalent to) will be done in the week following the symposium start, remaining %80 (Turkish Lira equivalent to) will be done after the delivery of the work.

The organization will realize a catalogue of the symposium, publishes and distributes it. Each artist will receive 10 copies of the catalogue.
The organization
- will be responsible for protecting the works;
- will not sell the works but will have the rights for exhibiting in the museum, exhibiting in another place temporarily, cataloguing, sliding, photographing and publishing and promoting these on media.
Artists are responsible for being in the symposium area at working times and have to observe the working calendar.

For detailed information on how to participate ( required documentation and contact address), Enter in Competitions Details