【Call for Entries】“City Memory Words of Nature” the 6th Macao International Contemporary Illustrations Competition

“City Memory: Words of Nature” the 6th Macao International Contemporary Illustrations Competition

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Preface

Throughout history, human civilization evolves through altering nature itself and creating an artificial nature, bringing about new dialogues between humans and nature. Industrial civilization of three hundred years is mainly characterized by man’s conquest of nature, and the formation of modern civilization takes place in cities. The 21st century has witnessed a giant leap of the world’s industrialization. The breakthrough in life science and space strategy motivates humans with greater ambition to exploit nature, both the earth and space. As time goes by, ecological civilization rooted in Chinese wisdom is taking shape. People begin to rethink the relationship between man and nature, reflect on environmental issues, promote the harmony between man and nature, and strive to build a community of a shared future for the earth through a global treaty of multilateralism: including humans, wildlife and all other life forms share the earth.

Forest is the most primitive home for humans, covering nearly one-third of the earth’s surface. As an important natural resource, it is home to 80% of animal and plant species as well as insects and bacterium of all kinds. It is a crucible full of life, revealing life cycle with seasons: life thrives in spring and summer and then withers when fall and winter approach, symbolizing the joy of harvest and victory, an endless cycle of life and death. Being an important part of ancient human memory, forest is the cradle of civilization, and the inspiration of art. People in ancient times lived their lives in the forests, full of unknown, danger and mystery. Over thousands of years, humans gradually settled down in cities, labeling urban life, the product of large-scale of industrialization, as modern civilization. Meanwhile, Forests and wilderness are devalued and viewed as signs of being primitive and uncivilized. The development of social science and technology is changing people’s mindset. They seek to “live poetically” by revisiting nature and living their lives there in seclusion to heal the soul. Inspiration from philosophy and art has deeply influenced humans’ aesthetic perception of nature. Thanks to philosophers’ and artists’ efforts, people begin to appreciate nature in terms of aesthetics. Forest ecology is more powerful than any other human art form in that it relates to vast space, time-honored history, and ever-evolving diversity of life forms in terms of space and time. Only when people grow their understanding about nature scientifically, and have more time to immerse themselves into nature, experiencing the land of nature and injecting vitality into their secular life, can it be possible to “make art become civilization itself from the beauty parlor of civilization” (according to John Dewey).

Themed on “City Memory: Words of Nature”, this competition underlines the era’s discourse of city memory and the in-depth implications of the era endowed by the image of urban citizens, with their bodies and souls, returning to forests. The competition is open to designers, artists, and creative individuals from all over the world to collect their own “forest stories”, their fantasies about “mysterious forests” and their sci-fi editions of “urban forests” to explore the “Words of Nature” in the form of illustration, a form of visual creativity. Through visual art and innovative mindsets, we aim to reinvigorate ourselves to tap into the infinite possibilities of cities, forests, and nature. It motivates us to better cherish the accomplishments of material and spiritual civilization in the course of human development so that we can “live poetically” (according to Heidegger) in modern cities, and proactively construct ecological civilization, with humanistic values as the core, in a future-oriented manner.

Academic Advisor of the Competition: Doctor. Meng Shu

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Regulations

Theme: City Memory: Words of Nature
Submission deadline: 30th September, 2022
Types of works: Graphic illustrations (without restriction on media)
Regions applicable: The exhibition collects from all over the world
- Open collection (no cap to the number of works)
- 50 specially-invited works (not applicable to award selection)
Exhibition time: November 21st to November 25th 2022
Venue: Chun Chou Tong Pavilion of Lou Lim Ioc Park, Macao
Entry fees: Free of charge

Schedule:

No.	Date	Schedule
1	September 30th 2022	Collection deadline
2	October 1st – October 8th 2022	Preliminary selection
3	October 9th – October 15th 2022	Final selection
4	October 20th 2022	Releasing Shortlisted & Winners
5	November 21st – November 25th	First round of the Exhibition

Awards:

No.	Group	Awards	Quota
1	Specially Invited Group	Certificate for Specially Invited Artist	50
2	Public Group	City Memory Grand Award	1
3	Public Group	City Memory Gold Award	1
4	Public Group	City Memory Silver Award	1
5	Public Group	City Memory Bronze Award	1
6	Public Group	City Memory Jury Award	5
7	Public Group	City Memory Excellence Award	20
8	Public Group	Excellent Mentor Award	unlimited

Note1: Recipients for the Grand Award, Gold, Silver and Bronze Award will be granted the travel allowances to Macao and invited to attend the award ceremony (4 recipients selected first, the Jury Award for candidate on the waiting list).
Note2: For all the Grand Award, Gold Award, Silver Award, Bronze Award and Jury Award, etc., certificate and a collection of works will be issued as an encouragement.
Note3: As an encouragement, electronic certificates shall be issued for Excellence Award.

Work submission (by E-mail)
- Application form download link (Dropbox): https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8tsovc72us8fm12/AACkSgAHER7_cV-QiTQQLmL9a?dl=0
- Send the completed application form together with e-file of the work or work download link to ccipa_mo@ymail.com;
- The subject of Email need to be named in the form of “name & country & title of work & image serial number”.
Submission requirements:
- The submission format of the works is:
  - The shortest side of the file is not less than 21cm, the longest side is not more than 180cm;
  - JPG format: Resolution – 300dpi, CMYK colors;
  - No more than 8 pages for series of works;
- Please follow the naming convention of “name-country-region-work name-file serial number”.

the Judging Panel
- Bill Carman (USA)
  
  Shunyo Yamauchi (Japan)
  
  KAN TAI-KEUNG (Hong Kong, China)
  
  MENG SHU (Macao, China)
  
  Zhu Qiuzhen (China)

Notice
- After the confirmation of the entrant’s online registration for the 6th Macao International Contemporary Illustration Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Competition”), the entrant must consent to give the authorization of his/her submitted work to Chinese Cultural Industries Promotion Association for the use of promotion, exhibition, various media publicity and print related to the Competition without any charge.
- All entries must be for non-commercial use (not for any commercial advertising or purpose).
- In order to ensure the fairness of the selection and evaluation, in the concept description notes or entries entrants are not allowed to include their names, stage names, nicknames or any symbols or words that can be used to identify the identity of the entrants.
- The Chinese Cultural Industries Promotion Association shall decide matters related to text editing, picture placement, page allocation, cutting and typesetting and have the final decision.
- All entries must not involve pornography, violence, defamation or other contents that violate public order and corrupt social custom.
- The entrant must confirm and guarantee that the owner of the entry or the one who has been authorized with the entry renders authorization of all rights, including but not limited to the copyright, design rights and all other rights of the entry, as well as relevant intellectual property of the entry.
- The terms and conditions of this agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR). The courts of the Macao SAR shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any appeal or dispute.
- The terms and conditions of this agreement are concluded in both English and Chinese. In case of discrepancies between the English and Chinese version, the Chinese version shall apply and prevail.

Organizational units
- Organizer: Chinese Cultural Industries Promotion Association
- Implementer: C P Art Projects Development Company Limited
- Support units: Chubu Creators Club
- Sponsor: Cultural Development Fund of the Macao Special Administrative Region Government
- Submission platform cooperation: GTN9
Contact Information
- Email: ccipa_mo@ymail.com
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- Web: https://ccipa.org.mo/
- Phone：(+853) 2845 5113