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Prague, April 10th 2007
The Czech Council on Foreign Relations invites entries into an international art contest under the keynote "Balkans perception of European Identity". The project is open for art academy students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey.
The artifacts posters might help them engage in a broadly based dialogue on a single Europe, its cultural and social values, and its future.
Students should react, through their artwork, to questions the citizens of Europe are asking as debate evolves on the direction of forms of European integration. Is there a shared European identity, or are there merely national or regional feelings of a sense of belonging together? What is the relationship between shared and national identities? How could European identity emanate from the understanding of national identities as creative elements of the unity in diversity, which is so amply characteristic of Europe's history? Do we want the European Union to be only a common market or do we want it to be an integral political entity adorned with a measure of international sovereignty that would give us a firmer foothold in the global competition? What do you think about membership of your country in the EU?
Conditions and Terms of the "Balkans perception of European Identity" Contest:
Participants: Students of art academy students from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey
Keynote: Balkans perception of European Identity
Specifications:
a) 700 x 1000 mm poster with data in PDF (Acrobat) stored on CD, resolution 300 dpi and 150dpi
b) Control imprint 210 x 297 mm
c) All entries must carry the authors' names and addresses of schools
d) Each student one poster
e) Entries should be sent collectively by school or individually by students and should be addressed to the CCFR
Awards: 1st Prize 3 500 Euro
2nd Prize 1 500 Euro
3rd Prize 500 Euro
Catalogue: will comprise all delivered entries found to comply with the contest
conditions and terms
Exhibitions: all posters found to comply with the contest conditions and terms will be
digitally printed and exhibited in the course of 2007 - 2008
The Czech Council on Foreign Relations is entitled to use the works for the realization of the competition and for the broad presentation of its results. All participants agree that their entries will be used in publications, media, exhibitions and other means for the promotion of the goals of the competition.
Entry deadline: Entries should be mailed to:
Czech Council on Foreign Relations, Apolinářská 6, 128 00 Prague 2, Czech Republic
Please mark envelope with "Balkans perception of European Identity"
All entries delivered by June 15th , 2007 will be considered
The Contest is open to artifact entries found to be in compliance with the keynote: Balkans perception of European Identity. Entries must not promote the suppression of human rights and freedoms, spread ethnic, racial or class animosities and animosity towards a group of persons.
This project will be implemented under the auspices of Mr. Erhard Busek, coordinator of The Stability Pact for the South-Eastern Europe.
Jiří Dienstbier
Chairman of the Czech Council on Foreign Relations
Please kindly confirm your participation in this Contest in writing to:
Czech Council on Foreign Relations, Apolinářská 6, 128 000 Prague 2, Czech Republic
How to contact the organizers:
Jiřina Dienstbierová (tel. +420 603 529 409)
