ADANA METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY

3rdINTERNATIONAL ADANA STONE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUMSPECIFICATIONS

Article 1-3rdInternational Adana Stone Sculpture Symposium which is held by Adana Metropolitan Municipality in the memory of 15th July Democracy Struggle will take place between 15th Mayand9th June 2017.

Article 2-3rd International Adana Stone Sculpture Symposium will be held within the consultancy of Çukurova University.

Article 3-The theme of the Symposium has been specified as “Democracy and Fredoom”.

Article 4-The artists to participate in the Symposium will be chosen bythe jury. The jury is composed of the personsrecommended bythe representatives of Adana Metropolitan Municipality and Çukurova University.

Article 5- Designs which will be sent by the artists who will apply for the Syposium have to be unapplied somewhere else before and have to be original.The artists can send two different design at most.

Article 6-The jury will specify 10 artists who will participate in the Symposium based on the application portfolios sent by the artists.

Article 7-The sculptures created in the symposium will remain in the possession of Adana Metropolitan Municipality. Adana Metropolitan Municipality will have responsibility for the care and protection of the sculptures. Also it has the capacity to exhibit, move, film these sculptures and use these videos.

Article 8-The materialto be used as sculpture material istwo or three cubic metres of Muğlamarble.Adana Metropolitan Municipality is liable to provide each artist with the marbles that he/she has specified the measurement in his/her project as cut in approximate sizes.Also,the base of the sculptures, its mounting andmaterials needed for the mounting (if specified in the application portfolio) will be provided by Adana Metropolitan Municipality.

Article 9-Artists themselves should bringalong small electrical hand tools and the consumables of these.Adana Metropolitan Municipality will supply 220V of electricity and its extension leads, elevator and the compressor mechanism which is needed for the working of pneumatic hand toolscontinuously at the shaded area of the Symposium. The Municipality will make the arrangements related to the conditions of the work and security of the Symposium area.

Article 10-Breakfasts, lunches, dinners and accommodation of the artists participating in the Symposium will be provided by Adana Metropolitan Municipality. Transportation will cover economy-class round-trip flight ticket and transfers from the airport for all the artists.The fare of the artists who will participate from abroad will be compensated up to 500 dollars by the Municipality. In case the fare is over this amount, the artists need to pay for it. Every artist will pay for the flight ticket himself/herself and when he/she comes,the payment for the flight ticket will be made to them.

Article 11-Adana Metropolitan Municipality will pay 3.000 dollars as a royaltyto every artist who has completed his/her work in the given time pursuant to the Specifications and delivered his/her work. The half of the payment will be made two days later after the start of the Symposium and the other half will be made after the Symposium has been completed.

Article 12-The artists who do notshow up without a notice of excuse in the first five days from the start of the symposium will lose their rightto participate.

Article 13-The works will be carried out under the canopies in the open air. The artists need to be ready for the seasonal weather conditions such as rainfall, hot, cold etc.

Article 14- The artists are liable to take out personal accident insurance.

Article 15-The artists are liable to be present in the working area during theworking hours and to follow the symposium schedule. In any exceptional situations, the Symposium Committee will have a right to assess the situation.

Article 16-In case the artists fail tocompletetheir work in the given time because of unavoidable reasonssuch as illness, accident etc.or because of the careless and levity attitudes to their work, the Symposium Committee will have a right to make a decision and in case of disagreement, the Courts in Adana areauthorized to judge only.

Article 17-At the end of the symposium, every artist will be given a participation certificate issued by Adana Metropolitan Municipality.

Article 18-The artists participating in the Symposium are advised to bring along visual materials or introductory documents related to cultural and artistic works of theirsor their countries to share with visitors and the other artists.

Article 19- The artists requesting and accepting to participate in 3rd International AdanaStone Sculpture Symposium are deemed to have accepted “the Specifications for the Artists”.

TERMS OF APPLICATION

Article 20-The application portfolio which will be based on the choice of the artists to participate in the Symposiumshould cover the following information and documents.

1.Application Form (You can find it in the web address of

2.ACV with a photo in English or Turkish, in which the artisthas expressed the most important 10 activities that he/she participated in, with a photo and not exceeding one A4 sheet.

3.A visual document presenting the five works the artist has applied.

4.The sketch, photos of a model and similar visualswhich show the sculpture which the artist will apply in the Symposium in different views.

5.The detailed size of the marble which the artist will use.

6.The mounting schema and the type of auxiliary materialif necessary.

7. The detailed drawingof the base.

8.A short description in English or Turkish about the work if the artist considers it necessary.

9.The application portfolio which covers the above-mentioned documents and does not exceed over 23 MB will be sent in ZIP format and one folder. The visuals in the folder should be prepared in “jpeg” format and in the resolution of 150 dpi at least and should be sent to the following e-mail addressuntil 17.00 on 31 March 2017 at the latest. Only mailed applications will be accepted.Incomplete applications will not be assessed.

THE SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

Application Deadline: 31 March 2017

The jury: 7 April 2017

Announcement of the results: 10 April 2017

Check-in for the hotel: 14 May 2017

Opening Ceremony: 15 May 2017

Closing Ceremony: 9 June 2017

Check-out of the hotel: 10June 2017

*The jury members will be announced in first week of February 2017th

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Mr. Sinan GÜL, Deputy Secretary General Adana Metropolitan Municipality

Mr. Mehmet ÇULCU,Landscape ArchitectAdana Metropolitan Municipality

Mr.AhmetİNAL,Grapich Designer Adana Metropolitan Municipality

Prof.Birnur ERALDEMİRÇukurova University

Prof.Suat KARAASLANÇukurova University

Assistant Prof.Özgür AKTAŞÇukurova University

CONTACT

*Mehmet ÇULCU Landscape ArchitectAdana Metropolitan Municipality

Tel: +90 322 4553737

*Ahmet İNAL Grapich Designer Adana Metropolitan Municipality

Tel: +90 322 455 3757

*Belgin BORAN Researchassistant Çukurova University

Tel: +903223386084-2073-116

Symposium e-mail address:

3rd INTERNATIONAL ADANA STONE SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM

APPLICATION FORM

Name; Surname:
Birthplace - Year :
Nationality :
E-mail:
Phone:
Fax:
Address:
informationaboutartwork:
Measurements that do not exceed a total of 3m3 of stone block or blocks to be used by the artist.
I have read and accepted all the conditions in this matter.
Artist Signature
Date