Bosch awards - 2001

Bosch Power Tools, a division of Robert Bosch GmbH, is proud to announce its sponsorship of the art and design competition WORK ART for the fifth time. The awards are intended to not only offer financial encouragement to young, aspiring artists and designers, but, more importantly, to provide them with a platform for presenting their ideas and works to an interested public.

Theme
The contest is split into the two categories of art and design, with separate judges and prizes for each. The theme for both categories is Kraft!Quelle! - the power source of creativity! Participants have the freedom to develop their ideas as objects, paintings or drawings - there are no restrictions as to what kind of materials an entrant may use. Selection criteria will be based on originality and imagination in implementing the contest theme.

Entry conditions
All students enrolled at a university, college or academy in the subjects of art or design are allowed to enter. Certification of enrolment for the current semester is required as proof.

Additionally, all young artists and designers who graduated from a recognised institution not more than five years ago are invited to enter. A copy of the relevant diploma or degree is required as proof.

Entering
Participants must send in the following documents in order to be registered:

• Photo or sketch of proposed idea, plus brief description written in either English or German
  
• Certification of enrolment for the current semester or a copy of diploma
  
• Fully-completed entry form (attached)

The cut-off date for entries is March 12, 2001. This will be determined by the postmark. Please send your completed entry documents to:

WORK ART, c/o Communication Consultants
Herrenberger Straße 25
70563 Stuttgart

Tel. 0049.711.97893.0
Fax 0049.711.97893.44
E-Mail: info@workart.de

Order of events
In the first phase, applicants send in a photo or sketch of their planned work, in addition to a short description of it in either English or German (not more than one A4 page). Applicants must also nominate which category - art or design - they wish to enter.

In the second phase, the two judging panels will pre-select 20 submissions for art and 20 for design without knowing the names of the creators. These short-listed candidates will then be asked to execute their submitted ideas. The works must be completed and ready for collection by mid-August, 2001. Candidates should specify a pick-up date before mid-April, 2001.

Photos, sketches and descriptions not selected for the second phase will only be returned when there is a stamped, self-addressed envelope enclosed.

If nominated for the second phase, entrants have an obligation to realise their submitted ideas by the required date. Participants enter into this obligation upon registering for phase one of the competition.

Second-phase candidates will receive from Bosch a subsidy of DM 500 for the costs of materials. This subsidy will be provided by Bosch Power Tools.

In the third phase, the jury panels will judge the submitted works and determine the prize-winners for each category. The awards ceremony and subsequent exhibition, at Stuttgart airport, will take place most probably in autumn, 2001.

Dimensions
Due to reasons of handling and transport, limits must be placed on size and weight: the realised work should not exceed more than 1.80 cubic metres nor weigh more than 200kg.

Jury
Jury for Design
Karl Heinz Krug, form
Alexander von Vegesack, Vitra Design Museum
Prof. Kurt Weidemann, compositor

Jury for Art
Ruth Händler, art critic
Bohumila Milena Lamarova, Museum Prague
Henk Visch, artist

The chairperson for each selection committee will be determined by the judges at their first meeting.

Prize money
In total there is DM 40,000 in prize money to be awarded.

1st Prize: a one-year stipend for each category worth DM 1000 per month

2nd Prize: DM 5000 for each category

3rd Prize: DM 3000 for each category

Purchase
The prize money does not cover the purchase of exhibited works. Robert Bosch GmbH retains the option to purchase any presented works up to four weeks after the exhibition opening. The company also reserves the right to purchase an exhibited work on the basis of individual negotiations with the concerned artist or designer.

Awards Ceremony / Exhibition / Documentation
The announcement of the prizewinners will be followed by an awards ceremony and exhibition, scheduled for autumn, 2001. The prizewinners will be invited to the awards and the exhibition opening as guests of Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch Power Tools. The prize-winning works plus other selected works will be documented in an exhibition catalogue. Other exhibitions are a possibility.

It is taken for granted that candidates agree to their works being put at the disposal of the exhibition and awards ceremony.

Participants also agree to photos of their works and themselves appearing in publications of Robert Bosch GmbH and other publicity activities connected with WORK ART. Furthermore, participants consent to photos of their works and themselves appearing in the parallel competition WORK ART on the WEB and related publications.

Transport / Insurance
Bosch will cover the costs of picking up and returning the realised works. It is the responsibility of the participant, however, to arrange a time and place for collection with the WORK ART editorial team. The original, once completed, should be made ready for transportation as soon as possible. Participants are requested to adequately package their works for safe transportation. This precaution is in their own interests. Robert Bosch GmbH accepts no liability for damage incurred during transportation.

During the period of the exhibition, works on display will be insured to a maximum value of DM 10,000. Robert Bosch GmbH will assume the costs of this insurance. Participants do not have the right to lodge damage claims not covered by this insurance.

Obligations
By registering for the contest, candidates enter into an obligation to execute their submitted ideas by the stipulated date, and to realise these works according to the designs and descriptions they submitted to the judges in phase one.

Furthermore, participants must give an assurance that their submissions are original works of art and design which they hold all rights to. False information may result in expulsion from the competition or dispossession of prize money. Legal appeal is not possible.

Registration for the sponsorship WORK ART
The cut-off date for entries is March 12, 2001. This will be determined by the postmark.

I want to take part in the sponsorship WORK ART. Please find enclosed the participation documents

Photo or sketch of proposed idea, plus brief description written in either English or German

Certification of enrolment for the current semester or a copy of diploma

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University, School, etc.

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Date, Signature

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Address during the semester (+ Place of residence if different from address during the semester)

Street

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Post code, Town, Country

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Phone

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Fax

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E-Mail

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WORK ART
c/o Communication Consultants
Herrenberger Str. 25
70563 Stuttgart

Tel 0711.97893.0
Fax 0711.97893.44

E-Mail: info@workart.de

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