About the Festival
Book
Illustration Festival "BookILL Fest" is organized for the fifth time by Banat's Cultural Centre and
Novi Sad Fair during the 22nd International Book Fair in Novi Sad (Serbia).
Book Fair is going to take place from the 12th to 18th of
April, 2016, and Book Illustration Festival is going to be organized on the 13th
of April, at Novi Sad Fair.
"BookILL Fest" includes internet competition for the best
illustration of the book, exibition of selected works, the announcement of
winners, and exhibitions and lectures related to the book illustration.
The Aim of the Festival
The book
illustration is important, but also specific area in the process of graphic
designing of books, which is why "BookILL Fest" seeks to draw
attention to illustration and illustrators in public, but also to publishers
who care about the equipment of their books.
Illustrated book is an art object
that is signed by the co-authors: the writer and illustrator. Organizer
affirmates the principle that the text of the book and its visual component –
illustration – are both equally important and valuable.
Contests for
book illustrations are very rare in the world, and thus, this festival is more
important.
Registration for the Contest:
The contest
is open for the authors from all over the world.
Each author
submits at least 4 illustrations of the book: illustration of the cover page
and illustrations from the inside of the book, in digital format (JPG, TIFF format,
RGB mode, 300-600 dpi, up to A4).
Send
everything to the e-mail address: bookillfest@gmail.com
Deadline for
submission is: the 20th of March,
2016.
Authors can
send illustrations done in all artistic and graphic techniques. The photographs
which illustrate books will be also accepted. Authors can send illustrations incorporated
into book design with the text, or separated. Authors can send more
illustrations created for different books. Authors can send cover illustrations
only, if the inside of the book is not illustrated. Unpublished illustrations will
be accepted as well as published.
The authors must also send their personal data by e-mail (name, surname, address, phone
number, a short professional biography) titles of the works, and the specific
category for submission. They should indicate whether the book was published or
in the project.
If the
author wants, he/she can send his/her book and CD with drawings and data, to
the following address: Banatski kulturni centar, JNA 35, 23 273, Novo Miloševo.
The categories for submission are:
1.
Illustration
of the poetry book
2.
Illustration
of the fiction book
3.
Illustration
of the book for children
4.
Photo-illustration
of the book
Jury / Arts Council
The
selection of works and awards – one for each category – is going to be done by
the following members of the jury: Slobodan Ivkov, president, mr Sibila Petenji
Arbutina and Senka Vlahovic Filipov.
The Announcement of the Winners and Exhibition
The
announcement of winners and the award ceremony will be held on 13th of
April, 2016, at Novi Sad Fair, and the opening of the exhibition of selected
and awarded works.
A detailed
program of the Festival will be announced at the end of the competition.
*The organizer reserves the right to present works from this
year's and previous competitions and exhibitions in other towns and countries.
It also reserves the right to print thematic publication (catalog, monography,
flyers, etc.) of the received works in propaganda or
retrospective exhibition purposes, or for the affirmation of the "BookILL
Fest" competition project and to have the possibility of scientific research
analyzes of illustrations as artistic discipline in the light of this project.
By submitting their works, the authors accept the above mentioned
items.
Guest exibition
Exhibition "Illustrations
awarded at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava 2015" will also be
opened on 13th of April, organized by the Banat's Cultural
Centre and Novi Sad Fair, in cooperation with BIBIANA, International House of Art for
Children from Bratislava
(Slovakia) and Foundation Babka
Gallery from Kovačica (Serbia).
"BookILL
Fest" 2015
At last year's
competition over 700 works were received. The jury selected about 150 works by 97
authors that were exposed at the Book Fair in Novi Sad.
How last
year's festival looked can be viewed here: BookILL
Fest 2015.
Contact
For
additional information, comments and suggestions, contact us via email: bookillfest@gmail.com or phone number:
00381 (0) 23/783-155.
