About the Festival
Book
Illustration Festival "BookILL Fest" is organized for the sixth time by
Banat Cultural Centre and Novi Sad Fair during the 23rd
International Book Fair in Novi Sad (Serbia). Book Fair is going to take place
from the 6th to 12th of March, 2017, and Book
Illustration Festival is going to be organized on the 7th of March,
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 17th
of February, 2017.
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 Unpublished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. Illustrated books that are
published must not be older than two years.
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
Illustrations
of books out of these categories may also be sent, and the jury will evaluate
them separately.
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, 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 7th of
March, 2017, 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 of illustrations
from BIBIANA
Bratislava CHILDRENS JURY AWARD BIB 1993–2015 will also be opened on 7th of March, organized by the Banat 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"
2016
At last year's
competition over 2200 illustrations were received from 27 countries. The jury
selected about 180 works by 141 authors that were exposed at the Book Fair in
Novi Sad.
How last year's festival looked can be viewed here:
On-line
exhibition "BookILL Fest" 2016. can be viewed here:
Contact
For
additional information, comments and suggestions, contact us via email: bookillfest@gmail.com
