Illustration: Kalman Moldvai |
BookILL
Fest - Book Illustration Festival is organized for the first time by Banat
Cultural Centre and Novi Sad Fair during the 18th International Book
Fair in Novi Sad.
Book Fair is going to take place from the 1st - 6th of March, 2012, and Book Illustration Festival is going to
be organized on the 2nd of March, at Novi Sad Fair.
BookILL Fest includes internet
competition for the best illustration of the book, video and internet presentation of selected works, the
announcement of winners, and accompanying exhibitions and lectures related to
the book illustration.
The book illustration is a specific and
sophisticated area in the process of the book`s design .
The book is an artistic object. Its outward
appearance is as important as its contents. Illustrating, designing, and
equipping of books are inseparable parts of the process of book production and
that`s why BookILL Fest aims to draw
attention to the visual artists and to affirm the artists who illustrate books.
Contests for book illustrations are very rare in the world, and thus, this
festival is more important.
Registration
for the Internet Contest BookILL Fest:
The contest is open for the authors from all
over the world.
Each author submits 4 illustrations of the book:
at least 1 illustration of the front page is required, and 3 illustrations of
their own choice, from the book which was designed along with the text (full
pages), in digital format (JPG, TIFF, PSD format, RGB mode, 300 dpi, up to A4).
You can send everything to the e-mail address: bookillfest@gmail.com You can send illustrations done in all
artistic and graphic techniques or computer processing. The photographs which
illustrate books will be also accepted. Unpublished artistic designs, published books, scanned, completed works or just projects will be accepted as
well. If the author wants, he/she can send his/her book to the following
address: Banatski kulturni centar, JNA 35, 23 273, Novo Miloševo. The
authors must send their personal data by email (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.
The works must be sent until the 25th of February, 2012.
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, an art historian and the
chairman of The Arts Council of Association of Serbian Designers and
Visual Artists of Applied Arts (ULUPUDS)
- Sibila Petenji Arbutina, M.A. of graphics and
professor
- Senka Vlahovic Filipov, a specialist of
illustration
The
Organizing Committee
Radovan Vlahovic, the director of Banat Cultural
Center
Maja Josimovic, a specialist of illustration, the
president of The Association of Illustrators, Illustrat
Kalman Moldvai, a specialist of illustration
Hristina Belic, a technician of graphic design
Milos Vojnovic, a technician of photography
Miodrag Nadlacki, a painter
Damir Vlahovic, an academic sculptor
The Announcement
of the Winners and Digital Exhibition
The announcement of winners and the award
ceremony will be held on March
the 2nd, 2012, at Novi Sad Fair, and the opening of the
exhibition, that is, the projection of selected and awarded works.
A detailed program of the Festival will be
announced at the end of the competition.
The organizer will make an electronic catalog of
the works and it will be placed on the Internet.
The organizer reserves the right to present the
digital exhibition during the following festival and in other towns. It also
reserves the right to, depending on the forms of work, print the publication of
the received works in order to exhibit and advertise them.
By submitting their works, the authors accept
the above mentioned items.
The Plans
The organizer`s wish is that this festival
becomes a tradition which will be held each year at Book Fair.
Contact
For additional information, comments and
suggestions, contact us via email:
bookillfest@gmail.com
or phone number: 00381 (0) 23/781-552.