Enlist for UK’s Largest Collab

Maxi — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:00:40 +0000

Close to Wembley stadium is a 175 metre wall that’s seen by hundreds of thousands of commuters every day, but it’s anything but eye candy. That is about to change with an enterprising scheme, supported by Brent Council and being championed by local waste management business, Seneca to whom the wall belongs.

The aim is threefold, to create a visually inspiring artwork; to overcome a persistent and ugly vandalism problem and promote the urgent need for us all to draw a close to society’s wasteful ways and to re-imagine and re-engineer our waste materials, domestic and commercial, into a valuable resource that can be reused.

“This project is a really positive use for the wall.” Says Shaun Rowberry from Seneca. “We’re aiming to transform it over a series of weekends in November, into a highly impactful, visually impressive sustainable message: Re-image Waste as a Resource to be Reused and Recycled”

A call had gone out in October to street artists around the country to ask for their hard hitting artistic interpretations of a world where waste is always a valuable resource:

“We want this wall to inspire all who see it. Seneca are delivering a “cradle-to-cradle” solution in Wembley; giving new life to discarded materials by recycling them or making them into something new. They “re-imagine waste as a resource” and would like your interpretations and visions for a “waste-less society”. Submissions need to be made before the 10 November 2011 when the final selection will be made.”

Submission process: Simply fill out the brief form here together with your selected image.

Montana Black paint will be provided to all those who are invited to participate and food and drinks will be provided by Seneca but no further production budget as such. It is anticipated that each contributing artist will be provided with a maximum of 8 x 3 metre wall space to create their artwork All health and safety requirements will be met by Seneca.

Judging process: This is intended to become a work of art that will be renowned for its relevance and collaboration. We are asking everyone to record their vote for the entry they want to win, on the site and asking leaders from within the local Wembley community and the art world to help us make this vision turn in to spectacular reality. Selection panel to be announced. Winner will be announced on the senecawall blog and there will be a high profile event to announce winners – taking place at the wall itself.

What the artist would gain from submitting work: This is a great opportunity for the artist’s work to be featured on the blog www.senecawall.co.uk, receive high profile media coverage when the wall is unveiled and get the chance to work alongside some of the most respected street artists around.

Submit your work HERE!

Fly Like Birds

Maxi — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:13:38 +0000

Modart supports the international Poster Competition Fly Like Birds, dedicated to aviation.

To mark its 85th anniversary the Warsaw Institute of Aviation has announced an international competition for a poster relating to aviation entitled Fly like Birds. The Competition opens today, on 16th March 2011 and closes on 31st July 2011.

Participants will have to design an original and innovative poster around the theme of aviation to win a one-month (1-30 September 2011) individual course in graphic design at Libera Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze of Florence, Italy (including lodging costs). The Jury will also award the Distinction Prize of 700 euros. The winning poster will be also be displayed among other selected works at an exhibition to be held in Warsaw in October 2011.

”Man has always dreamed of being able to soar into the air and fly freely as birds do. This dream has continued from mythic times to courageous visions of Francis Bacon and Leonardo Da Vinci to the present days when modern aircraft partly compensate Man for his lack of wings. In this dream there is a romantic longing to fly in the silence of the sky, in all kinds of weather, using the resources that nature has given us – simply to fly as birds do”, Witold Wiśniowski, Director of the Warsaw Institute of Aviation, explains the idea of the Competition.

The Competition is open to all participants including professional graphic designers, graduates and students of art schools all over the world as well as amateur artists. The works will be judged by a 10-person strong international jury composed of artists of varied artistic preferences. The interdisciplinary composition of the jury is intended to assure a high artistic level of the Competition.

”The very subject of the Competition inspires the engineering and artistic reflection. We hope that the high artistic level, the international dimension of the Competition and a most interesting winning prize will all help the participants fly on the wings of imagination”, says Radosław Suchożebrski, who presides over the competition jury.

Works can be sent by e-mail to the following address: poster@ilot.edu.pl or by standard mail to the address of the Warsaw Institute of Aviation with the note: “Poster Competition – Fly Like Birds”.

Detailed information regarding the Poster Competition is available at the following website addresses below:

Modart » Contest

Enlist for UK’s Largest Collab

Fly Like Birds