INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF DIGITAL IMAGES FOR THE FESTIVAL "ARTE MUSICA"
WINNERS AND LAST INFO
Call For Art, International Association of artists, and the Municipality of Piandiscò (Arezzo) Italy have organized an International competition of digital Images on the theme of "Art and Music". The contest has been organized as part of the festival "ArteMusica" that took place on the days 12 and June 13th 2008 in Faella, Piandiscò, (Arezzo), Italy and on the days 14 and June 15 2008 in the Municipality of Piandiscò (Arezzo), Italy.
The event included concerts, theatrical performances, markets and exhibitions of handicraft and a section devoted to the visual Arts that in 2008 was represented by the 20 images finalists of the 1° International competition of Digital Images related to "Art and Music."
The contest had the following aims:
1. To create an high-level cultural event, with International/global breath and a local soul, in concomitance to the festival "Arte/Musica" as integral part of its activities and as its vehicle of international and local promotion.
2. To create a thematic set design for the Festival "Arte/Musica" able to animate and color the plazas interested by the festival .
3. To promote the art and support the artists worldwide with an event of international character that gives visibility to their job
4. To actively involve the local families and the public of the festival.
5. To collect a file of digital images related to the theme of Art and Music, created by artists of many nationalities that can be used for the future promotion of the festival and as material of graphic support.
The participation to this International competition ended on April 15 2008 with a total of 107 participating artists from 17 different Countries.
Among all the reached proposals, a jury formed by the Municipality of Piandiscò selected 20 shortlisted images that have been printed in big format, cm. 300 x 100 and delivered to the families of the Municipality whose residences had windows or balconies leaning out on the principal plazas interested by the festival. The involved families guaranteed the exhibition of the pictures outside of their balconis during the event.
The 20 shortlisted artists were:
- Alejandro Gonzalez Dominguez – Spain
- Alessandro Rietti – Italy
- Azzurra Piccardi – Italy
- Bodo Gsedl – Germany
- Bozena Happach – Canada
- Elisa Bianchi - Italy
- Elisa Jachia – Italy
- Ellen Stern – USA
- Florence Hoffmann – Luxembourg
- Kevin Nolan – Ireland
- Leonardo Panichi – Italy
- Marco Saccon – Italy
- Margherita Matticari – Italy
- Maria Soutullo Casanueva – Spain
- Raffaella Mantegazza – Italy
- Richard Arnold – Australia
- Roberto Sportellini – Italy
- Simonetta Farnedi - Italy
- Tom Meyers – Belgium
- Vincenzo Greco – Italy
The jury was composed by:
- Nazareno Betti - Mayor of the Municipality of Piandiscò
- Tommaso Torniai - Alderman to the Culture of the Municipality of Piandiscò
- Jules Maidoff - Artist and founder of the SACI, International art academy in Florence, Italy
- Luisa Del Campana - Artist
- Diana Manni - Artist, President of the international association of artists Call For Art, Manager for the Public Relations of the international association of sculptors AIESM
- Bettino Francini – Artist, Deputy President of the international association of artists Call For Art, President of the international association of sculptors AIESM.
On the 12 and 13 of June, therefore, these beautiful images created a suggestive atmosphere in Plaza Giacomo Matteotti , Faella (Arezzo) Italy while on the 14 and 15 of they moved to Plaza Europa in Piandiscò (Arezzo) Italy, together with the whole festival.
The public through a system of vote active until hours 18,00 of the last day will had the opportunity to vote for the preferred works, determining the assignment of the three final prizes to the artists, respectively of Euro 1.000,00. 500,00 and 300,00.
Here following the names of the three winners:
1° Prize: Azzurra Piccardi – Italy
2° Prize: Bodo Gsedl – Germany
3° Prize: Margherita Matticari – Italy
Detailed info on the contest: http://www.callforart.com/competition_art_music.asp
From Piandiscò, the results of the competition will move now to the Festival Metarock in Pisa, Italy: www.metamusic.eu that will be held on the days 4,5 and 6 of July 2008. After the two precedents and fortunate editions, it returns this appointment with MetArtRock, section of visual arts that take place every year in concomitance with the twenty-year METAROCK Festival, Festival of international resonance that has already entertained recognized artists like Ben Harpher.
The review proposes to bring the contemporary art to a public interested of music, public that it is usually always very careful to the new tendencies of the contemporary art.
In these two years the festival has entertained forty artists that had free spaces available for the exhibition and the possibility to work live with a numerous public (around 4000 people every evening).
This year the review will invite fifteen painters to exhibit and paint live on the notes of Siouxie, Cristina Donà and Rita Marley. One of the fifteen invited artists, will be Azzurra Piccardi, winner of the 1° prize of the International competition of Digital Images on the theme of Art and Music. Azzurra Piccardi, besides creating a work live, will have the assignment to represent the competition and the collaboration with the association “Call For Art” in the stands of visual Arts of the festival "MetArtrock" at the Gardens Scotto in Pisa, Italy.
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