deadline: 30 march 2002
competition
brief encounters: poster competition for a travelling exhibition across europe. brief encounters: a word that both stimulates the imagination and says something about the service rendered to society through the shipping of goods by train. brief encounters: materials connection: automobiles, paper, drinks, scrap iron, cement, beams, fruits and vegetables brief encounters: place connections: london, paris, brussels, essen, berlin, warsaw, moscow brief encounters: to movements of the body: acts of cultivating, eating, mining, forging ls, buying and selling, enjoying life brief encounters: connections to work and desire, voyages from the producer to the consumer. brief encounters: connections to environmental protection and the technical aspects of companies...
rules
participants in the competition accept the rules implicitly. graphic designers and students in graphic design school can present two projects.
format: 40 cm [l]x 60 cm [h],free style on a flexible support, without frame ;text required [as signature]: brief encounters [in the language of your choice].
there is no charge for entering ; the deadline for sending projects is 30 march, 2002. the organisers reserve the right to refuse any project which is offensive to morals, religious or national sensibilities and any project which is against the rules. to retain secret, each unsigned project must include a code chosen by the candidate. the inscription form supplied with the participation application must list the projects with their respective codes and the required information. if possible, include a cd-rom [photoshop images, actual size 300 dpi],or a 24 x 36 slide of each project submitted. the organisers reserve the right to use all the information supplied by the candidates as well as reproduction rights to insure promotion of the exhibition and the catalogue. any other usage will be made according to copyright laws. projects must be carefully protected for shipping, which is to be paid by the candidates. the organisers shall in no way be held responsible in the case of loss or damage to projects during shipping and handling.
an international jury will choose the seventy-five projects which will be accepted for the exhibition and the catalogue :each graphic artist chosen will receive a catalogue; he jury will award a first prize of euros 7,700, a second prize of euros 4,600 and a third prize of euros 1,500. the jury will deliberate on 9 april,2002 in paris and will render their decisions on the same day. the creators chosen will be informed by mail. the international jury is made up of : michel bouvet [france], xavier bermudez [mexico], vladimir chaika [russia], uwe loesch [germany], ahn sang-soo south [korea] and corinne orzechowski, representative of the sncf.
the projects must be mailed to : fret sncf, communication, concours rapprochements,10 place de budapest,75436 paris cedex 09,france.you can use the sticker opposite.
contact: thierry sarfis tel: + 33 1 42 57 12 12 fax: + 33 1 7081 7090 e-mail: [email protected]
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