15th OSCARfest International Cartoon Contest Croatia -2023

PARTICIPATION

The exhibition has international character, there is no age limit, or limit on the participant profession.

TOPIC

ART on a DESERT ISLAND

What is art but a sharpened sense of sounds, colors, shapes, relationships?

Art is a puzzle and a question about life.

On a desert island, the art of survival is the most valued:

How do you stay calm and survive with almost no resources?

On a desert island, it is an art to gaze at the beauty of nature and avoid danger.

On a desert island, it is an art to imagine every abundance in food, objects or company.

On a desert island, every creative work is declared art because there is no competition,

nor are there any critics.

On a desert island there is no mystification of art except in one’s own head.

Every skill, discovery and performance becomes art.

On a desert island, the sun, moon, stars and sea are intense inspiration and muses.

A man on a desert island becomes a true artist because he knows that only his imagination

can save him from boredom and waiting.

Art on a desert island is to invent your own company and entertainment.

Art is creating something out of nothing.

WORKS

1 – 3 cartoons WITHOUT WORDS

FORMAT

A4 (210×297 mm), RGB, JPEG, 200-300 dpi, high resolution

DEADLINE

April 20, 2023

EMAIL ADDRESS

oscarfest.croatia@gmail.com

Please name the attachments: First name_Surname_Artistic name_Country 1 (2, 3, Entry Form)

(Ex.: Dragutin_Kovačević_Dado_Croatia 1)

1st SELECTION

Exhibition selector MSc. Branka Hlevnjak, art historian and art critic (Croatia)

selects one work from each registered author according to the criteria: topic, originality of the idea,

artistic quality, the default format of papers, completed Application form, deadline.

2nd SELECTION

First place authors at the 14th OSCARfest 2022

Hamid Soufi (Iran), Luc Descheemaeker O-Sekoer (Belgija) i Izabela Kowalska-Wieczorek (Poljska)

and representative of the organizer Dragutin Dado Kovačević, cartoonist (Croatia)

they each choose 50 authors/cartoons (1 point)

and the first, second and third place cartoons (5, 3, 2 points)

Maximum number of exhibits: 200

Selection results until May 1, 2023

Selector points are added to the public jury votes (voting until November 1, 2023).

Selectors may participate in the competition but may not vote for themselves.

JURY

INTERNATIONAL JURY OF VISITORS

Exhibition visitors choose the 3 best cartoons by secret vote (1st = 3 points, 2nd = 2 points, 3rd = 1 point)

CATALOG

All participants shall be sent the results and a digital catalogue via email.

Confirmation of participation will be sent on request.

PRIZES

First, Second, Third place and First-ranked Croatian cartoonist:

Personal exhibition at the 16th OSCARfest 2024, Diploma, sponsorship award

and the position of selector of the 16th OSCARfest 2024.

OTHER RULES

The submitted works remain at the disposal of the organizer who may use them for promotional and other non-commercial purposes (awards for voters, sponsors and donors … ) with the name of the author and the festival without royalties to the authors, and continue to exhibit them.

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Information by email: oscarfest.croatia@gmail.com

Organizer ARTour-Nerezine Association

Art selector Branka Hlevnjak

Program leader Dado Kovačević

Financial support Town of Mali Lošinj + Mali Lošinj Tourist Board

Support Osor Local Comitee + Croatian Cartoonist Association

Sponzors DesignArt + ARTshirt + Zdjelarević Wine Selection + OPG Benvin-Nerezine + Foto studio Nadir Mavrović + friends

ENTRY FORM

First name

Family name

Artistic name

Street

Postcode

City

Country

Telephone / Fax

Cell Phone

Email

Place and date of birth

Sex               Male              Female

Date                               

Signature

The author agrees to the application of cartoons on OSCARfest souvenirs in a limited edition (for publicity, awards to voters, sponsors, donors and self-financing of the festival). The author will receive author’s copies.

YES             NO

Please name the attachments:

First name_Surname_Artisticname_Country 1 (2, 3, Entry Form)

(Ex.: Dragutin_Kovačević_Dado_Croatia 1)