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2. International Socio-Political Poster Biennale, Auschwitz, Poland, 2008
received 2008.03.03 from Pawel Warchol


REGULATIONS


The Second International Biennial of Social-Political Poster will be held in the International House of Young People's Meetings in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland. The House activity was initiated in 1986 by Sign of Atonement Action / Service for Peace in Berlin. It is a meeting place for young people from all over the world, a place of contemporary art exhibitions, wide-ranging discussions of views and a platform for political debates.

Participation conditions:
1. Artists, graduates of fine arts academies who wish to participate in SIBSPP have to conform to these regulations.

2. Posters with a sticker and an application form must be sent by May 31th, 2008 to the following address: MDSM Oswiecim, 11 Legionow St, 32-600 Oswiecim, Poland with a postscript: II Biennale Plakatu. Should you need any other information or have any other queries contact us at: biennale8@op.pl

3. Every author may submit not more than 3 posters which will be delivered in the form of a print-out: digital, offset or serigraphy with information stickers at the back, maximum poster size: 100 x 70 centimetres. The following should be attached to the poster: a legibly filled in application form, a CD with poster reproductions saved in tiff or jpg format.
The application form and stickers need not be original, they may be copied or photocopied - a template may be downloaded from www.mdsm.pl.

4. Posters should be sent in tubes. The parcel should be packed carefully, the organizers do not take responsibility for any damage caused in transport. Postage of the parcel to SIBSPP will be paid by participants. Works which are not qualified for the exhibition should be collected at the International House of Young People' Meetings in Oswiecim by the end of 2008.

5. Works qualified for the exhibition become the property of SIBSPP and will be exhibited in Poland and abroad, the authors will be informed about these exhibitions.

6. Works qualified for the exhibition will reproduced in a catalogue.

7. Receiving posters authorises the organisers of the Biennial to reproduce and publish them for promotional and informational purposes related to the exhibition and Biennial promotion without an obligation to pay author's fee.

8. The major award of PLN 5,000, the second award of PLN 2,000, the third award of PLN 1,000 and 5 honourable mentions will be given by an international jury chaired by prof. Tadeusz Grabowski.
Except for regulation awards there will be funded awards.


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