Fourth International Triennial of Graphics and Poster
"4th Block", Kharkiv, Ukraine
(received 2000.01.09 from Oleg Veklenko)
Deadline for entries : February 15, 2000
Exhibition : April 22 - May 22, 2000
Venue: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Entries must be addressed to : Oleg Veklenko, prosp. 50-letija VLKSM, 61153 Kharkiv,
Ukraine, and marked "PRINTED MATTER, NO COMMERCIAL VALUE"
Further information : Oleg Veklenko
Fax : +380 572 142 335, 459 356, 436 163, 194 876
Email :
luckyuse@vl.kharkov.ua or
opalev@kharkov.ua
Web :
http://www.4block.kharkov.ua or
http://www.4block2000.kharkov.ua
The motto of the exhibition
XXI ECOLOGY UNLIMITED - this motto determines our whole exhibition.
Back in 1991 when we organized the first "4th Block" exhibition, none of us imagined it would continue. Consciously or subconsciously we have made an attempt to transfer Chernobyl from politics, economy, health care into the domain of art, thus adding the feeling of haute tragedie to this notion. Quite unexpectedly to ourselves we were welcomed by the colleagues from different countries of the world - the exhibition was a success.
Three years later the first one was followed by a second, then in 1997 came a third... And now when Ukraine has faced amassed political, economical, and social problems (not the least of them is Chernobyl) and is falling into the abyss of ecological disaster, it is extremely important to understand the international experience of the environmental problems and harmony of human relations with nature.
We are convinced that it Is the people of art, artists, designers from different countries being able to express vividly and sincerely their reflections and feelings about the ecological and other disaster of our times, they will be able to oppose ecological downfall.
The aim of the exhibition
is by the artistic means to remind the people of the forthcoming XXI century about Chernobyl -the greatest technological disaster of the passing century. To show the multidimensional and acute character of the relations between nature and human being.
Organizers
- Gallery-Museum "4th Block", Kharkiv
- National Union of Designers of Ukraine
- Kharkiv Branch of National Union of Artists of Ukraine
- Kharkiv Museum of Fine Arts
- Kharkiv Municipal Gallery
- LUCKY USE Advertising Agency, Kharkiv
- ART d’ECO Shop, Amsterdam
Jury
The jury will consist of 7 well-known print-makers, designers, art historians from Europe, Americas and Asia; it will nominate the winners from the entries selected by the Preliminary competition Board.
Awards
Grand-Prix - Special Award of the jury
Each of the categories will have Diplomas and Special Awards
Entry categories
- Graphics:
Copies of graphic art works made in any reproduction technique (without frame,
glass etc.)
- Posters:
No special format or printing technique are required. Period of creation 1997-2000
Entry fee
Participation is free of charge, number of entries is not limited
Exhibition
The entries which were selected by the Preliminary Competition Board will be displayed at Kharkiv Artists Union and other exhibition halls in
Kharkiv on April, 27 - May, 22, 2000.
Opening of the exhibition will take place on April 22, 2000 at 4.00 pm
Catalogue
The illustrated catalogue will be printed after the exhibition. All the participants will
receive the catalogue free of charge.
Return of entries
All the entries for the Triennial will be donated to "4th Block" Gallery-Museum collection.
The entries are not expected to be returned to the authors.
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to publish the entries in the "4th Block" publications.
Entry forms
Labels (one per each entry) should be attached to the back of the entry (upper right corner) with adhesive tape (please, do not glue!) Please, fill in the entry form (type or use block letters) and enclose it to the entry. The entry form should contain surname, name,
year of birth, address, telephone, fax, email, title of work, year.
The Organizing Committee would appreciate the authors enclosing a slide (negative) or high-quality colour photo (10 x 15 cm) to each entry or a reduced electronic copy (a TIF-format file 300 dpi) on any carrier.
"Block 4" refers to the part of the Chernobyl nuclear power station that blew up on April 26, 1986.
The name was chosen by Oleg Veklenko, a graphic designer and photographer, for the the small poster museum and the poster triennales in Kharkiv that he organizes to keep the memory of this tragic accident alive. He was in Chernobyl two days after the explosion, called for duty as a reservist for the clean-up operation. The collection of photographs and drawings that he made of his fellow workers during the next two months are some of the most moving documents I have seen.
If you are a graphic designer or artist and care about these things, I urge you to participate. Previous contributors include Walter Allner, Roman Cieslewicz, Alan Fletcher, Shigeo Fukuda, Joao Machado, Shin Matsunaga, Kazumasa Nagai, Phil Risbeck, Paula Scher, Klaus Staeck, Henry Steiner, David Tartakover, Tadanori Yokoo, to name a few.
And remember that Kharkiv is the birth place of A.M. Cassandre.