Deadline: September 30, 2016
Following the
resounding success of the PPC Imaginarium Awards 2015/16 - where a total of 47
regional finalists were selected to exhibit compared to the previous year’s
tally of 21 finalists – the official Call to Entry for the third edition of the
awards is now out.
Entry registrations
should be submitted online via the official website, www.ppcimaginarium.co.za
Un-established
artists and designers stand a chance to change their careers through financial
support, recognition, mentorship and guidance by entering the PPC Imaginarium
Awards 2016/17.
Having evolved from
the longstanding PPC Young Concrete Sculptor Awards, the PPC Imaginarium encourages
artists and designers to create and express their abilities using Portland
cement-based concrete as a primary base or material. The competition will
feature six disciplines in the arts and design fields. These disciplines are
sculpture, jewellery, architecture, film, industrial and fashion design.
Boasting prize
money to the value of half a million Rand, each category winner stands a chance
to win R50,000 while runner-up contestants receive R15,000. The overall
competition winner will receive the grand prize of R100,000 at the winners’
exhibition in 2017.
The PPC Imaginarium
Awards are open to South African citizens, resident holders as well as foreign
students with study permits, who are not professionally established in their
respective fields. Artists and designers may enter multiple categories, with an
original artwork for each category. Team submissions and collaborations will be
accepted.
Entries close on
September 30, 2016.
The winners in each
competition category will be announced in March 2017 and their work will be on
display at the University of Johannesburg in Auckland Park. The overall
competition winner announcement will take place in April, 2017. All finalists’
entries will be showcased in a travelling exhibition professionally transported
by Stuttafords Van Lines.
For more
information about the PPC Imaginarium Awards or to view the digital gallery of
the 2015/2016 finalists’ work, visit www.ppcimaginarium.co.za
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