DEFINITIONS
The Artist is a person or entity that submits an entry form to the prize, which requires acceptance of these Terms and Conditions to be processed by the website.
The Sponsors include all partners and supporters, and any additions to this will be announced via the website or newsletter.
The Organisers are DS.EMOTION. If you have any queries, please contact us at info@dsemotion.com
THE ARTIST
There are no restrictions based on age, training, nationality or where you live.
You can submit unlimited amount of different artworks, of any medium including paintings, photography, mixed media, sculpture, etc.
You must be the owner of the submitted artworks and the work(s) submitted are of your own origination. You must hold all moral and intellectual property rights in the submitted artworks.
By submitting the digital entry form, you accept that if successful in stage 1 the selected artwork(s) must be available in order to proceed to stage 2 and be delivered for physical display as part of the shortlist exhibition. Dates for the delivery window will be given to you before the shortlist has been selected and confirmed. The Organisers will contact you to confirm the artwork’s availability before confirming you to proceed to stage 2.
The Artist agrees to allow The Organisers to share details from the entry form with our partners, supporters and sponsors. This includes submitted personal data limited to full name, website, social media profiles, email and phone number.
The Artist, upon submitting their entry and payment, is not restricted in selling or exhibiting the artwork themselves until they are invited to be Shortlisted in stage 1 onwards, and The Artist will be contacted by The Organisers specifically to check this.
For any artworks submitted to the competition, you are not restricted in selling it, exhibiting it or any similar activity. But we ask you that you notify us if it is sold or changes ownership, or changes in any way. Once The Artist has submitted their entry form and made payment, no changes or additions will be allowed. The Artist may submit additional or new entries but these will be considered as individual entry.
The Organisers will promote one artwork from each confirmed and correct application by the Artist, at its sole discretion, and as long as the image doesn’t violate any social media platform’s terms and conditions of use (e.g. explicit images, offensive, nudity, etc.). We reserve the right to adjust images for censoring purposes in order to not violate the terms and conditions of social media platforms that we are using.
The Organisers endeavour to take care of your work, but will not be liable for any loss or damage to any artworks physically submitted at any point, however caused, whether in transit to and from the exhibition, or during any period of storage, packing or unpacking, exhibition or in any period in which the work is in their or the Sponsor’s keeping.
Once registered for this competition, all Artists agree that we, The Organisers and The Sponsors, may all reproduce the Artists’ work for purposes of marketing, promotion, discussion and education, in media including catalogues and publications, posters, postcards, websites and social media and may license, under these conditions to others only for the same purposes. The Organisers and The Sponsors also reserve the right to reproduce selected images for non–commercial purposes, for example in the Winners page of the website and catalogues, indefinitely, as a public record.
The Artist agrees to be placed on The Organiser’s mailing lists for our email newsletters and any other information that we may send you and grant full permission in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation. The Artist reserves the right to opt-out of this at any time.
ENTRY
Entry must be submitted through https://dsemotion.com/canvas (The Organiser’s platform). When sending your (The Artist’s) entry, please include a short explanation of the concept behind your work and any special requirements you may have for installation/printing etc.
Canvas is an initiative by DS.Emotion to connect students & recent graduates in the creative field to these spaces in order to win paid commissions to display their work in windows across the UK.
The chosen artist will also receive a payment of £300.
The Organisers are looking for inspiring original artwork which will resonate with the people of Manchester. There is no set theme and this is an open brief. The aim is to receive a broad range of entries!
The canvas entry may not be flat or linear, The Artist might prefer to create a 3D or moving piece inside the unit that is viewed from the window.
The canvas will be applied as vinyl onto the window prior to any artwork being installed.
The Organisers will provide a pdf template to that of the size of the window, with the canvas locked in position.
The Artwork can be placed behind, in front of, or work with the canvas. The window could also be used as a viewing point for installations inside of the unit.
The Organisers will provide a budget for vinyl coverings, however, any other physical requirements or additional costs required by The Artist’s entry will be considered on a case-by-case basis.