Digital’06:
Bio/Med SciART
8th International Digital Print Open Competition/Exhibition
at the New York Hall of Science
September 30, 2006 – January 15, 2007
Organized by Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
Read INTRODUCTION first [click here]!
GUIDELINES
TIMELINE
Aug. 3, 2006: Deadline for receipt of entries to ASCI
Aug. 12, 2006: Notification of Juror Selections [via email]
Sept. 22, 2006: Deadline for artworks to arrive at museum
Sept. 30, 2006: Exhibition opens at New York Hall of Science
Sept. 30, 2006: Exhibition opens at ASCI website
Jan. 15, 2007: Exhibition closes at New York Hall of Science
Selected Artists/Scientists Receive:
- Anticipated 100,000+ individuals & families will view your work at the museum;
- Inclusion in a permanent Digital’06 online exhibition at ASCI's website; ASCI’s site receives approximately 35,000+ visitors/per month;
- The exhibition will be announced to our 12,000+ art-sci colleagues list and promoted to various art and science online journals;
- Approximately 25 color exhibition announcement postcards;
- There will be a modest Opening Reception [date to be announced]
- We will try to interest other exhibition venues in traveling the show.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Digital Image-Making Process:
There must be computer manipulation or enhancement during the image-making process. "Straight photos" or digitized paintings printed with a digital printer are NOT acceptable.
Digital Output Media: Although most digital prints are on paper, we will accept various digital output media, including canvas, aluminum, [other rigid materials], and transparencies like Durotrans when used as part of a finished product such as a lightbox. For Lightbox Restrictions: Email info@asci.org
3D digital prints are welcomed, but not more than 40 lbs. total weight.
Protect your artwork: Science museums are mostly "hands-on" environments; unlike art museums with guards in each room. So, your hanging system should compliment the style of the work and offer protection.
Digital translations of sound, mathematics, information data, etc. into digital prints are welcomed if output is appropriate to the exhibition theme.
DIGITAL IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS:
Only artworks appropriate for a "family audience. [No explicit sexuality.]
AMOUNT: 1-5 images maximum
- A "series" counts as individual artworks in terms of Entry Fees [example: if 5 images in the series, entry fee is $50]. Images will be hung together on the wall.
- jpg images will be deleted after Juror process, except those selected for exhibition, which will be used for the online Digital’06 exhibition.
IMAGE FORMAT:
- save image at 72ppi
- save image as "jpg"
- 200KB maximum size jpg [after final compression*]
- your "last name" should be the first word in your jpg title
[example: "SmithJH_MolecularDaze3.jpg"]
*JPG SIZE TEST: If you were to attach your jpg(s) to an email, the title and "final compression" KB size appear in the attachment area of email. OR, if you save the jpg to your computer desktop, you can also see the "final compression" size. NOTE: an image in Photoshop could show the "image size" as 785KB, but after jpg compression, it becomes a 192KB jpg. We hope this helps clarify what we want.
ONLINE FORM
You must fill-out and "submit" the Online Entry Form. [Form link is at the bottom of this page] Make sure to include “caption” information for each "jpg". Print-out and save your Online Entry Form.
TWO OPTIONS FOR SENDING JPGs:
1) Attach 1-5 jpg(s) to 1-email
Do NOT put image info into email message [on Entry Form only]
- Subject Line: Digital’06 + [Your Name]
- 1-MB max. of attachments to each email.
- Send emails with attachments to: info@asci.org
OR...
2) Post jpg(s) online [preferable!]
- Post jpg(s) at your website or on a special web-page.
- In our Online Entry Form, give specific URL of each "jpg" [This URL is NOT your website homepage].
Entry Fees:
$10.00 per digital image, maximum of 5 images.
Framed Digital Prints:
or other professional display systems.
Email us with any questions: info @ asci.org
- Maximum size approx. 36” x 48”
[large size: also support at centers of frame]
- Print + frame cannot weigh more than 40 lbs. total
- Use non-glare plexiglas or lexan for digital prints on paper
- Include any special hanging mechanisms & instructions with artwork
Shipping & Crating:
- Artists/scientists are responsible for delivery/pick-up of artworks to/from the museum if you are local OR you must pay shipping and crating costs.
- Wrap artworks in plastic and inside a reusable cardboard box [or crate] with reinforced/protected corners [even for local deliveries]. You or the shipping company are responsible for any damage during shipping.
- *We would prefer that you use UPS [United Parcel Service] as your shipper, or a professional art shipper.
*Return Shipping must be Pre-Paid: A “Pre-Paid” label from your shipper must be filled-out and placed inside an envelop and included with artwork when you are wrapping it before shipping to museum. [Artworks will NOT be displayed without receipt of Pre-Paid Return Shipping Label prior to the exhibition's opening.]
Artworks must arrive at museum:
Between Sept. 18 – 22, 2006
SHIPPING ADDRESS:
Mike Lane, Exhibit Dept.
The New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street
Corona Park, Queens
New York City 11368
USA
1 718 699-0005 [ext.334]... [Put this onto UPS Label too]
Pick-Up artworks in-person
or arrange for "return shipping":
Between Jan. 19 – 24, 2007
Insurance: Artists and/or scientists must pay for insurance of their artworks during transit to/from the museum. Most people use insurance of the shipping company.
Museum Coverage: If there is damage or theft while the work is on display, then the New York Hall of Science will pay for replacement cost of the materials to create the print and/or frame.
Online Exhibition: The submitted jpg images of all Juror-selected artworks will be used to produce the Digital’06 online exhibition that documents the physical exhibition. The online exhibition will be Featured on ASCI’s website homepage for the length of the show [Sept.30, 2006 – Jan.15, 2007] and then will be permanently archived with free public access. Sending your artwork to the physical exhibition constitutes your permission for inclusion in the online exhibition too.
Questions: info@asci.org [Put “DIGITAL’06” in the Subject Line]
Click for:
INSTRUCTIONS for
ONLINE ENTRY FORM & PAYMENT
Everyone must submit the Online Form!
Please print-out and keep all info.
Thank-you for promoting our competition:
ArtDeadline.Com
ASCI is a nonprofit organization that charges minimal fees
to support the production of this exhibition and its
future online exhibition in order to ensure the
greatest opportunity of participation.
Return to Digital'06 Introduction
ASCI's website: www.asci.org
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