COMPETITION 2011 – CALL FOR WORKS

 

The Foundation Destellos ,
call for works for the Forth Competition of Electro-acoustic
Composition and Visual Music, open to composers and artists of any
nationality, age and gender.

The objectives of this competition are the
promotion and development of the artistic creation in relation with new
technologies. Likewise, it is an intention of the Foundation Destellos
to stimulate the creativity of the young generations of artists and to
provide them new routes of diffusion of their works.

    The first prize will be attributed by
Destellos and will consist of 500 American dollars and the performance
of the piece into the two years after the competition.

  The second two prizes, consisting of collections of CD of electroacoustic music, offered by:

The institutions participants will offer
likewise the diffusion of the winning works, through concerts, festivals
and broadcasting.

  Guidelines

1. Composers and artists of any nationality age and gender.

2. Entry fees of 20U$A must be paid by Pay Pal, through the “donate” button on the web site: www.fundestellos.org/pageone.htm

3. Will be accepted stereophonic works of electro-acoustic music up to 11′ duration.

4. Will be accepted works of
electro-acoustic music with video, up to 6′ duration. The work must
follow an abstract esthetics and to be interrelated in musical and
visual languages, either in their technical and esthetical
characteristics. In case of works in collaboration the prize will be
considered ex-æquo and the authors will have to determine a
representative to receive it.

5. Are excluded pieces using instruments, live electronics and improvisations.

6. Each candidate can send only one work, not been edited or prized before.

7. The participants will have to register before, sending by e-mail :

a. the submission form due completed by computer. Manuscript forms will not be accepted.

b. a certificate of the PayPal payment.

c. send both as attached document to: info@fundestellos.org

8. Each candidate will receive an e-mail of confirmation and a Code of inscription .

9. The materials must be sent by :

            a. You Send it, Next Send or similar to: info@fundestellos.org            

            b. Ordinary mail, (with mention “For educational use, no commercial value” to :

         Dr. Elsa Justel

         Fundación Destellos

         Gral. Rivas 3963

         7600 Mar del Plata

         Argentina

10. Admitted supports: .aiff/ .wav/ Quicktime.mov, without compression.

11. The files must be labeled with the Code Number+Title of the work (ex.: “DC11-21_Mypiece”)

12. The works will not be returned and will be kept in the archives of the Foundation.

13. Prize winners of earlier Destellos
Competition cannot participate (first and second prizes), neither
members of the jury and their families.

14. The works must be sent before 15 April 2011 .(postmark)

15. The jury will be integrated by members of recognized international prestige.

16. The jury has the right to declare the
prize deserted and give one or more mentions, also to design an
“ex-æquo”   prize to works of the same quality level. Jury’s decision is
unquestionable and definitive   and will be   published after August 30 th , 2011.

17. The foundation has the right to
postdate, to annul or to modify the rules of the competition at any
moment. All changes will be published at the time.

18. Candidates are asked to accept all the conditions of these regulations.

19. The prizewinners are engaged to write
the mention “Prix Destellos 2010” in all concert programs that include
the work. The authors must inform the Foundation of the public
presentations of the prized work.

Submission Form

More info: www.fundestellos.org