NEWS 18.01.2011
Dear participants in the international Imaginary Landscapes competition,
We wish you a very good 2011 and thank you for taking part in our competition. 
During the first quarter of the year we are going to be preparing all your entries for 
submission to the jury. You will be informed as soon as we have results to announce.
During September 2011 there will be an exhibition at the Stockalper castle at Brig
in the context of Label'Art organized by the Oberwallis Art Association. See 
http://www.panoramicearth.com/5274/Brig/Stockalperschloss

We will keep you up-to-date with news on Imaginary Landscapes.
Best wishes
EPAC
Patrizia Abderhalden


NEWS 27.09.2010

Dear Participant,

We are more than pleased to welcome you for this Imaginary-Landscapes 
Art Competition. As promised here are all the details to send us your 
art pieces for reviewing:

*You have two ways to send your work :*

*1.       By FTP (File Transfer Protocol):*

File transfer protocol is not a webpage like http, and it must be 
accessed through special softwares like Fillezilla (which is free). 
Therefore, do not try to type the login details on Internet explorer or 
Firefox, IT WON'T WORK.

Launch your software like Fillezilla and put your login information

*Server: epac.exavault.com*

Username: [[landxxx]]
Password: [[password]]

Please keep your account information safe. The work sent will be linked 
to your name, so make sure everything is correctly sent by downloading 
your work once it's uploaded to check we are looking at the right art 
piece. Do not forget description text with it.

Every participant has up to 1 Gigabyte of space to upload his work. If 
some people registered with the same e-mail, the account size is 
proportional to how many people registered with the same e-mail. 
However, please, make sure we can figure out which file belongs to which 
artist.

*2.       By Air-mail or fast delivery to:*

Imaginary Landscapes Art Competition
EPAC
Rte du Village 39
CH-1907 Saxon (Valais)
Switzerland

*ALL WORK MUST BE RECEIVED BEFORE 31.10.2010 ! Late delivery won't be 
accepted !*

We wish Good Luck to everyone !

Patrizia Abderhalden

IMPORTANT - NEWS 18.7.2010

Dear Participant,
 
Here is more information about sending your entry to us. We have made a few adjustments as a result of the 
success of the competition and the number of participants.
 
You will be able to send your entry to our FTP server in October 2010.
You username and password will be sent to you in September.
One GB of disk space is reserved for each participant. 
You can compress your file by saving it in JPEG format (Photoshop quality 10 or 12).
Your images should be 3508 x 4961 pixels in size.
Large-sized entries (such as animations) must be sent by post on CD-ROM or DVD by 29 October 2010 to the 
following address:

EPAC
IMAGINARY LANDSCAPES
ROUTE DU VILLAGE 39
1907 SAXON - VALAIS - SWITZERLAND

Each entry must be accompanied by a text in English, maximum length 4000 characters (including spaces), 
along with: the participant's, date of birth, university, first name, last name, address, and telephone number.

 
We look forward to receiving your entry!
 
Wishing you a productive summer,

Best regards,
Patrizia Abderhalden 

Purpose:

The purpose of Imaginary-Landscapes Worldwide Interdisciplinary Art Competition is to make a selection of the three best art-pieces, as well as

a selection of the  creations which are going to be exhibited in various countries and presented in catalogues. Prize-giving and first Exhibition i

n Switzerland will take place in House of Elsewhere, “Espace Jules Vernes", Yverdon les Bains, Switzerland, in 2011.

“Imaginary-Landscapes” is a Worldwide Interdisciplinary Art Competition initiated by

-    Patrizia Abderhalden (Director) and Eng-Hiong Low (Director Overseas), EPAC, (Academy of Contemporary Art, Saxon, Switzerland),
-    Patrick Gyger (Director), HOUSE OF ELSEWHERE, (Maison d'Ailleurs,Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland),
-    Dr. Andrzej Bednarczyk, ASP, (National Art Academy, Krakow, Poland),
-    Fondation “SEQUENCE”, (Switzerland)

Featuring students from (in alphabetical order):

-    ASP, Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
-    E.A.B.H.E.S, London, UK, European Accreditation Board of Higher Education Schools
-    EPAC, Academy of Contemporary Art, Saxon, Switzerland
-    ERG, Graphic Researche School, Department of Illustration, Brussels, Belgium
-    GAFA, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China
-    Master Art Space, Ghangzhou, China
-    MCU, Ming-Chuan University, Taipei, Department of Commercial Design, Taiwan, R.O.C
-    PUE, National Pingtung University of Education, Department of Visual Art, Taiwan, R.O.C
-    ST-LUC Intstitut, Brussels, Belgium
-    TNNUA, Tainan National University of the Arts, Department of Animation, Taiwan, R.O.C

Any other university of art can apply for registration and will be welcomed to participate to the contest upon prior selection from the committee.

The selected art-pieces must be motivated by:

Evidence: Motivation; Problem-solving; Coordination and Organisation; Final presentation of the artwork
Aesthetic skills and Imaginative concepts: Starting idea; Elaboration of chosen concept
Artistic skills: Creativity; Technical and Compositional skills; Stylistic and poetic motivation; Expressivity.