RULES and REGULATIONS for the "I International Caribbean Triennial" Santo Domingo 2010.

Conmemorative poster for the
"I International Caribbean Triennial"
Santo Domingo 2010.

DESIGNATION

Article 1. - As from the date of the present decree, the Biennial of Paintings in the Caribbean and Central America will henceforth be called « International Triennial of the Caribbean » and will take place every three years in the city of Santo-Domingo, National District, in the Dominican Republic.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Article 2. – The organizing committee will consist of the following membersplae every three years in the city of Santo-Domingo, national District, in the Dominican Republic. the Minister of Culture who will act as its President, the Director of the Modern Art Museum (MAM), the Director of the National Gallery of Fine Arts, the Curator of the MAM, the Vice-Director of the General Directorate of Fine Arts, an Art critique representing the ADCA, the coordinator of the Technical Unit of Culture of the House of Deputies of the Dominican republic, a Culture member of the Ministry of Tourism, a Culture member of the Ministry of the Environment and a Culture member of the Municipality of Santo Domingo, national District.

Paragraph: the Committee of curators will be made up of Art specialists of the said committee.

OPENING DATE, SELECTION OF WORKS AND PARTICIPATORY PROCEDURES

Article 3.- The First International Triennial of the Caribbean of Santo Domingo will take place from the First (1st) of September to the twenty fourth (24th) of October 2010 and will set up two distinct exhibition centres, one for Dominican artists and another for artists from the Caribbean.

Article 4.- The first centre will be made up of the art works of artists selected as special guests by the committee and whose works will be acquired by the Triennial in order to increase the funds of the Modern Art Museum collection. A Diploma of Honours will be handed to these artists.

Article 5.- The second center will consist of artists previously selected by invitation from a commissioner/curator of each geo-linguistic area empowered to select a maximum of three (3) artists from each country in the area under his responsibility.

Paragraph I: The Dominican Republic as host of the event reserves the right to apply a quota of 10% of the totality of the selected artists.

Paragraph II: The next step consists in presenting the projects and works to the committee of the Triennial’s curators who approve the final selection.

CONDITIONS FOR THE DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS

Article 6.- Proposals of each commissioner/curator will have to be received by the Modern Art Museum at the latest on the Thirtieth (30th) of May 2010.

Article 7.- Before May 30 2010, the commissioners/curators will have to send the following documents to the Modern Art Museum:

a) Personal information concerning the artists (date and place of birth, current address, telephone number, e-mail address); their academic studies, their participation in individual and/or collective exhibitions; Prizes, awards and distinctions, photographs and CDs of previous works.

b) The personal data as well as the motivation of the proposed art work submitted to the Triennial will have to appear on the inscription form.

c) A short text (not exceeding 200 words) written preferably by an Art critique concerning each selected artist.

d) It will be possible to present two dimensional and sculptural works in the form of high resolution digital images. Installations and/or sculptural groups, apart from having to be presented as project, will also be required to include the following supportive information: the conceptual justification of the curator, its physical characteristics, technical feasibility, plans and graphic description, means of support and any other element likely to contribute to the understanding of the proposal and its installation.

It is also requested to specify how the components of the art piece will be sent.

Paragraph I: It must be considered that sending the proposals together with the documents required, will formalize participation to the First Triennial of the Caribbean Santo. Moreover, the presentation of ’the graphic material should be explicit and possess a high quality resolution. It is also strongly suggested to send it in CD form or any other appropriate form of storing digital data.

Paragraph II: It is recommended to send the proposals by calling upon the transport enterprise contracted by the Triennial or by contacting the enterprise at the following electronic address:

trienalinternacionaldelcaribe@gmail.com

Paragraph III: These documents will not be returned to their respective curators/commissioners but will remain in the Museum of Modern Art archives as historical memory of the event and as research material.

Article 8.- The International Triennial of the Caribbean Santo Domingo 2010 will have a single theme: Art and the Environment.

Article 9.- Projects executed individually or collectively will be admitted. Art pieces possessing either a two dimensional or a three dimensional character such as objects integrated into space, digital objects or multimedia will be allowed to participate. Styles and techniques are to be applied with total freedom. The works and projects presented should not have been done prior to the year 2008.

N. B: The Department of Museography of the Modern Art Museum reserves the right to allocate an exhibition space to each country and artist, taking into consideration the structural and spatial characteristics of the museum.

Article 10.- Each curator will be responsible to submit a participation form for every artist selected delivered by the Modern Art Museum which falls under the authority of the Minister of Culture of the Dominican Republic.

TRANSPORT AND CONDITIONS OF INSTALLATION

Article 11.- In order to facilitate the assembling of a piece, the curator/commissioner, after consulting with the artists, will have to submit all the distinctive features of the piece to be presented.

Paragraph: Specialized technical equipment necessary to install and/or assemble the art works will have to be send together with the works.

Article 12.- The to and from transport costs of the art works will be taken charge of by the Dominican Minister of Culture. Each curator will receive the procedures forms from the Modern Art Museum/Minister of Culture of the Dominican Republic in order to proceed with the sending. Curators and artists will have to respect these procedures.

Article 13.- The art pieces must reach the Dominican Republic no later than the Thirty first (31) of July 2010. They are to be forwarded to the following address:

Ministerio de Cultura de la República Dominicana,

Museo de Arte Moderno,

Código Postal 10204,

Avda. Pedro Henríquez Ureña, Gazcue,

Plaza de la Cultura Juan Pablo Duarte,

Santo Domingo, República Dominicana.

Paragraph: Acknowledgement of receipt of the works will be issued as soon as these are received and their conditions duly checked.

RETURNING OF THE ART PIECES

Article 14.- The return of the art pieces will be submitted to the same procedures as those applied for their sending. This return process will begin thirty (30) days after the closure of the Triennial. Procedures and means to return the pieces will be established by the Modern Art Museum/Ministry of Culture of the Dominican Republic

PRIZES AND PRIZE AWARDING JURY

Article 15.- The awarding of prizes will be the responsibility of an International jury consisting of five (5) art specialists and personalities of the World of Art, recognized at International level.

Article 16.- The prizes will comprise of:

1) An editorial prize which consists in the production and printing of a monographic catalogue in the Dominican Republic.

2) An exhibition prize which will consist in an individual exhibition in the Modern Art Museum of the Dominican Republic and which will include a catalogue of the exhibition, transport and insurance of the art works as well as the travel costs and stay of the artist.

3) A residential prize allowing the artist to stay in the Dominican Republic for a period ranging from 15 to 30 days, within the context of a programme for resident artists, subject to a contract which will include transport and maintenance costs for the duration indicated.

Moreover appreciation and mentions of honour will be awarded.

Paragraph: The prize winning art pieces will be integrated in the Modern Art Museum Collection.

Article 17.- All the prizes will be awarded.

GENERAL MEASURES

Article 18.- The verdict of the Jury is irrevocable. The Jury will inform of the prize winning art pieces at a public function within fifteen (15) working days following the opening of the Triennial.

Article 19.- By accepting the present rules and regulations, the artists, whatever the nature of their participation in the Triennial, authorize the organizers of the International Triennial of the Caribbean Santo Domingo 2010 to reproduce, photograph, film and record the art items presented for purposes of documenting, diffusion, printing of catalogues and other publications, including by electronic and digital means.

Article 20.- It will not be permitted to withdraw any art piece before the closure date of the International Triennial of the Caribbean Santo Domingo 2010.

Article 21.- The Modern Art Museum of the Dominican Republic will guarantee at all times the security, protection and preservation of the pieces received. However, it will not be responsible for any damage, mutilation, fracture, loss of colour or staining of the pieces which may occur during the transport to their final destination and vice versa. The same applies in case of partial or total loss whatever the causes including fire, theft and acts of vandalism or force majeure.

Article 22.- The selected works will remain exhibited in the Modern Art Museum for a period of eight (8) weeks starting from the opening date of the Triennial.

Article 23.- The participants awarded these three prizes, concede exclusively and graciously and for an indefinite period of time, to the Modern Art Museum the patrimonial rights over the award winning pieces that will be integrated in the Museum’s Collection, the Dominican State being its sole proprietor. Whatever the case may be, the Modern Art Museum reserves the right to reproduce and commercialize copies, respecting of course at all times the moral rights of the authors as established by the Dominican law 65-00 or other laws applying or which may be passed.

Paragraph: Any other information not included in these Rules and Regulations may be obtained directly and solely from the Modern Art Museum of the Dominican Republic or through the commissioners/curators assigned in each geo-linguistic area by the organizing committee whose telephone number is:

809-685-215, extensions 225/226, or by writing to:

trienalinternacionaldelcaribe@gmail.com