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Artist Open Call Invitation for Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium 2021

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Table of Contents

1. General Information ...... 3 1.1. Background ...... 3 1.2. Scope of Work ...... 3 1.3. Key Definitions and Teams ...... 4 1.4. Theme ...... 4 1.5. Artist Selection ...... 5 1.6. Term & Conditions...... 5 1.6.1 TISS Fees & Requirements...... 5 1.6.2 Artists Requirements ...... 6 1.6.3 Health and Safety ...... 6 1.7. Intellectual Property and Copyright ...... 7 1.8. Schedule of The Artist Open Call, Symposium and Exhibition ...... 8 1.9. Artists Submissions ...... 8

2. Appendices ...... 9 2.1. Appendix 1 - Participant Declaration Signature ...... 9

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1. General Information

1.1. Background

The rapid growth in population and subsequent urban expansion of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia in the last two decades, together with a booming economy, has created a major challenge for the city to revitalize the urban landscape through art and cultural development. In order to meet this challenge, a broad set of policies and actions have been proposed through launching 'Riyadh Art' as part of Riyadh's Four Grand Projects launched by the Custodian of Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz in March 2019, under supervision of the Committee of Grand Projects chaired by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Prime Minister and the Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Royal Commission for the City of Riyadh (RCRC) ,with an aim to transform the city of Riyadh into an open gallery mixing the traditional with the contemporary.

The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) is committed to realizing Riyadh Art by encouraging excellence in the design of artistic interventions, public buildings, parks, streets, and infrastructure. RCRC recognizes that public art, along with architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, environmental-based design, and historic preservation are some of the tools the city can use to face this challenge.

Riyadh Art will engage aspects of Riyadh’s landscape, urban form, history and culture that make the city distinct and special among the world capitals. It will also aim to reflect Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 plan and create strong, meaningful connections between the citizens of Riyadh, their community, and civic life.

Riyadh Art’s vast scope has been divided into a group of 10 programs plus 1 annual festival. Additionally, 1 annual international sculpture exhibition, Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium.

For more information: http://www.riyadhart.sa

1.2. Scope of Work

Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium (TISS) will attract a group of 20 Sculptors from around the world coming together to produce a series of permanent public artworks. The entire process will be open and accessible to the public, as a live-sculpture-making event in a controlled setting. Different events will be scheduled in parallel to the creative process, such as visits, talks and an opening ceremony (the “Gala”). The artwork will be on view in the same location for 5 days, post-the-end of the Symposium. After the event, the artworks will be relocated permanently and installed in public settings such as parks and squares for the public to see and enjoy.

The Aim: To contribute to the Riyadh Art vision and create cultural platforms where Saudi Artists meet their counterparts from different parts of the world to promote artistic dialogue that contributes to the enrichment of the cultural scene in the Kingdom.

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The Symposium will take place from 10th November to 2nd December 2021 and the exhibition will take place from 2nd to 6th December 2021 at JAX District, Al Diriyah. The attendance of the Artists to the opening of the exhibition on the 2nd December is required.

1.3. Key Definitions and Teams

Symposium Management Team – a dedicated team that are responsible to manage the planning and delivery of Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium.

Service Provider - an agency will be appointed to plan, operate and deliver Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium under the supervision of the Symposium Management Team.

Artists – creative practitioners who will be contracted by the service provider who will be responsible for providing all requirements for the Artists including the planning and delivery of the project. The service provider will be responsible for issuing the Artist honorarium, prize money, arranging and paying for travel and accommodation.

Contractual Arrangements - Whilst the contractual arrangement for the project will be between the Artist and service provider, the Artist will assign RCRC the right to own the sculpture and to permanently display it in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

1.4. Theme

The curatorial theme for TISS 2021 will be “The Poetics of Space”. The whole universe is made from matter and emptiness. There is a presence of the absolute private spaces for all that lives and harmonizes within it. These precise distances in the universe between the physical masses reveal the poetic mystery of nature.

A beautiful space is one that has spatial dimensions that implies poetry, and where material objects attain their aesthetic in balance with the space in which they exist. Places cannot exist without their own emptiness, nor does it survive, without the presence of the absolute. The vastness of space gives rise to contemplation and imagination, and the lack of space burdens the soul and mind. Nature, architecture and sculptures are judged by the coexistence of these elements with their space. Riyadh city has spaces which are open and wide. The modern architecture works in harmony with the open space.

Sculpting is nothing but a controversial relationship between mass and space. A mesmerizing sculpture is the one that creates its own space, while being at its full harmony with the public realm and sphere. From the poetics of the space to the infinite game of light and shadow, from morning to evening, the sculpture achieves its eternal aesthetic existence. Space is an abstract concept that is open to perception, imagination, and contemplation, and from it we can create organic, spatial, futuristic and scientific sculptural forms.

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1.5. Artist Selection

Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium, under the umbrella of Riyadh Art, a governmental offspring of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC), must ensure a competitive, transparent and efficient process through which to select Artists’ projects and artworks.

The Symposium’s Artist selection process will be conducted through its appointed Curator and Jury Panel, according to the specific requirements, characteristics, and curatorial vision of its theme. The initiative will endeavour to engage both Saudi and International Artists through this public competitive selection process under such formal curatorial framework.

Ultimately, Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium’s Artist and artwork selection process and objective is to work with Artists that can create meaningful artworks with a powerful narrative that can both represent the values of Saudi Arabia's 2030 Vision, enriching the overall quality of life, and inspiring the creative spirit of Riyadh’s citizens.

1.6. Term & Conditions 1.6.1 TISS Fees & Requirements

a. After the completion of the Symposium, the Expert Panel and Curator Ali Jabbar will select the best sculptures based on an Artwork Selection Criteria and award the final prizes as follows: - 1st Prize: 75,000.00 (SAR) - 2nd Prize: 37,500.00 (SAR) - 3rd Prize: 18,750.00 (SAR)

An honorarium of 37,500 (SAR) will be paid to every participating Artist. The payment will take place at the end of the Sculpture Symposium in compliance with the required work condition. In case the Artist will not be able to complete the sculpture for any given reason, the honorarium will not be paid. b. Each Artist will be supplied with approximately 4 cubic meters of marble (Origin: Oman). This should be used for both the sculpture and the base. c. The Artists will define the exact measurements for how the marble should be cut, following the guidelines and parameters below: i. The quarry can only cut each piece of marble up to 3 meters, in any dimensional length, height, or depth. ii. The number of marble pieces, excluding the base, should not exceed 3. iii. The overall maximum dimensions of the sculpture, excluding the base, should be between 3 meters and 3.5 meters, in any dimensional length, height, or depth. d. There will be an expectation for 10 sculptures to be made from white pearl marble and the other 10 sculptures to be made from Petra black sea marble. e. Riyadh Art will provide professional assistants onsite to help the Artists. The following will be provided: Economy flight ticket, transportation from and to the airport in addition to hotel accommodation for each artist and food & beverages.

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f. Tools and Equipment: It is deemed that all required tools and equipment will be provided, however the Artist can choose to bring their own cutting, polishing and air tools if they require for their own technical and creative desires. The following tools and equipment will be included, but not limited to:

- High quality big and small carving grinders - 230 mm diamond disc & 115 mm diamond disc for marble cutting - Air tools - Hammers in 1, 2, 5,10 kg - Chisels - Hammer drill and core drill - Sanding and polishing grinding discs - Electricity system of 220 volts and extension cables - Air compressor-system - Water system - Air blowers - Working tents - A crane machine will be at the working site from day to day

1.6.2 Artists Requirements

a. The Artists will be invited to contribute to panel talks and press activities. b. The Artist may not change any part of the selected project during the working period except in agreement with the Curator and Riyadh Art. c. The Artist will be responsible for shipping any special tools / equipment they require for the Symposium. d. The Artist must bring with them the selected maquette / model for the project. Sketches will not be accepted. e. Artist’s companions will not be permitted to attend. f. By signing the participation declaration (Appendix 3), the Artist grants RCRC right of ownership and transfer of title to the sculpture and to permanently display it in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at its discretion, surviving the terms of this agreement and in perpetuity. g. The selected Artists will receive an invitation from the Riyadh Art team, to be signed and returned back. h. The Artists should return concept proposals for two sculptures, 1 in white stone and 1 in black stone (Appendix 2).

1.6.3 Health and Safety

a. Riyadh Art will provide public liability insurance. b. All participants are responsible for their own medical insurance to cover all requirements for their stay in KSA. c. All participants should comply with international and KSA COVID regulations for the period of the symposium.

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d. In case of any failure to accomplish the work within the designated period of time, due to unforeseen reasons such as illness, accident or deliberate reasons such as neglect or recklessness or lack of cooperation and understanding with the work team, Riyadh Art will then decide on the Artist’s participation status.

1.7. Intellectual Property and Copyright

a. The Artist remains the sole owner of all Intellectual Property Rights in the Artwork. The Artist shall have the unrestricted right to reproduce the Artwork for their customary artistic and professional purposes, including, without limitation, use in books, publications, materials and exhibitions dealing with the Artist's artistic work. The RCRC shall grant the Artist or its designer reasonable access to the Site and the Exhibition for the purpose of creating photographs and/or videos documenting the completed and installed Artwork. b. Notwithstanding point (a), the Artist grants to the RCRC an irrevocable, global, sub- licensable, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to reproduce and distribute depictions of the Artwork to the public, to transmit or otherwise communicate a display of the Artwork to the public (including but not limited to slides, film, photographs, branded merchandise, exhibition collateral, video, television, online and other electronic or broadcast media) for any purpose including marketing purposes, which may involve RCRC appointed agencies. Any reproduction or subsequent exhibition of the Artwork produced as a result of Agreements/ Contracts entered into by the Artist shall be credited in accordance with the Copyright Notice. c. The Artist shall be credited in the Exhibition as the sole artistic creator of the Artwork in a form to be agreed upon by the parties, such as a customary plaque. The Artist shall also be credited in any materials in which a depiction of the Artwork is reproduced and in all other customary and appropriate circumstances (for example, where the Artwork is clearly visible and the architect and/or any other creative participant is credited). The Artist will collaborate with the RCRC to provide all applicable names and/or credit lines so as to ensure appropriate recognition of in-kind donors and collaborators. d. The Artist will provide a Copyright Notice, which shall be included, in all customary circumstances where reasonably possible, when a depiction of the Artwork is reproduced.

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1.8. Schedule of The Artist Open Call, Symposium and Exhibition

Date Activity

1st April 2021 Open call for the Symposium

Deadline for receiving the application form, projects photos, biography 7th May 2021 and artist personal photo via email (Appendix 1-3)

10th June 2021 Announcing the selected projects and names of the participants

15th June 2021 Deadline for receiving the participant’s confirmation

20th June 2021 Deadline for receiving the final dimensions of marble blocks cut

8th November 2021 Artist arrival to Riyadh city

10th November 2021 Start of TISS Symposium and receipt of work tools

2nd December 2021 Exhibition / Opening

4th December 2021 The Artists depart Saudi Arabia / Honorarium will be processed

6th December 2021 Exhibition de-installation and sculpture permanent relocation

1.9. Artists Submissions

Artists who wish to apply for the Symposium are required to complete and submit all details included in the online application form “Artist Open Call Invitation for Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium 2021 - Application Form”:

Link: https://forms.gle/cycowdU4LvJvxBwq8

● Part 1: Participant Information

● Part 2: Project Information

● Part 3: Participant Declaration

For Queries: All queries and correspondence must be directed only to this email address: [email protected]

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2. Appendices

2.1. Appendix 1 - Participant Declaration Signature

This section to be printed, signed and attached to the application form:

We hereby apply for the Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium (TISS) 2021 and understand all terms and conditions included within this document.

Name of artist in full

Mobile number

E-mail

Date

Signature

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