99 Silhouettes
Silhouettes are becoming an increasingly popular technique used across the spectrum from high profile TV campaigns, product identities, magazine and book illustration to web graphics. Our forthcoming publication ’99 Silhouettes’ will be an accessible visual resource for designers and creatives, whether simply looking for inspiration or interested in commissioning artwork and illustration in this genre.

Any artist or designer, either student or professional, chosen for inclusion will benefit from this invaluable form of self-promotion, having artists’ and designers’ credits and contact details displayed as either footnotes or in an index of artists. The publication will reflect the diverse approaches, versatility and influences adopted when producing silhouette based artwork.

Belluard Bollwerk International

The Belluard Festival (BBI) is an event that produces and presents artistic projects in Fribourg (Switzerland) since 1983. It takes place yearly early Summer in a medieval fortress.

The BBI is looking for relevant and innovative projects.
- Any form or means serving the project’s purpose is admitted.

- The projects will be supported by the BBI (organization, distribution, promotion). They will be presented during the festival and labelled as BBI productions.

Rules:
1. The contest is open to all.
2. Each project is to be presented on 2 A4-format pages at most. A detailed budget shall be included. Plans, drawings, photos, videos, recordings… are highly recommended.
3. Projects must be sent by January 17th, 2006 at the latest (postal stamp is proof) at Belluard Bollwerk International, Contest 2006, PO Box 214, CH – 1701 Fribourg. Or by email, at info@belluard.ch
4. The projects are evaluated by an international jury. No mail will be exchanged.
5. All participants shall be made aware of the results by February 17th, 2006.
6. The material sent will not be returned.

Info:
Belluard Bollwerk International
PO Box 214 – CH – 1701 Fribourg
Tel +41 26 321 24 20
Fax +41 26 321 24 21
info@belluard.ch
www.belluard.ch
www.belluard.ch/contest2006

Electric Renaissance, the art and music-festival as an emancipated part of the Händel-Festival in Halle, contains of exhibitions on different locations, actions in the urban room, artistic interventions on the event-locations of the actual Händel-Festival and a Festivalclub with musical events at night. The name “Festival within the Festival” hereby describes the approach and distance in the discussion with G.F. Händel. Theme is the contemporary dialogue with the work of the baroque artist. He gives the basis to think about changes in continuity of the construction of an event, to reflect about mechanism of production and use as well as about the part of the technique of actually putting-in-scene, projecting and transferring. Theme of this years “Electric Renaissance” is the discussion of the picture, as which the historical personality Händel is found nowadays, its meaning, development and value in our time. The title of the Festival 2006 – “Sound of the Icon” – formulates the question about the matters of the phenomenon Händel and the mechanisms of forms of representation and production, which can be seen in refocusing traditional Festivals and their matters of analysis.
www.electric-renaissance.de
info@electric-renaissance.de

Theme “Sound of the Icon”
Händel was popular – so popular that his music survived his life time and last but not least, gave the matrix for many following composers. Händel’s music therefore was of value. Following generations had reason and occasion to combine more with the music as a pattern of composition and acoustic experiences. The figure Händel as a composer of music, known all over the world, was risen up to an icon. But which value has this icon and for whom? What does the Händel-Festival carry in creating meaning and value regarding this icon? Which icons are being installed and for what reason by whom and what kind of mechanisms are used for that “instalment”? The contact with an icon moves a vibe in the artist as well as in the audience. This vibe, the sound and the movement resulting out of this, are goals of this years theme.

Announcement
For participating in this announcement, artists are called to present musical, sculptural, pictorial, as well as medial contributions regarding this year’s theme “Sound of the Icon”. These works will create one main focus of the Festivalclub.

Procedure
Until the 10th of January 2006, a short conception (max. 2 pages) and adequate referencematerial (DVD, VHS, catalogue, pictures, program, press-releases etc.) must be passed in together with the announcement sheet. Received concepts will be seen by the curators. Out of the received ideas, the most interesting ones are going to be chosen and will be integrated into the program of concerts, the exhibition, installations and performances within “Electric Renaissance”2006. A jury will be formed until the beginning of February 2006. The organizers will get in contact with the artists, to make a proper realization of the contribution possible. If the reference-material should be sent back, please enclose the appropriate postage.

Venue / Time
The Festivalclub is the Festival’s basis of communication. At daytime a café, it’s getting transformed into a Club at night, where discussions as well as musical events are held.