Exhibition guidelines are for the authors who are preparing their project/program to exhibit at the Gallery and to enter the competition for the Awards. Final Exhibition
Exhibition will be presented to public at the Gallery of Science and Technology of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.
The official language of the exhibition is English.
Background
Established in 2016, the annual MicroMacro Awards are dedicated to the recognition of innovative designs that successfully implement novel concepts and standards in architecture, art and technology and encourage environmental sustainability.
Naming of the MicroMacro Awards refers to various scales of designs – from micro as furniture and object design, applied arts, urban design, exhibition design, and interior architecture to macro as architecture, public art, geography and planning.
Winners will be announced online and via social media.
Categories
The theme will be discussed through various disciplinary lenses, including new aesthetics and functionalism, globalization, design methods and approaches, innovative materiality, technology, and new media.
MicroMacro award categories are defined according to thematic blocks.
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Eligibility
Who can enter?
The competition is open to individuals and organizations in the fields of architecture, urban planning, design, history, technology, art, photography, new media art and to all geographical locations.
Who can submit a nomination?
If you are an organization, an association, a not-for-profit or an individual you can nominate. You can self-nominate or nominate another organization.
Application submission
All applications with support material must be submitted online by the closing date.
Description
One page (maximum 100 words) description including title of the submission and authors names. The preferred format for text description is .doc (or .docx).
Illustration
Two high resolution promotional images representative of the submission. Images should be up to 15 cm in width, 300 dpi and up to 2 MB in size. The preferred format for images is .jpg (or .jpeg).
Please note that submitted images will be used in online and printed promotional material and awards presentation. When submitting illustration include photo credits where needed.
Format and media
Most of the projects and programs are presented at the exhibition in the form of posters. Poster format is set to 60 cm in width and 80 cm in height.
However other formats and media are welcome to be exhibited – such as original artwork or drawings, digital copies of artwork, photo prints, models, prototypes, books, installations, video, audio or performance.
Please send your detailed description including dimensions and materials of your non-standard exhibit proposal via info@@strand.rs
E-Poster submission
Successful applications must be submitted as E-Posters online by the closing date.
Please prepare E-Posters including title, authors names and texts, images, or drawings with links as QR codes – each 60 cm width, 80 cm height, 150 dpi max 2 Mb optimized for web. E-Posters will be used for judging process. The preferred format for E-Pposters is jpeg.
Poster submission
Successful applications must be submitted as printed Posters mounted on approx. 5 mm foam by the closing date at the Gallery.
For additional fee the organizer offers the service of printing and delivery of posters for all participants that are not available to submit the posters by themself.
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Registration
Registration fee is 50 eur per poster. Applicants can choose to exhibit on two or more posters.
All organizations and individuals that have completed registration will receive the following:
-Projects listed on the STRAND website
-Inclusion in the Exhibition e-book
-Inclusion in the Exhibition at the Gallery
-Invitation to the Awards Ceremony
Terms and conditions
- Project must have occurred within the period of 1 July 2020 – 30 June 2025
- Permanent and semi-permanent projects can be nominated but cannot be awarded more than once.
- Jury may move a nomination from one category to another.
- Jury may determine not to give an award in any given category.
- By submitting material, you grant STRAND unlimited permission to publish and share this material in its original or altered form. STRAND reserves the right to use all entries for publicity, educational purposes, and reporting.
Judging
Winners in each category will be chosen by the exhibition jury, which will include established peers, scholars and practitioners, and previous winners of the award. Once the exhibition jury is confirmed, the names of individual members will be published on the STRAND website.
Each jury member will assess and score all eligible contributions individually. The jury then confers to compare scores and make final decisions about award winners and if applicable, highly commended contributions. There is no shortlisting process. It is within the jury members’ discretion to determine not to give an award in any given category.