Swiss Original Handmade Creative Project

Swiss Original Handmade Creative Project now is over!

Swiss Original Handmade Creative Project: New creative competition has been recently realised on the site Desall.com, organised by EMMENTALER-AOP, competition entails the production of a work of art/expression that represents and gives shape to the interpretative territory defined: SWISS ORIGINAL – HANDMADE CREATIVE PROJECT.

Short description

Organised by EMMENTALER-AOP and realised on the site Desall.com, this craft competition entails the production of a work of art/expression that represents and gives shape to the interpretative territory defined: SWISS ORIGINAL – HANDMADE CREATIVE PROJECT.

EMMENTALER AOP
For centuries, the Swiss tradition of Emmentaler AOP cheese production has focused on the art of cheesemaking, on artisan skills and on HAND MADE expertise, all underpinned by a caring attitude towards nature, time, materials, know-how and the vital energy of the environment we live in.
In order to be able to continue to read, refresh and interpret its own values in an innovative, contemporary and disruptive way, from the outset Emmentaler Switzerland has always been very keen and interested in engaging, supporting and promoting the world of art, talent and creativity for all.

Guidelines:

As part of the new globalisation of recent decades, we have learned to appreciate not only certain values and products shared by many civilisations, but also values and products expressly linked to the geographical, historical and cultural origins of specific local areas.
This competition aims to collect, valorise and exhibit artworks that tell stories of Swiss originality. Originality intended in terms of both methods and content that are more specifically and quintessentially “Swiss”, as well as those that are more ironic, interpretative and disruptive. The competition entails the production of a work of art/expression that represents and gives shape to the interpretative territory defined: SWISS ORIGINAL – HANDMADE CREATIVE PROJECT

Categories:

• Physical Work
Any artwork that for exhibition purposes has a tangible, physical and three-dimensional presence. The artwork may be produced using any technique, such as for example: Sculpture, Painting, Ceramics, Collage, Origami, 3D Printed, Interactive or Reactive Structure (Internet of Things), Organic Structure, Food Artworks… and any Mixed Technique using any material and combination.

• Digital Work
Any artwork that for exhibition purposes has an exclusively digital dimension, produced exclusively using one of the three following techniques:
- Video: the production of a video story of any kind and produced using any technique, with a duration from 45 seconds to 180 seconds.
- Photography: the production of a photo story, with a sequence/composition of from 1 to 9 photographs
- Short Message Story: the production of a short textual story, of max 420 characters including spaces (NB: an English version is required in all cases; a version in the artist’s native language, if not English, is optional and welcome).

HANDMADE CREATIVE PROJECT
The value, practice and symbolism of HAND MADE has always been a foundational element shared by the world of fine artisan production and many forms of art and expression.
In this competition, HAND MADE refers to two possible approaches and types of works and artworks:
• Physical Objects: works, artworks and design artefacts (also hybrid: hardware/software), all with a significant component of manual craftsmanship and technique
• Digital Products: works that tell stories of manual skills, manual skill processes, and expressions and valorisations of forms of hand craftsmanship

Submission requirements:

• Participants can present one or more projects, but only the projects published on the www.desall.com web site, via the upload page related to “SWISS ORIGINAL – HANDMADE CREATIVE PROJECT” will be accepted.

• All texts provided with your uploads (abstract, description, tags, etc.) should be written in English.

Evaluation criteria:

Physical Work
• Originality: the work must be unpublished and clearly original
• History: the description of the project’s ‘reasons why’ that motivate one’s work
• Methodology: the description of the technical/production process of the work
• Handmade: the evidence of handmade excellence of the work and of the quality of its execution

Digital Work
• Originality: the work must be unpublished and recognisably original
• History: the description of the project’s ‘reasons why’ that motivate one’s work
• Methodology: the description of the technical/production process of the work
• Handmade: the subject at the core of the representation of one’s work

In the first half of November 2019, a major Exhibition-Event will be organised in Milan featuring the winning projects, the projects that receive mentions and a broad selection of those deemed to be of high quality and pertinent in consideration of the general objectives of the competition.

There is no entry fee to participate!

Who may enter?

This competition is open to everyone over the age of 18 on the date of registration, without any limit of nationality, profession, education, expertise or other form of restriction, except for being 18 at the time of participating in the contest.