Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Invitation to Cartoon Festival - Karikatür Festivali'ne Davet - 7th International Eskisehir Cartoon Festival ‘PHILOSOPHY’
7 November-30
November 2012, Eskisehir, Turkey
Dear cartoonist friend,
Cartoonists all around the world
participated to the international cartoon festivals which were organized by Active
philosophy-Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Assosiation in Istanbul in the recent
years. The first festival’s subject we arranged was mixed(1997); the second
festival’s subject was “East and West”(2000); the third festival’s subject was
“Water and Life”(2003), the fourth festival’s subject was “Global
Warming”(2005), the fifth festival’s subject was “Intercultural
Tolerance”(2007), the sixth festival’s subject was “Energy” (2009) – in total
30 countries, 431 cartoonists, 1209 cartoons-. This year, the festival will be
held in Eskisehir which is the cultural capital of Turkey. The festival is
called 7th International Eskisehir Cartoon Festival and will be
organized by Active philosophy- Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Assosiation as usual.
Anadolu University which is a world wide known university, Anadolu University
Center of Investigation and Application of Cartoon Art and Museum of Cartoon
Art will incorporate and participate in the festival.
The subject of the 7th
International Cartoon Festival which will be held in Eskisehir this year is
‘philosophy’.
Philosophy comes from Philosophia
meaning ‘the love of wisdom’. It
contains theory and practice together regarding the definition of wisdom although it is underestimated to
a speculative brain gymnastics in which some mental ropes are tied and untied
today.
Because wisdom is the experiences that
leads individuals and communities to virtue and kindness in the light of true
knowledge. With this aspect, philosophy emphasizes the togetherness of thought,
feeling and action as an art of living despite being thought otherwise. The
individual who studies philosophy or who is a philosopher applies what is
learned, doesn’t ignore the problems related to nature or mankind and chooses to
be the part of the solution not the problem by knowing one’s self and nature
while learning throughout whole life.
Regarding this definition, philosophy
means working because of love without losing humanist values or sensitiveness,
doesn’t mean watching below from ivory towers.
Our association taking these values
which have been emphasized by the tradition of ‘Philosophy Schools in the
classical manner’ throughout ages as a model, applies the real definition of
philosophy into the life by doing many activities in different areas with the
professional volunteer consciousness and calling this ‘ACTIVE PHILOSOPHY’.
Because of this, this year’s subject was chosen as ‘PHILOSOPHY’ after the sixth
year of the festival. Moreover, 20 November 2012 will be celebrated as World
Philosophy Day. In these celebrations, there will be exhibitions with the
subject ‘philosophy’.
We, Active philosophy-Yeni Yuksektepe
Cultural Association, expect different comments on the subject ‘Philosophy’
from all cartoonists.
The cartoons to be exhibited during the
festival in Eskisehir will also be exhibited in other branches of our
association which are in other cities of Turkey such as Istanbul, Ankara,
Izmir, Eskisehir, Adana, Antalya, Van, Bursa, Izmit, Mersin, Manisa, Aydın and
associations in abroad which collabarates with Active philosophy, Yeni Yuksektepe;
for people who are interested in art. Anadolu University and Museum of Cartoon
Art will exhibit these cartoons in other international museums of cartoon which
they cooperate with.
We would like to invite you to the 7th
International Cartoon Festival which will be held on 7 November-30 November
2012 with your talented cartoons.
ACTIVITIES DURING THE FESTIVAL :
1)
EXHIBITIONS : Exhibitions
of the cartoons under the theme of “Philosophy” will take place during 7
November-30 November 2012. More than 200 well-known cartoonists are expected to
participate to the exhibition as before.
2)
PANEL: An
opportunity is created for inter-disciplinary works by performing a symposium
under the theme of “Philosophy” with participation of guests on arts, science,
philosophy.
3)
CONCERT: A
concert of AFMA music group will be held.
4)
DANCE SHOW: A
modern dance show related with Plato’s Cave Myth will be performed.
PROGRAMME
7 November 2012 Wednesday
17:30 Opening of the exhibition, Museum of Cartoon Art
19:00 AFMA Concert, Anadolu University Social Sciences
Institute
19:30 Modern Dance Show, Anadolu University Social Sciences
Institute
19:45 Panel, Anadolu University Social Sciences Institute,
red hall
TERMS OF PARTICIPATION :
Theme:
1)
The theme
of the exhibition is “Philosophy”. Cartoons not related with the main theme and
the sub- themes, may not take part in the festival and the exhibition. The
final decision is to be given by the Organizational Committee, and this
committee works with cartoonist Tan Oral’s chairmanship.
Technique:
1) Technique: Free. Black/white or colour.
2)
Dimension:
A4 or A3. No passé partout, no frame.
Sending Way (Possible in 3 ways):
1) By E-mail: Cartoons should have 300 dpi
resolution and JPEG formatted. (Max. 2 MB)
Work should be named. Example: nameandsurnameofartist_nameofcountry.jpeg Please
send them with filled participation form
to 7.intcartoonfest@gmail.com
2) By post: If this way is preferred, cartoons
shouldn’t have passé partout and frame. Please
send them with filled participation form
to the below address.
Aktiffelsefe-Yeni Yuksektepe Kultur Dernegi,
Isiklar Mah. Gultugrul Sok. No:6 26120
Eskisehir-TURKEY
3)
By website: Cartoons should have 300 dpi resolution and JPEG formatted. (Max. 2
MB)
Work should be named. Example: nameandsurnameofartist_nameofcountry.jpeg
4) No limitation for the number of works
to be sent for the exhibition.
Sending Back the cartoons:
1) All cartoons will be kept in the cartoon archives of Yeni Yüksektepe
Cultural Association
and archives of Anadolu University
Museum of Investigation of Cartoon Art and will not be sent back, unless there
is a special request from the artist to send his/her work back.
Usage Rights of the cartoons:
All
the usage rights of the cartoons belong to Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association
without any commercial purposes and Anadolu University which supports the 7th
International Festival. The originals may be printed or exhibited in Turkey or
abroad; used for the books, magazines, catalogues, brochures, VCD’s and DVD’s
to be printed by Yeni Yuksektepe and its corporative associations in Turkey or
abroad; sent to another association in Turkey or abroad for the purpose of
exhibiting or printing without commercial purpose by Yeni Yuksektepe. Anadolu
University can use the works in classes or class books or TRT School
broadcasting channel with educational purposes. Even if the cartoonist sends
the originals or the copies to Yeni Yuksektepe, the cartoonist will be the
owner of the publication and financial rights. Cartoons that were exhibited in
the festival will be covered under a booklet. A copy of the booklet will be
uploaded on the Internet web site http://cartoonistfest.org free for download. News covering the festival will also be
available on the same web site. The originals may be used in the news coverage
about the Festival in the Print and TV Media.
Deadline:
The
deadline for the cartoons to arrive to the Festival Organizational Committee is
1st October 2012.
Please send a reply e-mail to notice
that you have received this e-mail.
What is Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association?
Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association is
a non-profit, non-governmental, philosophical-cultural organisation which does
not have a religious or political identity.
Yeni Yuksektepe organises helpful
activities for public interest and community awareness; aims to improve the
world of culture with cultural activities; helps people in need in emergency
situations by the GEA search and rescue team; protects nature through
ecological activities. All activities organised by Yeni Yuksektepe are based on
universal principles:
·
To
unite human beings regardless of their creeds, races, and social status around
an ideal of love, respect, tolerance and universal fraternity.
·
To
awaken a global vision in men and women through the comparative study of
sciences, religions, arts and philosophies.
·
To
enable men and women to live as a part of nature and to express their true
personalities, by developing the capacities of each individual.
We would be pleased to stay in contact
with you and thank you very much for your attention.
Best Regards,
Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association
Eskisehir Branch
Public Relations Department
For your questions you can send an
e-mail.
Yeni Yuksektepe Cultural Association Eskisehir Branch
Isiklar Mah. Gultugrul Sok. No:6 26120
Eskisehir-TURKEY
Tel: +90 222 220 51 66
e-mail: eskisehir@aktiffelsefe.org
PARTICIPATION FORM
Name:
Surname:
Country:
Date of birth:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-mail:
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Awards:
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Books:
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I accept all terms and conditions of the festival which is
organized by Yeni Yüksektepe Cultural Association.
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