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Art Against AIDS Competition 2002

AIDS - Our Legacy. AIDS - Our Future.

Twenty years into the AIDS epidemic, each of us bears painful memories. But what else have we inherited or gained as a result? A legacy of fear and helplessness in the face of new multiple strains of the HIV virus and costly medication that many patients can hardly afford? Or a legacy of courage and hope in the face of these odds? What is the future ahead of us? Are we ready to meet the challenge? How can we each make a difference? If you are a creative individual concerned about the spread of AIDS and its impact on our community and loved ones, we'd like to invite you to convey your thoughts and views through art. You are free to work in any two-dimensional medium in these genres: Poster Advertisement or Fine Art (Painting). Each genre has two categories: Open and Student. Participants in the Open category are free to interpret on the theme "AIDS - Our Legacy". Participants in the Student category are to submit artwork corresponding with the theme, "AIDS - Our Future." (Please refer to the Rules & Regulations section below for more information.)

Contents

1. The Competition
2. AIDS - Our Legacy. AIDS - Our Future
3. Entry Form
4. Rules & Regulations

The Competition

"Art Against AIDS" is a biennial art competition that aims to raise awareness about AIDS and to encourage community participation in AIDS prevention. First held in 1996, "Art Against AIDS" is a creative channel for artists and creative professionals to enlighten, reach out to, and even provoke, their fellow men & women to become more aware and start to think and act more responsibly towards AIDS. The best works will be selected by a highly qualified panel of judges, and exhibited at library@orchard, Ngee Ann City from 14 December 2002.

AIDS - Our Legacy. AIDS - Our Future.

Today, there are many signs for hope:

• There is more money spent on AIDS than ever before - six times more in developing countries than in 1998.
• There are more people actively involved than ever. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has made AIDS a personal priority. So too, have national leaders, including Presidents and Prime Ministers, some of whom have taken direct command of their national AIDS care and prevention programmes. Top CEOs and captains of industry have similarly committed their corporate resources to support national and global AIDS programmes.
• New international resources are being mobilised - through the World Bank, and through the new Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria. This new Fund has generated over US$ 2 billion.

But there are also many signs for despair:

• Discovered 20 years ago, AIDS is not only still a young epidemic, but also an epidemic of the young. At the end of 2001, more than one-third of the 40 million people living with HIV were just 15-24 years old.
• AIDS has far-reaching effects on the economy, on the family and for the generation of children left without parents;
• AIDS is surrounded by stigma and taboo - still a huge barrier to effective responses;
• AIDS spreads silently, so millions can be infected with HIV in a population before the impact in illness and death becomes visible.

Think about these issues:

AIDS Our Legacy:

• What sort of world can we expect to see in the future? Where would AIDS be placed in such a world?
• What must be done today, so as to have the kind of world we would like to leave behind for the next generation?

AIDS Our Future:

• What sort of health setting can we expect to see in Singapore in the future? What would the AIDS situation be in such a setting?
• What must be done today, so as to have the kind of world that we want to live in, in future?
• What can be done to ensure that adequate care and support is being given to AIDS orphans and children afflicted with this terrible disease?
• How can we protect our young ones from this disease?
• How can young people be the agents of change with regard to AIDS?

Entry Form

Download your entry form here: AAA02 ENTRY FORM.pdf (Form no longer available)

Rules & Regulations

Artforms

Poster Advertisement or Fine Art (Painting) in any medium. For each genre there will be an Open and Student category, comprising the following prizes:

	1st Prize	2nd Prize	3rd Prize
Open Category	$3,000	$2,000	$1,000
Student Category	$1,000	$ 800	$ 500

In addition, there are the new Art Against AIDS Challenge Trophies awarded to the school that the first-prize student winners hail from.

Categories
Open Category: Participants are free to interpret the theme "AIDS - Our Legacy". Student Category: Anyone aged 15 & above who is presently enrolled in full-time study at a secondary school up to a pre-university/polytechnic level or equivalent educational institution. Student Category participants must submit artwork based on the theme "AIDS - Our Future." There is no restriction on the number of entries per participant. Group work is welcome, but only one prize money will be issued and shared among all group members.

Size & Presentation
No larger than A2 (420mm x 594mm) in size. All entries must be framed, or at least properly mounted.

Additional requirements
Each entry MUST be accompanied by two copies of a typed synopsis of your entry, consisting of not more than 100 words in length and an official entry form (photocopy acceptable).

Judging
Besides their artistic merits, such as originality and the handling of materials/medium, the entries will also be judged on their:

• understanding of issues affecting people with AIDS (PWAs), their families and their communities;
• messages that are not stigmatising, and help overcome discrimination, hypocrisy and ignorance;
• net effect of increasing AIDS awareness, understanding, and acceptance; &
• ability to stimulate the observer to think about AIDS and related issues.

A panel of professional judges has been appointed by the organisers to judge the entries. The judges' decision is final. No correspondence will be entertained on this subject before, during and/or after the competition. All winners will be notified by phone/post. The organisers reserve the right not to award any of the stipulated prizes should entries fail, in the judges' opinion, to meet the required standards. The organisers reserve the right to reject works deemed unsuitable for exhibition.

Submission of entries
Date: Saturday, 16 November 2002
Time: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ,br>Venue: Action for AIDS Office, 22 Rowell Road, off Serangoon Road, S(207980)

Exhibition of entries
All prize-winning and other selected entries will be exhibited at (venue to be confirmed) between (dates to be confirmed). Prizes will be presented to the winners at the Exhibition Launch Ceremony to be held on/at (to be confirmed).

Collection of Entries
All prize-winning and other entries selected for exhibition will be notified by phone/post. Entries that have not been selected for exhibition may be collected from Action for AIDS Office on 16 and 17 December during office hours. All uncollected entries shall become property of the organisers, who will dispose of them as they deem fit. Winning entries will be returned to participants upon request. Winners will assign to the organisers the right of reproduction of their works in the press, television and/or any other publicity and print materials produced in connection with Art Against AIDS or Action for AIDS, before, during and/or after the competition.

Acceptance of rules and regulations
Submission of entries signifies acceptance of the rules and regulations of the competition. While all possible care will be taken of the entries submitted, the organisers shall assume no responsibility for any loss of or damage to the entries before, during and/or after the competition. For further queries, please contact Benedict at 6254-0212 (O), 9003-7566 (HP) & afa@pacific.net.sg.