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20th ANGELINA ALÓS INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CERAMICS OF ESPLUGUES
Abstract RULES AND NOTIFICATION 2021

With the 20th ANGELINA ALÓS INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF CERAMICS OF ESPLUGUES, Esplugues Town Council aims to continue promoting the presence of ceramics in the town.
The rules for the awarding of this event were passed by the Council Executive of Esplugues Council on the 9th of March 2018, and that this event is included specifically within the lines of the subsidy of the Strategic Plan 2020-2024.

1. PARTICIPATION
Ceramists from any country in the world, individually or collectively, can take part.
The rules and conditions of this competition are taken as accepted by the contestants for the mere fact of taking part in it. Any unforeseen circumstance in these rules will be resolved by the Biennial organisers.

2. REQUISITES OF PRESENTATION OF WORKS
Each participant may present a maximum of three newly created works. Each work may comprise of one or more pieces, which will be presented as a whole with the same title.
The works presented must be original and unpublished, made with ceramic materials. Works of an industrial nature of which come from other competitions will not be accepted.
In no case can they exceed 2 lineal metres in the biggest size or 1 cubic metre of total volume.
The pieces presented to the competition must be able to be exhibited in the corresponding rooms and can never be replaced by still or moving images.

3. APPLICATIONS AND DOCUMENTATION
The application forms must be filled in online at web of the museums of Esplugues

The application form will be accompanied by the artist or artists’ curriculum vitae, and a personal photograph must be included.
Each application will be accompanied by a maximum of 3 digital photos of each of the works presented to the competition. The photographs must be taken with a neutral background, in JGP format, with good resolution, and with a maximum of 4 MB. The name of each photograph must coincide with the title of each work, numbered in order.
All the documentation accompanying the applications will be held by the Esplugues Town Council.

4. REGISTRATION DEADLINE
The deadline for presentation of applications will be the 31th of May 2021.

5. COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARTICIPANTS
All the communications and notifications to the participants will be made by the email that has been provided by the participant, in the case of individual communication. In the case where communications must be made to all the participants, they will be made on the website web of the museums of Esplugues

6. SELECTION OF WORKS
From among applications presented, the designated jury will choose those for the competition from the documentation sent. Their decision will be binding, and the participants will be notified by means of the list of selected artists during the second half of July at, they will be made on the website web of the museums of Esplugues

7. DELIVERY OF WORKS SELECTED
The works accepted to the competition must be delivered to the Museu Can Tinturé, from 16th to 24th July 2021, from Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. and on holidays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; no piece will be accepted outside of these times.
The works must be sent in appropriate and resistant packaging, so that they can withstand the corresponding transport. Esplugues Council will not be liable for breakages or imperfections caused as a result of the transport and delivery. Broken works will be excluded from the competition.
The outside of the packaging must show the following:
“20a BIENNAL DE CERÀMICA D’ESPLUGUES ANGELINA ALÓS”.
The address: C. de l’Església, 36, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona (Espanya), the photograph of the work with the title and the assigned registration number.

The total costs arising from the dispatch and delivery of the works accepted, such as transport, customs, taxes or of any other type, will be met by the participants.
Esplugues de Llobregat Council will not carry out any economic action or action related to the works sent that are not in accordance with their receipt at the address indicated.

Once the works have been duly delivered, the organisers of this event will take all the safety measures within their power for the best conservation of the works.

8. PRIZES
The prizes, sponsored by the Nestlé España, SA, FIATC Assegurances i Soler i Sauret, SA companies, consist of the following amounts:

A. CIUTAT D’ESPLUGUES PRIZE of 4.000 euros
B. ANGELINA ALÓS PRIZE of 3.000 euros
C. PUJOL I BAUSIS PRIZE of 2.000 euros

The prizes will be subject to tax in accordance with the legislation in force at the time of their awarding.
There will also be the PUBLIC’S PRIZE, without economic reward.
The prize-winners, including that of the Public’s Prize, will be able to exhibit collectively during 2022 in the exhibition room of the Catalan Ceramists Association, based in the city of Barcelona.

9. EXHIBITION
The works selected will be exhibited in the Museu Can Tinturé, from October 28th 2021 to January 16th 2022, and a catalogue will be published in paper form and/or in digital version.
The pieces that require a very complex assembly and/or exhibition will adapt to the conditions of the resources and spaces available.

10. PUBLIC’ PRIZE
During the exhibition, the visiting public may vote for the one they like the most of the works selected. On the closure day of the exhibition the result will be announced and a diploma awarded to the piece most-voted for.

11. JURY
The Jury that will make the selection and award the prizes will be named by the Esplugues Council and will be made up of recognised experts from the world of ceramics and art in general.

The composition of the Jury will be published on the Council’s electronic notice board and web of the museums of Esplugues

Its verdict will be binding. Even though the works have been previously selected, the Jury reserves the right to exclude them from the exhibition, if deemed necessary.

12. VERDICT AND PRIZE-GIVING ACT
The Esplugues de Llobregat Council will announce the Jury’s decision in a public act on Wednesday the 27th of October 2021, in the events room of La Masoveria of the Museu de Can Tinturé, and will give the prizes to the prize-winning artists, or to their legal representative. The next day the decision will be made public at web of the museums of Esplugues

13. RIGHTS TO THE WORKS ACCEPTED AND WORKS AWARDED PRIZES
The works that win economic prizes will remain as the property of the Esplugues de Llobregat Council, without affecting the authors’ rights recognised in the corresponding legal provisions.

The participation in this event implicitly involves authorising the Esplugues de Llobregat Council, by the author of the works accepted, to undertake:

- The disclosure of the work, with the name, pseudonym, sign or, if the case, anonymity, according to that stated at the time of completing the corresponding application for participation.
- The public communication of the work by any suitable means for this purpose taking into account its nature.
- The reproduction, in any support or means, of the image of the works accepted.

This authorisation is made freely and its scope is circumscribed to actions of promotion, exhibition, communication and/or publicity of the event itself, in its different editions, or of the museum, cultural or any other type of activity that the Esplugues de Llobregat organises or sponsors and which form its public sector.

14. RETURN OF THE PIECES NOT AWARDED PRIZES
The pieces not awarded prizes and the Public’s Prize work must be removed from 24th to 28th of January 2022 from the same place as the presentation of the works, from Monday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m.
The removal of the works may be done by the authors or by the person with their express authorisation or representation.

At the end of the deadline for returning pieces, it will be assumed that the person renounces the work and its removal. The unremoved works will become the municipal property for all legal purposes, without the author being able to request their return or compensation of any type.


- You can consult the full version of the Rules and the 2021 Competition Announcement at: https://museus.esplugues.cat/en/biennial
- website web of the museums of Esplugues de Llobregat: https://museus.esplugues.cat/en/biennial
- Municipal noticeboard: https://www.esplugues.cat/