Online application BBBank Newcomer Projection Mapping Prize 2022

For the second time the ZKM and the KME Karlsruhe Marketing and Event Ltd. will present the international BBBank Newcomer Projection Mapping Prize at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe 2022.

This international award is endowed by the BBBank, founded and with its headquarters in Karlsruhe, to celebrate the bank’s centenary. The Grand Prize is 10,000 Euro (plus production costs) and the winner will be selected from among the entries submitted by a high-profile jury chaired by Peter Weibel, Chairman and CEO of the ZKM. The prize-winning concept will be produced and presented as a new artwork at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe 2022, The second and third prizes are 5,000 Euro and 2,000 Euro, respectively. All the winners will receive their prizes at an awards ceremony.

The jury awards a main prize as well as a second and third place. Chaired by ZKM | Karlsruhe, the jury includes representatives of the HfG | Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, BBBank eG as sponsor, KME Karlsruhe Marketing und Event GmbH and the City of Karlsruhe as representative of the UNESCO City of Media Arts. 

The jury decides on the basis of curatorial and technical criteria whether the submissions can be awarded and realised.
 

Prizes

The Grand Prize is 10,000 euros plus artwork production costs of up to 30,000 euros net, with which the winner will realize their concept for the SCHLOSSLICHSTPIELE Karlsruhe 2024. 

ZKM | Karlsruhe is providing curatorial and technical support for the production. The premiere of the work will take place exclusively as part of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe 2024. The production grant will cover all costs incurred during the production work, such as fees and technology.

Second prize is endowed with 5,000 euros, third prize with 2,000 euros. Second and third place have the chance to be realised, in which case a production grant would also be paid out.
 

Conditions of participation

Please read the following information carefully before submitting your application. If you have any questions please contact: bbbankaward2024@zkm.de

Your submission must be complete in German or English by November 20, 2023 // 12:00 noon CET and include the following:

• A description of the entry submitted (max. 2,000 characters including spaces) as a storyboard and image files (optional)
• 5-second media check (the content does not matter, it only has to comply with the production guideline)
• A short biography of the artist(s) giving details of previous experience (max. 1,000 characters including spaces)
• A portrait photo of the artist(s) (min. 500 x 500 px)
   

Please note the following points:

• The deadline for submitting your complete entry is November 20, 2023 (noon CET). Entries that are incomplete will not take part in the competition.
• The finalized artwork must be 7 to 9 minutes long.
• The concept you submit must not have already won other awards or been submitted to a similar competition.
• Employees of the organizing institutions, sponsors, and presenters of the award as well as members of the jury are excluded from participation.
• Upon receipt of all necessary material and information entrants will receive an e-mail confirming their participation.
• All submissions will be archived until September 30, 2024; participation implies acceptance of archiving.
• Participants must be reachable at the address they supply.
• The prizewinners (or a representative) commit themselves to attending the Awards Ceremony at a date yet to be specified to receive the award in person.
• When a work wins an award it is possible that the material submitted will be used on various media and means of communication. We thus request the participants to put the sound, image, and text material together with the utmost care.
• Winners of the Grand Prize agree that the work which was produced in the context of the competition will be shown exclusively at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe in 2024 and in the following years.
• Winners of the second and third prizes grant the ZKM first right to make an offer for joint implementation of the storyboards in the context of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe.
• Submissions that do not fulfill the above mentioned requirements will not be admitted to the competition and will not be presented to the jury.