TRNAVA POSTER TRIENNIALE 2006: 6 INTERNATIONAL POSTER EXPOSITION
05.09.2006 News
The Trnava Poster
Trienniale 2006 is in the list of top similar events in Europe. The
Trienniale and accompanying events in Bratislava and Trnava have
developed into the largest exhibition of graphic design achievements
that has been organised in Slovakia. Presenting premium artworks of
contemporary design from abroad and creating space for confrontation
between foreign and domestic design, the exhibition has been organised
every three years since 1991. The Poster Trienniale showcases the
latest poster achievements at international level, encompassing its
diversity and openness to various national cultures, traditions and
tendencies.
Constantly increasing number of registered
authors proves that it is an important and popular event. This season,
the jury have shortlisted 740 posters from 397 authors from 32
countries. Among the countries with most numerous representations are
Poland, China, Japan, Mexico and Finland. As much as 74 authors, of
whom 15 are graphic designers and 59 are students, have been selected
to represent Slovakia.
TPT 2006 curator Marta Sylvestrova
comments on the exhibition: "Some of the shortlisted posters
communicate with general public, by strong coded messages, about events
and inspirations that cover our mind and pressures in society. The most
valuable are those artworks that enhance our aesthetic taste by formal
experiments and overstep visual limits to reach unknown dimensions.
Violating traditional rules of perception helps to discover new forms
of visual communication. Apart from these works, the posters adhering
to traditional rules and following author s creative style hold their
position unshaken."
The Poster Trienniale is a competitive
exhibition with awards presented in two categories. One category
presents works of professional artists with 213 authors from 32
countries who have registered this year. Another category covers
students of universities and fine arts academies with 184 authors from
16 countries who have registered this year. The Andy Warhol Award will
be awarded as the main prize in the professional artist category. The
international jury will award three prizes for both categories. The
rector of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava will award
the Chancellor s Award in the students category.
The jury
comprises five individuals highly recognized in the field of graphic
design and visual communication at international level: Jozef Doka ml.
(Slovakia), Alain Le Quernec (France), Gertrud Nolte (Germany), Tadeusz
Piechura (Poland) and Karel M sek (Czech Republic). Vice-President of
Icograda Veejay Archary (South Africa), will present the Icograda
Excellence Award.
Further awards: the Slovak Design Centre
Award, the Head of Trnava Self-Governing Region Award, the Chairman of
TPT Organising Committee Award; Master's Eye Award for extraordinary
creative results, active organising and promotion of graphic design.
Winners will be publicly announced on 13 September 2006 at the official opening of the exhibition.
A
bilingual colour catalogue displaying a selection of posters and brief
information about authors is published as part of the Trienniale. The
catalogue will be distributed among artists, academies, graphic design
community and organisations around the world.
Trnava Poster Trienniale 2006 is supported by the following media:
Designum, Vlna, T de?, Anthropos, Typografia, Typo, 2+3D, SME, SITA, MY Trnavsk noviny, Mestsk telev zia Trnava, www.czechdesign.cz.
For further information please contact:
Slovak Design Centre,
RNDr. Margita Michlikova,
0902/191033
E: michlikova@sdc.sk
W: www.sdc.sk
About the Slovak Design Centre
SDC
is a non-profit, state-funded institution, active in the area of
culture of SR since 1991. From the beginning of its existence the main
aim of SDC has been to initiate, to co-create and to guarantee the
state policy focused on the design promotion in SR. Therefore the main
activities of SDC are aimed at permanent education in the field of
culture and industry, as well as gathering, preserving and spreading
information concerning design through all accessible means. SDC is an
Associate member of Icograda.
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