Gioielli in Fermento 2014 - Premio Torre Fornello IV edition

Gioielli in... Fermento 2014 / Jewels in Ferment 2014
Contemporary Jewellery exhibition. Torre Fornello Award - fourth edition

May 4-22 . 2014 | IV edition | Opening Sunday May 4th 4pm. at Torre Fornello Winery
Fornello di Ziano Piacentino (Italian Wine District, Piacenza, Italy)

in collaboration with AGC - Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo
JOYA Contemporary Jewellery Fair - Barcelona
Klimt02 International Art Jewellery online

Every year Gioielli in Fermento / Jewels in ferment aims to gather all the individual expressions of contemporary jewellery authors in relation to popular passions: wine and territories, looking at this terroir as an ensemble of cultural deep-rooted issues.

The Gioielli in Fermento / Jewels in Ferment project, with its 4th edition in 2014, consists of a competition open to designers and goldsmiths artists, professionals and scholars, and the related exhibit of unique jewellery inspired by a specific theme which is renewed every year in concept related to the world of wine.
The resulting exhibition is hosted at Torre Fornello Winery which dedicated its impressive spaces to the Vineyard of Arts and has the opportunity to be presented during the year of edition in other cultural contexts related to contemporary jewellery or exploiting synergy with events related to the world of wine in the role of representative of Italian excellence.

The Vineyard of Arts is a wider cultural project promoted by Enrico Sgorbati who, as a collector, opens it to all the languages of contemporary art, and every year it offers the possibility to the artists to collaborate, experiment, discuss their work in the context of the estate of Torre Fornello on the Colli Piacentini (hills in Emilia region). At its core, Gioielli in Fermento is the event dedicated to the deepening of the research on contemporary jewellery.

Jewels in Ferment 2014 the theme of competition

wearing intensities
wearing the colours of wine
as you can wear sensibilities, identities, mediterranean cultures,
through a piece of contemporary jewellery

This Year we introduce a theme that concerns with the world of colours as a main concept applied to the contemporary jewellery, as a means of expression at all the degrees of intensities, almost a metaphor of all added value as it happens for instance in music in representing the real scale of intensities to perform a composition.
The authors which met our project before know the aim of our suggestion: as for the previous editions, Gioielli in Fermento means to think at a work designed and produced as a unique piece or limited edition jewellery and this year in particular it means to conceive the colour as an instrument of individual expression, material and immaterial simultaneously to commit to the piece the link between each single story and a wider project for the identification of that mediterranean accent such as the culture of wine and our territories may represent.

Conditions

Prizes and mentions:
Individual stand participation to Joya 2014
Annual subscription for individual profile on Klimt02 network

Annual exhibition circuit:
Main exhibition at Torre Fornello, other primarily locations connected with fine arts and wine excellence events in Italy and Mediterranean area

Selection admitted works:
Any kind of ornament for the human body, made using any material or technique, will be accepted provided it can be worn. Each author may present up to 3 works grouped together in a single entry, though only a single work wil be selected for competition. Not previously exhibited works, neither selected for any other competition, may be candidated. The organization may evaluate the works which could be exhibited in non competing section.
The admission to the competition will be evalueted with the advice of directors of Joya Barcelona Contemporary Jewellery Fair and Klimt02 network, taking into high consideration: original material and technique used, experimentation and project research, relevance to the theme, style balance, high quality realization details, wearability.

The Jury:
The Torre Fornello Award will be assigned by the Jury Committee invited by Mr Enrico Sgorbati, owner of Torre Fornello, and Eliana Negroni, director of the project Gioielli in Fermento.
The Jury committee will be announced by end January with the publication on the website www.gioiellinfermento.com and the Facebook page Gioielli in Fermento.

Entry registration:
Entries must be received by gioiellinfermento@gmail.com before March 2nd .2014 with the registration fee and:

1. registration form with privacy disclaimer subscription
2. website links concerning with Your works, statement, CV

Information for catalogue publication:
3. Title, materials, techniques, of entry - english text (italian translation optional)
4. Concept description (no more than 600 characters) - english text (italian translation optional)
5. Total dimensions of the work
6. Photos of entry (neutral white background, jpg file format, 300 dpi, minimum dimensions 15x15 cm)
7. A photo of the artist (min. 5x5cm 300dpi) and/or of your studio, atelier, tools
8. Signed personal Release Document (Liberatoria)

Your registration to the competition gives the organization permission to publish the pictures you send for promotional purposes strictly connected to this event "Gioielli in fermento /Jewels in ferment".

Entry Pieces:
After registration deadline, the organization will inform the artists of the admission to Gioielli in Fermento 2014 Award and the list of admissions will be published online on the website www.gioiellinfermento.com .

Entries forwarding address:
Negroni Eliana C/o SPV Srl - via Liguria 2 - 20098 San Giuliano Milanese - MI (Italy)
by MARCH 31st 2014
together with signed Release Document

Shipping including insurance and custom charges in both directions will be always at expense of participants (shipping expenses for return charged to the receiver).
Custom declaration (in case of): we recommend to declare “present” “samples” or “design for contest” for custom description and a small amount value (10 Euro).

By accepting the Release document and sending the entry, the participant allows the organization of Gioielli in Fermento/Jewels in Ferment to manage and showcase the works for the current edition circuit (at least for 24 months), till a specific request of early return addressed by the participant.


Registration fees:
BASIC REGISTRATION FEE (taxes included) :

BASIC FEE (ITALY) = 60 Euro
nb > payment by PAYPAL +5 Euro = 65 Euro

BASIC FEE (ABROAD) = 65 Euro
nb > payment by PAYPAL +5 Euro = 70 Euro

AGC MEMBER = 35 Euro
nb > payment by PAYPAL +5 Euro = 40

With ALL BASIC FEES the registered author will receive a copy of the Catalogue Gioielli in Fermento 2014, in any case, selected or not.
For non corresponding fees, registration will be suspended till correct integration or, after deadline, it will be cancelled without any refund.

or payment by Paypal to: gioiellinfermento@gmail.com

Activities

Exhibition Opening and Award cerimony:
Exhibition opening and the Award cerimony will take place on Sunday May 4th 5 p.m. in The Vineyard of Arts at Torre Fornello (Fornello di Ziano P. near Piacenza, Emilia Romagna Italy). The exhibition will be open until May 22nd.
As with past editions more exhibition opportunities in contexts with a similar spirit to the competition and events concerning Italian wine tourism traditions will be arranged during 2014.
The awarded works will be acquired to the Torre Fornello Award Gioielli in Fermento private collection.

A catalogue of all the selected works will be published, as part of the Vigna delle Arti books collection. The project has the patronage of the Province of Piacenza and Ziano Piacentino District.

Suitable promotion of the project will be provided with mutual collaboration with Joya Contemporary Jewellery Fair Barcelona and Klimt02 International Art Jewellery online network.

A list of displayed pieces and values will be made available for public consultation, and reservations to buy will be communicated to the artists in question and settled by them directly at the end of the exhibition project .
The further exhibition scheduling will be annouced to the authors from time to time and published online on www.gioiellinfermento.com - www.agc-it.org - www.klimt02.net and advertised as much as possible on sector and institutional media.