«4th Block» 2009

VII INTERNATIONAL TRIENNAL OF ECO-POSTER «THE 4th BLOCK»
THE TRIENNAL IS CONDUCTED UNDER THE AEGIS OF
International Council of Graphic Design Association (ICOGRADA)
International Biennales Coordinating Committee (IBCC)

PRESIDENT OF TRIENNAL

Oleg Veklenko

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Oleg Petrovsky

ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP

Kharkov Association of Graphic Designers «The 4th Block»
Industrial Enterprise «Kharkovenergoremont»

CO-EXECUTIVE GROUP

«The 4th Block» Museum and Gallery
Kharkov Charity Foundation «Chervona Strichka»
Kharkov National Artists' Union of Ukraine
Kharkov Designer's Union of Ukraine
Kharkov State Academy of Arts and Design
Pavel Gudimov's art-center «YAGALERY»
Kharkov Municipal Gallery
Kharkov Convention Center «Radmir Expo-Hall»
Kharkov Corporation «Õ-Expo»

SUPPORT

Association «Golden Bee» (Moscow)
Design- studio «Panic Design» (Kharkov)
Design- studio «3-Z» (Kharkov)
Design- studio «Graphprom» (Kharkov)
Studio «Milk Creative Service» (Kyiv)
French Culture Center (Kharkov)
German Culture Center «House of Nuremberg» (Kharkov)

CURATOR

Olga Severina

TRIENNAL'S LOGO

Anna Makarova

TRIENNAL'S IDENTITY

Maria Norazyan, Ilya Pavlov

INTERNATIONAL JUDGES

Abbasi Majid (Iran)
Alex Jordan (France)
Luba Lukova (USA)
Niklaus Troxler Switzerland)
Volodimir Chayka (Russia)
Sergij Mishakin (Ukraine)

SELECTION COMMETTEE

Vladimir Lesnyak (Ukraine)
Iliya Pavlov (Ukraine)
Maria Norazyan (Ukraine)
Marcell Benchik (Slovakia)
Nikolay Shtok (Russia)

NOMINATIONS

«Eco Poster»
Posters of all genres, with the environmental theme. No more then 5 posters or two separate series per author or per team. No special format or printing technique is required.
«Eco-Social Presentations»
Video, Animation, Installation, Commercials of eco-social nature, or any other designer projects with an ecological theme.
«Eco-Culture»
Museum, exhibition, theatre, concert, festival or club posters and playbills of any kind, having ecological connotations.

WORKS SHOULD BE DATED

2006 — 2009

PARTICIPATION TERMS

The competition accepts works from the individual authors as well as from teams of artists and designers. Entry Form and Entry Label must be filled out using printed capital letters, and attached to the work being submitted. Entry Form and Entry Label should be attached to the backside of each item being submitted, in the bottom right hand corner, using adhesive tape (please, no glue!). Please, make copies of Entry Form and Label for each additional entry. In order to be published in «The 4th Block» catalogue, each entry should be accompanied by computer versions on CD (EPS, TIFF, 300 dpi, 30 cm on the larger side, CMYK + fonts). Names of contestants, selected to participate in the triennial will be listed on «The 4th Block» website. The submitted materials will not be returned. All works submitted to the competition, including CD/DVD volumes will stay with «The 4th Block» executive committee, and, after the exhibition, will become a part of a permanent collection of «The 4th Block» Museum. Executive committee reserves the right to publish submitted materials in triennial-related periodicals, such as catalogues, booklets, designer albums, magazine articles, etc.
Triennials participation is free of charge

ENTRY SUBMITTION DEADLINE

February 1, 2009

AWARDS

Grand Prix
Diplomas and special awards in each nomination
International eco-poster exhibition and accompanying actions will take place at Kharkov Convention Center «Radmir Expo-Hall» on April 26 through May 3.

Exhibition schedule

International jury's exhibition, satellite exhibitions and related events will take place at Kharkov State Academy of Arts and Design, as well as in various exhibition halls and galleries of Kharkov in April — May of 2009.

Awards Ceremony

The awards ceremony will take place at Kharkov Convention Center «Radmir Expo-Hall» on April 27th, 2009 at 5:00 pm.

Workshops

Members of international jury will have open workshops in the conference room of Kharkov Convention Center «Radmir Expo-Hall» on April 25th, between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm.

«Anti-AIDS — Ukraine»

As a part of the International Triennial «The 4th Block», there will be held a II International Competition «Anti-AIDS — Ukraine».
Additional information can be found at www.chervona_strichka.ic.kharkov.ua, www.antiaids.net

CATALOGUE
Following the exhibition, an illustrated catalogue will be published, accompanied by a CD disk. Participants of the Triennial will have a 50 percent discount on this publication.

POSTAL ADDRESS

Send your works to:
Oleg Veklenko
32/186 — 29, prospekt 50-letiya VLKSM
Kharkov 61153, Ukraine

Attention to the international participants

Please, send your work using only regular mail. According to the Ukrainian law, no package to a private citizen is subject to the postal and delivery charges, as log as its estimated value is under $20. Please, do not send the packages via express mail (DHL, American Express etc), since packages containing documents only (posters are NOT considered documents) are exempted from the otherwise required customs charges, if the package is send using these postal services. Executive committee will not be able to afford those charges, collected upon delivery, if the express mail services are used.

Contact Information

Tel/Fax: +38-057-706-4823
Cell: +38-050-207-2243
E-mail: association@4block.org
Web: www.4block.org

Please, make your colleagues aware of the participation terms of the triennial :)

Organizers: Association of Graphic Designers «4 Block»
Design and promo assistance: PanicDesign
© 2007 4 BLOCK Triennal of eco-poster