Portorož Piran Genius Loci 2010

The Mayor of Piran and the Golden Drum invite you to take part in the traditional competition for the best and most creative poster, this time on the topic:

PORTOROŽ PIRAN GENIUS LOCI.

Genius loci, spirit of the place, are an ancient Roman spirit, a guardian of the local character. Every place that has ever been touched by the hand of man hides its own stories that make it unique. There are countless picturesque little towns and charming beaches in the Mediterranean. Each and every one has its own destiny, big or small or hardly any, and they are their genius loci.

It is where the warm Mediterranean Sea penetrates the furthest into the cold European continent that two little towns have merged their stories in one. More than two thousand creative spirits from all corners of the world return every autumn to a place half-way between Piran and Portorož and compete in the art of seduction at the New-European advertising festival. These friendly spirits have been challenged to come up with their own visual impressions of both towns' genius loci.

This genius is at the same time hidden and proudly displayed. Behind every stone, carved ages ago, and on the ancient salt fields that have become an aviary for birds from across the continent, and behind the walls that were built against Turkish invaders, or under the Venetian balcony, or next to the immortal Tartini's bronze bow in one of Mediterranean's largest and most beautiful piazzas built upon the former port, and in the halls of once finest hotel in the Adriatic that is recovering its splendour, under the pine trees, at the table of an Istrian konoba or osteria, on the sun soaked terrace of the Grand Hotel Bernardin, in the glass of Refošk or the smoky smell of “gradele”, with one's feet in the sea and thoughts in the clouds. Every memory, every tear and every laughter is intertwined into the unique spirit of the dreamiest, the most creative little place under the Mediterranean sun.

There are paper and mental trails of Portorož-and-Piranian spirit in thousands of dreams and fantasies that were visualized in images sent from Europe, Asia and America to compete in Golden Drum's global poster competition on previous creative contests. In heavy abundance of other powerful and white hot Golden Drum stimuli it may sometimes be difficult to pinpoint this very special spirit, but once you leave, you can rest assured that it has left with you and will stay with you forever.

Brief

What is and where is hidden the secret of the very special PORTOROŽ PIRAN GENIUS LOCI? Dreams and memories, fantasies and philosophy welcome. 

Create a poster – express the PORTOROŽ PIRAN GENIUS LOCI that can be used as a poster or a cover page of publication.

As an inspiration for your creative work, you may use photos from Portorož Tourist Board photo galleries  (by author Iztok Škornik and by author Ubald Trnkoczy) and the Photo Library of the Slovenian Tourist Board. Visit their picture platform and choose among top quality images, available free for the purpose of this contest!

When registering to obtain a user ID and password, please note that the purpose of the use of photographs is only Off Drum competition.

IMPORTANT:

If you use a photo from any of the above mentioned photo collections, you have to include the author’s name in the poster due to copyright.

 

Please check full rules and legal terms applying to this competition

Awards

The author of the best poster will receive 5.000 EUR from the Municipality of Piran, two full registrations for the Golden Drum Festival and accommodation for two people for four nights from the Piran Portorož Tourist Board.

The authors of the second- and third-ranked posters will each receive two full registrations for the Golden Drum Festival and accommodation for two people for four nights from the Piran Portorož Tourist Board.

All shortlisted posters will be exhibited in beautiful Tartini Square in Piran from October 6 to 9.   


Entry deadline – August 27, 2010

Register entries

All entries can be registered through our on-line registration system. That way you can save a lot of time and avoid unnecessary typing mistakes. To log into the registration system you will need your company user ID, in order to send us a request for your personal user id and password.

If you feel uncomfortable registering your entries on-line, you can still download the entry form here, fill it in and send it to the Festival Office by e-mail (info@goldendrum.com), fax (+3861 439 60 59) or post.

Submit your work

Entries can be uploaded through our on-line registration system or sent by courier.
In any case, make sure to follow technical instructions for submitting your entries as carefully as possible.

Please complete one entry form for each entry and fax to:+386 1 439 60 59 or e-mail to entries@goldendrum.com.

Technical requirements

PDF with vectored text in CMYK: 232 mm x 342 mm + 5 mm around all sides, 300 dpi. The picture must be in portrait and not in landscape setting/format.



How to submit entries

You can upload entries to our FTP server.

FTP address: ftp.goldendrum.com

username: piran

password: geniusloci (all small caps)

File folder: Piran

Make sure that file name is the same as entry title stated in the entry form.

COMPETITION RULES


  • Each creative solution constitutes of one entry.
  • None of the entries submitted in the competition can be returned.
  • No legal action can be taken against the Jury.
  • Participation fee and accommodation costs cannot be given in cash.
  • The author declares with signature, that entry has never been published and that author is the owner of copyright. Quality and ownership of entry copyrights are solely the responsibility of the entrants. Entrants release the Festival organisers of any responsibilities towards any and all third parties.
  • The City of Piran gets the non-exclusive and worldwide copyright for the use of the three awarded posters that were created for Portorož Piran Poster Awards 2010. Posters will be used strictly for the self promotional purposes of City of Piran. Copyrights are valid until 31 December 2011.
  • Author agrees that entries sent will be published on www.goldendrum.com, used for press releases and exhibited at the entry exhibition if short listed.
  • The entrant authorizes the Festival organizers to screen or publish his ads without charge for the purpose of promoting the Festival.   Above stated authorization is given for the time period from 31 August 2010 to 31 August 2020 and could be used world – wide for the sole purpose of the presentation of the Golden Drum festival.
  • The entry conditions must be strictly observed by the entrant. Completion and submission of the entry form imply entrant’s full acceptance of the competition rules. Non-compliance with any of the entry rules results in an entry’s automatic disqualification.

 

For more information send e-mail to: info@goldendrum.com.