TERMS

- Each participant may register one single unpublished work without co-authors.

- The members of the Organizing Committee, the Selection Committee, the Jury, and the Department of Cultural Innovation of UAEMÉX are not eligible to participate in this call.

- Participants may register in one of the following categories:

a) University students
Students currently enrolled at a university or other higher education institution, whether national or international.

b) Graduates, postgraduate students, and teachers.
Those involved in advanced academic pursuits or related studies in the arts, serving as faculty members, or holding degrees from national or international universities or higher education institutions in the arts field.

Participants must undertake the authorship and originality of the work registered, holding the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico harmless from any third-party claims.

Both categories must meet the following requirements:

1.- Provide documents that prove participants to be part of a university or higher education institution (credentials, receipts, degree, or whatever applies in each case of student, teacher, or graduate).

2.- Complete the general information on the website: https://bienaldeartesvisuales.uaemex.mx such as name, age, gender, and academic institution.

Attach an official ID (voter registration card, passport, or equivalent), curriculum vitae, brief portfolio, and proof of university education in PDF format.

3.- Upload up to five photos or digital documents on the website, with each file not exceeding 4 MB in size. The photos must depict the work they are participating in at the Biennial. This is for the Selection Committee and the Qualifying Jury to appreciate.

For videos or sound pieces, participants must send a YouTube link (in unlisted visibility status), fill in an artwork data sheet, and a description of the registered piece.

  1) 2D art: Painting, photography, graphics, drawing and mixed media.
  2) 3D art: Sculpture, objet d 'art and installation art.
  3) Digital: Video art, sound art, animation, art media, or any other piece of computer-mediated art.
  4) Recording of ephemeral work: Performance, mapping, happening, land art and intervention art.

Participants living outside of Mexico can only participate with digital pieces and registration of ephemeral work.

The artwork must be presented with an academic essay that supports the work and meets the following requirements:

Maximum length of three pages, including introduction, body, and conclusion.

Text in Word format, Arial 12 font, 1.5 cm line spacing, page number added, top and bottom margins of 3 cm, and left and right margins of 2.5 cm.

Bibliography and citations in APA style.

-The 2D artwork cannot exceed the dimensions of 1.50 m × 1.50 m including the frame or mount—in case the piece requires it.

-The 3D artwork cannot exceed the dimensions of 1.50 m x 1.50 m x 1.50 m including base or mount—in case the work requires it.

-For digital artworks or recordings of ephemeral work, the maximum duration must be 60 minutes.

The Organizing Committee will not accept pieces that put people or property in danger. Nor will it accept artwork that harms the environment or the facilities of the exhibition space or its surroundings.

Works that have been awarded, published, recognized with honorable mentions, or that are awaiting an opinion in other calls and/or competitions are excluded from participation. The Committee will not accept work that has been carried out with public or private resources or with the support of programs with official registration and/or verification of obtaining economic stimulus or any situation that compromises the dissemination of the work.

The 10th International Biennial of University Visual Art will start accepting registrations on the following website: https://bienaldeartesvisuales.uaemex.mx from the date of this document's publication until 1:00 p.m. (Mexico Central Time Zone) on August 8th, 2024.

Participants must complete the general information and attach the requested documentation on the website.

Participants must check that the submitted data is correct at the end of their registration.

Any additional communication will be conducted through the email address that each participant used during registration.

To be considered participants need to have completed their registration on the Biennial website and ensure that their works do not contravene any of the restrictions of this call.

IMPORTANT. Artwork that is registered extemporaneously will not be considered for this call.

The evaluation process will be in charge of a Selection Committee that will evaluate the technical quality, the concept, and the work following this Biennial's theme.

The Selection Committee, composed of art specialists, will choose twenty-five artworks that will be part of the Biennial's catalog.

Those selected will be notified via email through the address inscripciones_bienal@uaemex.mx and published on August 30th on the Biennial website.

Those selected to be part of the Biennial catalog must send the required documentation according to the dates defined by the Organizing Committee, as well as 5 digital photographs in JPG format —no color of the work altered— with the following technical characteristics: 300 DPI image with a maximum weight of 10 MB. Well-lit and without additions to the original work.

The authors of the twenty-five selected artworks will authorize the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, for their free, exclusive, and non-profit use. This is so the artworks are integrated into the Biennial catalog. At all times, the institution will recognize the intellectual property rights in favor of the artists, who will be responsible for the authorship and originality of the works of merit. The relevant legal document will be signed following the Federal Copyright Law, its current Regulations and University Legislation.

The relevant document will be sent to the authors through their email accounts, which they will have to print and either send by post, courier services, or personally deliver it with a handwritten signature on the date and place indicated by the Committee.

The twenty-five selected works may be used in any form and means, in printed version and electronic media or any other type that the University stipulates.

From the twenty-five selected artworks, a Jury composed of contemporary art specialists will evaluate the selected works and define the three winners of the first places in each category. Their decision will be final.

Winners will be notified via email through the address inscripciones_bienal@uaemex.mx The names of the winners will be published on August 30th, on the Biennial website.

The Jury may declare any of the participation areas void when the pieces do not comply with the provisions of this call.

The winning works of this Biennial will be part of the inheritance of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. The institution will always recognize the moral rights of the participants responsible for the authorship and originality of their works, as well as any claim of third parties. The property rights will be transmitted through the subscription of the corresponding legal instrument in favor of the institution by following the Mexican Federal Copyright Law and its Regulations in force and the administrative, fiscal, and legal procedures of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico.

The corresponding document will be sent to the artists to their email accounts. This act will be formalized in the Office of the General Attorney of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. Those artists who do not attend this matter personally must send the document originally signed by parcel —which must be paid by the artists themselves— before the award ceremony.

Artworks will be exhibited on October 11th of the current year (subject to change) at the Cultural Laboratory, Delphic Gallery in the UAEMITAS building, Leona Vicario 201, Barrio de Santa Clara, Toluca, State of Mexico, Mexico.

Winners must send their artwork and the required documentation according to the dates and space stated by the Organizing Committee for the Biennial exhibition. Place and date will be specified via email.

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to receive, disqualify, grant, or deny the prize, payment for acquisition, exhibition, or publication of the work if it is damaged. Either because of the transfer or if the artwork does not comply with the requirements and/or with the characteristics described in the registration to the Biennial. Therefore, only pieces in optimal conditions are received.

Artworks must include technical, technological, and museographic support for their exhibition and operation. Artists will be asked to provide an attached PDF document describing the applicable specifications for the assembly, mount, and exhibition of their work. If additional provisions are required, they must be included and will be borne by the author. If necessary, the Organizing Committee may request the artist to assemble and mount the piece.

The Organizing Committee may reserve the right to exhibit and assemble artwork if the Committee considers that the elements to do so are missing.

When participants send their winning artwork to UAEMEX for the exhibition, the author will cover the shipping costs. Participants will be responsible as well to cover the insurance procedures and everything that involves the transfers to the facilities defined by the Organizing Committee.

The Autonomous University of the State of Mexico will not be responsible for the artworks' condition during their transfer.

The travel expenses will be covered by the participants for the administrative procedures derived from this call and/or in case of an award or inauguration ceremony.

Each participant will cover any expenses not provided for in this call.

The award ceremony and opening of the exhibition will take place on October 11th of the current year (subject to change).

The authors of the pieces that obtain the first three places in each category will be awarded a monetary prize for the acquisition of the artwork in a lump sum as follows:

In addition to the above, their work will be exhibited at the Cultural Laboratory, Delphic Gallery.

The winning artworks of this Biennial will be part of the cultural heritage of the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico.

Participation in this Biennial implies that its Terms have been read and accepted.
The Biennial Organizing Committee will resolve any topics not covered in this call for entries.

PRIVACY NOTICE

The collected data are processed under the privacy notice available on the website http://web.uaemex.mx/avisos/Aviso_Privacidad.pdf following the laws that govern the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico regarding transparency and data protection.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Queries or information will be answered only through the following address: inscripciones_bienal@uaemex.mx from Monday to Friday, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Mexico Central Time Zone).

Toluca, México, April de 2024.