Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority Notice No. 2021 - 95

The “one sketch” project in which the enjoyer becomes the proposer

Public Artwork Idea Sketch Contest

The Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority plans to install public art work that captures the artistic creativity and cultural sensibility of the Incheon Free Economic Zone by discovering the creative ideas of citizens and developing them.

April 28, 2021

Commissioner of Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority,

Incheon Metropolitan City

□ Contest Overview

1. Contest name : Public Artwork Idea Sketch Contest

2. Eligibility for application : Local residents and foreign residents (individual or group) in Korea

3. Target area : Songdo International City

4. Contest theme : Sketching the idea of public artwork in harmony with the sunset

- Freely sketch and explain ideas on a single A4 size sheet

5. Examination criteria : Relevance, creativity, harmony, effectiveness

□ Submit the idea

1. Date to submit : May 3rd to May 31st , 2021

※ Must submit by 18:00 on the closing day of application

2. Download submission form(A or B)

- A. IFEZ : www.ifez.go.kr → GLOBAL CENTER →  About Us →        News&Notice → Public Artwork  Idea Sketch Contest

- B. Incheon Metropolitan City : www.incheon.go.kr → About Incheon → News → Public Artwork Idea Sketch Contest

3. Documents to submit : □ Contest application

□ Consent form

□ Idea sketch(1 page vertical or horizontal)

4. How to submit : Download the documents and send an email

- E-mail : hyorecious@korea.kr

5. Result : Public announcement(New&Notice) on the website of the IFEZ Global Center

□ Evaluation & Selection

1. Date : June 2021

2. Method : IFEZ will establish a judging committee, who will evaluate all qualified submission, determine the number of winning  ideas, and select the final winning ideas, etc.

3. Points for each subject item

Review item	Detailed criteria	Points
Relevance	Correspondence with the theme of contest	15	30
	The quality of the overall proposal	15
Creativity	Creativity and aesthetic impression	15	30
	Possibility of interactive experience	15
Harmony	Harmony with the surrounding environment	20	20
Effectiveness	Possibility of development as a resource for tourism and cultural arts	20	20

4. Award detail

	Numbers of award	Award contents
Prize	5	2,000,000won per awardee (10,000,000 won in total)

※ Depending on the results of the examination, there may be no winner or the number of winners may vary. In case of group proposal submission, a prize is awarded to the main proposer (one person).

5. Announcement of result

- Date : June 2021

- Method : Post in IFEZ website(Global Center) and contact to winning applicants

6. The way to find the result : Go to IFEZ website(www.ifez.go.kr →                    GLOBAL CENTER → About Us →                      News&Notice)

7. Question : jjmiya@korea.kr

□ Schedule

Register ideas	⇒	Examination and selection	⇒	Announce the result	⇒	Award
(May 3rd to May 31st)		(June)		(June)		(June)

※ The above schedule may be changed depending on the spread of Covid-19, etc.

□ Precautious/others

○ All documents must be signed, scanned, and submitted (sign,  scan, and submit documents as an attachment).

○ Submitted documents will not be returned

○ Various changes, such as methods and schedules, are announced on the website of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority and applicants are responsible for noting any changes.

○ Information on the status of the selected ideas, such as awards, will be announced on the website of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, and individual matters will be notified by e-mail of the subject manager.

○ Data related to the evaluations shall not be disclosed and the result of the judging cannot be disputed.

○ Application for the public contest can be made individually or jointly, and if a proposal is submitted jointly, the prize money shall be awarded to the main proposer(one person). (To receive the prize money, the proposer must have a Korean bank account).

○ Proposed ideas should be original content, and ideas selected as award-winning works can be designed and installed as public art works through reinterpretation by experts (artists).

○ The selected ideas and the applicant’s name may be disclosed by posting on the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority website by press release. If the ideas are chosen to be made into public artwork, applicants’ cooperation shall be provided on necessary matters, such as purpose, background, etc.

○ If there is not work that meets the criteria, the number of awards may be given less than the number of awards announced in advance.

○ Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority has exclusive rights to copyright property (replication, performance, public transmission, exhibition, distribution, loan, and secondary work rights) only for winning works.

○ By applying for the public contest, the applicant shall be deemed to have agreed to transfer copyright (ownership of copyrighted works) to IFEZ if selected as a prize winner.

○ Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority pays the prize money as a consideration for the positive transfer of copyright (copyright ownership).

○ If the work is found as plagiarized or imitated an existing work, it shall be excluded from the examination by violating others’ copyright. The award shall be canceled and the prize money shall be returned even if it is found after the contest or installment.

○ If IFEZ is implicated by installing public artworks based on ideas plagiarized or imitated by the applicant, the legal responsibility is on the applicant.

○ If the dispute occurs, the applicants and IFEZ may petition for mediation with the Korean Copyright Commission  to resolve the dispute, and the two parties shall endeavor to resolve the dispute smoothly.

○ IFEZ shall perform its due diligence, such as protecting the leakage of prize-winning work and submitted entries.

○ Any of the below, will disqualify a proposal

Patent right, utility rights, design right, or copyright acquired by another person

The same proposal is already on the market.

The market is already processing it or the basic plan is similar.

The proposal is too difficult to apply due to general concerns.

Proposals which call attention, misrepresent, criticize, and imply.

Matters concerning the profit-making business of a particular individual, organization, enterprise, and its publicity.

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