CLACSO-UNA Call for Proposals
Murals
“Diversities, voices and resistances in Latin America and the Caribbean”
The Call organized by the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and the National University of the Arts (UNA) aims to present and select proposals for the creation of three (3) murals on the wall at the CLACSO headquarters in Buenos Aires, under the title “Diversities, voices and resistances in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
The call for applications is open until October 31, 2019, and is aimed at teams of up to 7 members. It is a mandatory requirement that the coordinator be a professor at UNA or an advanced student (more than 75% of their degree completed) in any of the university's undergraduate programs.
View results of the call for applications
Call for Proposals Guidelines
Topic: “Diversities, voices and resistances in Latin America and the Caribbean”.
Proposals that are offensive for religious, homophobic, racist or discriminatory reasons, as determined by CLACSO or UNA, will not be accepted.
Key themes of the call for proposals:
Axis 1 – Two (2) proposals will be selected.
- Proposal for a mural on a wall 10m (length) x 6m (height).
- Each applicant may submit only one (1) individual or group project.
- The projects must be original and unpublished, and the style is free.
- The materials and labor for creating the mural belong to the team that developed the proposal and must be covered by the financial support provided by the organizers.
- Only projects framed within the proposed theme will be accepted.
- Financial support: 100.000 Argentine pesos for each of the two selected proposals.
Axis 2 – one (1) proposal will be selected.
- Proposal for a mural on a wall measuring 4,5 meters (length) x 2,5 meters (height), and an archway measuring 1,1 meters (length) x 2,7 meters (height).
- Each applicant may submit only one (1) individual or group project.
- The projects must be original and unpublished.
- The materials and labor for creating the mural belong to the team that developed the proposal and must be covered by the financial support provided by the organizers.
- Only projects framed within the proposed theme will be accepted.
- Financial support: 50.000 Argentine pesos for the selected proposal.
Presentation mode:
It is essential that the project be submitted through the online registration system provided by CLACSO. Printed submissions and submissions sent by email will not be accepted. It is recommended that you access the online system to review the registration form and the fields required to complete the application.
Each group must submit a project that includes:
- Focus of the call to which it is submitted; name, surname, ID and institution of belonging of each member of the team and of the coordinator; contact details (email and telephone) of the team coordinator.
- Sketch with the mural proposal in .jpg format, whose size specifications must be proportional to the measurements of the mural corresponding to the axis in which the project is framed.
- Proposal of the style and technique to which the mural responds.
- Estimated cost estimate that must include absolutely all aspects involved in the creation of the mural along with a list of materials, for example, transport of materials and equipment, cleaning supplies, etc.
Teams can submit one proposal for each axis of the call, fulfilling all submission requirements separately for axis 1 and axis 2.
Proposals will be accepted until October 31, 2019 through the online registration system provided by CLACSO.
From the selection of proposals and their implementation:
The projects will be evaluated and selected by a jury composed of representatives from CLACSO and the National University of the Arts. CLACSO will request that the UNA report on compliance with the established conditions for team coordination (faculty member or advanced student).
The results will be announced on November 18th through a digital publication on the CLACSO and UNA websites.
CLACSO will communicate directly with the coordinators of the selected projects; in case the selected teams argue that they cannot fulfill the completion of the mural, CLACSO will immediately contact the team of the project selected as a substitute.
CLACSO will award 100.000 Argentine pesos for all purposes to each of the two selected proposals from Axis 1; and 50.000 Argentine pesos to the selected proposal from Axis 2. The method of payment and accountability of funds will be communicated to the selected teams in due course.
The murals will be painted between November 20 and December 15 of this year, during the CLACSO Buenos Aires headquarters' business hours (Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.). CLACSO will provide insurance for the team members and scaffolding to facilitate the work.
More information: [email protected]
COMPETITION RESULTS
The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) and the National University of the Arts (UNA) announce the results of the call for murals for the CLACSO headquarters in Buenos Aires, under the title "Diversity, voices and resistance in Latin America and the Caribbean".
Seventy-three applications were received. For Axis 1, there were 39 submissions, and for Axis 2, there were 34. The evaluation considered the quality, relevance, and coherence of the projects in accordance with the call's guidelines.
The projects were evaluated and selected by a jury made up of representatives from CLACSO and the National University of the Arts.
According to the terms of the call for proposals and the evaluations carried out, 2 (two) mural projects have been selected for Axis 1 and 1 (one) project for Axis 2. The list of winners is as follows:
AXIS 1
Project Coordinator: Vanina Gabriela Espinoza
Team: Ana Silvia Marotias, Claudio Laureano Gueico Alarcón, Héctor Orlando Licciardello, Karina Adriana Zinik, Liliana Ines Arsanto and María Cristina Torres
Project Coordinator: Ariadna Tartara
Team: Clara Lemoine, Esteban Etcheverry and Verónica Rodríguez
AXIS 2
Project Coordinator: Claudio Morgado
Team: Manuela Morgado and Vanesa Elizabeth Moreno
This ruling is irrevocable and cannot be appealed.
Buenos Aires, November 28, 2019
