018 Fuzhou Binhai New City Sculpture Collection Announcement

To further strengthen the construction of digital China, display Fuzhou's local cultural characteristics, reveal Fuzhou's unique charm, expand Fuzhou's influence at home and abroad, and strive to create a cultural brand with rich cultural connotation and strong local characteristics, Fuzhou government and Fujian Housing and Urban-rural Construction Department jointly organized the 2018 Fuzhou Binhai New City Sculpture Collection Project which is now collecting exhibition works at home and abroad.

Organizer: Fuzhou government and Fujian Housing and Urban-rural Construction Department

Undertaker: Fuzhou New District Development Investment Group Co., Ltd.

The sculpture theme should highlight "heritage of Fuzhou Changle culture and the era characteristics of Binhai New City ". One of the following aspects is selected for design and creation.

1. The Maritime Silk Road culture originating from "Zheng He's Expedition".  Fuzhou has been linked with the sea since ancient times. From the ancestors' living and farming by the sea to Zheng He's fleet sailing from Changle to the west for seven times to start the sea silk road and trade trip and to starting the ship administration and learning from foreign countries to train and cultivate a group of outstanding modern Chinese industrial and technical personnel and outstanding navy soldiers, Fuzhou people's moral integrity, wisdom and strength are demonstrated to the world.

2. Farming civilization rooted in the thought of "pioneering and saving the world" cultivated land reclamation civilization. Chen Zhenlong's excellent farming story of "sweet potatoes saving half of China" and his Zen thought of "no work and no food" based on farming are the concentrated embodiment of Fuzhou's farming civilization. Wenwusha Town, located in the core area of Fuzhou Binhai New City, also has a land reclamation tradition of building dikes and gates, reclaiming land from the sea and nature transformation. These practices of "pioneering and saving the world" all reflect the long history of Chinese agricultural civilization.

3. The fighting spirit inherited from "hardening oneself by self-discipline".  The story of "Liudi and Liuli, from Fenggang Town, hardening themselves by self-discipline" not only tells the story of Liudi and Liuli, the disciples of Zhu Xi, but also is a historical portrayal of China’s unremitting efforts on forging ahead. This kind of spirit can be found among numerous wise men from Changle. From the highly skilled doctor Dong Feng’s “excellent medical skills” during the Three Kingdoms Period to Ke Shangqian’s invention of abacus calculation and Changle industry’s growth from "grass root" to "big tree", the fighting spirit has been inherited by the Changle people so far and has never been missing.

4. Fuzhou spirit forged by "openness and tolerance". Lin Zexu's "all rivers running into the sea and tolerance brining respect" not only well explains Fuzhou's tolerant, pioneering, innovative and open city spirit, but also gives Fuzhou people a broad mind. From Lin Zexu who was the first to "open eyes to look at the world" and Yan Fu and Lin Shu who "strove to save the world with numerous literary works", and from Shen Baozhen, the father of China's "ship administration", to Bing Xin who adhered to "love being everything", openness and tolerance have not only achieved Fuzhou's past, but will also create Fuzhou's future.

5. Innovative vitality inspired by "digital economy". "Moving eastward and southward, Fuzhou faces the sea". Riding on the "digital lucky boat", Fuzhou Binhai New City is standing at the forefront of the times. Relying on data institutions such as the Wanglong Network Company and the Digital Fujian Cloud Computing Center, it integrates VR experience, game and animation, cultural communication and educational services. A smart, innovative, fashionable and ecological Binhai New City is emerging.

Exhibition venue: Fuzhou Binhai New City public space.

Number of works: it is planned to openly collect 100 pieces of sculpture proposals for finalist works, and then select 50 outstanding works from 100 pieces of shortlisted works.

Publication of works: all shortlisted works will be collected and published as a collection of 2018 China·Fuzhou International Sculpture Exhibition Works.

Types of work: outdoor sculpture, landscape installation artwork.

Work size: the volume is controlled between 2 and 5m, and the specific size can be adjusted appropriately according to the surrounding environment and production cost.

Scope of collection: professional artists and lovers with sculpture creation ability can participate individually or collectively, regardless of country, nationality, age and gender.

Form of collection: exhibition works are collected in a global and open manner by combining special invitation with extensive collection.

Appraising and election is adopted for work selection. The top 50 outstanding works are selected from the candidate works.

1. Finalists. The first round is paper manuscript selection. Experts in sculpture and related fields and leaders of provincial and municipal departments directly under the central government form an expert review group (with an actual number of 9) to strictly screen the plane schemes of the candidate works. The recommended list of the top 100 finalists will be determined by secret ballot based on the number of votes obtained. The organizer plans to officially announce the 100 finalists for the 2018 China·Fuzhou International Sculpture Exhibition (the publicity period is 7 days) to the public in October 2018 and accept the supervision of all sectors of society. The organizer will finalize the shortlist of works based on the publicity situation and will officially notify the award-winning authors. It will also request to make a sample of the final version of the work with a size about 80 cm (the sample of the final version of the work should not be made of fragile materials);

2. Outstanding works. In the second round, 50 outstanding works will be selected from 100 shortlisted works and publicized (the publicity period is 7 days).

(II) Honors and awards

Incentive fees for 50 outstanding works: 60,000/piece (RMB)* 50 pieces = 3 million yuan (including production fee for small samples of finalized works)

Incentive fees for 50 shortlisted works: 10,000 / piece (RMB)* 50 pieces = 500,000 yuan (including production fee for small samples of finalized works)

The award-winning sculptors, institutions and organizations will receive the honorary certificate issued by Fuzhou government. Their works and small samples will be permanently collected in Fuzhou city.

All expenses incurred by the applicants in the application process, as well as taxes on the awards and subsidies received by the winners, shall be borne by the applicants themselves.

1. Finished sculpture works are mainly presented for exhibition. In other words, the sculptor himself is responsible for the processing, production and transportation of finished products. The organizer and the sculptor agree on the price and sign a contract requiring the sculptor to complete all the work within the specified time and transport the works to the designated place. The base (including foundation) of the work is completed by the New District Group.

2. If foreign sculptors cannot send their works to the exhibition or reach an agreement on the sculpture price, further inquiries will be made with sculpture factories about prices and sculptors will be invited to make on-site production (cost: 10,000 yuan subsidy for each piece of work).

The organizer and authorized unit of the Sculpture Art Exhibition shall have the right to use the award-winning works for promotion. The shortlisted works’ copyright and the finished products’ ownership belongs to the undertaker of the Sculpture Art Exhibition. Except for the payment of bonus according to the terms of this collection notice, the undertaker will not make any other payment such as remuneration or consideration to the winners.

Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of Binhai New City construction, the Sculpture Art Exhibition, serving as an important cultural theme activity, strengthens the close ties with "digital China". To further enhance the influence and attraction of the activity, it is suggested that finished products be installed on the ground by March 15, 2019.

The specific schedule is as follows:

Announcement of collection is issued on July 26, 2018 (60 days)

Deadline for application is August 30, 2018

The first round of graphic design work is submitted before September 17, 2018

Preliminary evaluation on is carried out on September 27, 2018. 100 pieces of sculpture will be selected in the first round and publicized. (7 working days)

The samples of the second round of works are submitted by December 3, 2018 (subject to the time of receipt)

Final evaluation will be implemented on December 18, 2018. 50 outstanding works will be selected from 100 finalists and publicized (7 working days)

List of winners to be confirmed by December 30, 2018

Sculpture design and production contract signed by January 10, 2019

Finished product production completed by March 1, 2019

Finished product installation and site layout to be completed by March 15, 2019

Any bidder who wishes to participate in the bidding should come to the special meeting group of the project to obtain the collection documents by recording from 8:30 on July 27, 2018 to 17: 00 on August 30, 2018 (Beijing time. Legal holidays are not included); the bidder shall provide the author's undertaking (attachment 1) and application form (attachment 2) when obtaining the collection documents, and will receive the electronic version of application receipt after successful application.

For Bidders outside Fujian province, if it is indeed inconvenient for them to get the collection documents at the site, they can mail the author's undertaking (attachment 1) and application form (attachment 2) to the special meeting group of the project and contact the staff by telephone. You will receive the electronic version of application receipt after successful application.

The manuscript submitted in the primary election consists of paper document and electronic file.

1. Paper document: design renderings or color photos of works, each of which should be equipped with 4 pictures with different viewing angles such as front, back and both sides. A4 paper should be used for printing in color. The name and creative description of the works should be indicated. The measuring unit should be centimeters (cm). Mounting or binding is not allowed. To ensure fair selection, all works shall not be marked with information such as the author's name, unit and logo on the front page. The assembly work must have a clear installation drawing.

2. Electronic file: electronic pictures or photos of works shall not be less than 4M.

The documents required for this exhibition as well as all kinds of information and materials sent to the mailbox designated by the working group must be in Chinese or English. If two languages are used at the same time, Chinese shall prevail; if only English is used, the Chinese translation of the translation organization designated by the working group shall prevail.

(I) Consultation hotline (working day): + 86 0591 88881355

                                 +86 0591 88881366

(9: 00 a.m. - 12: 00 a.m., 15: 00 p.m. - 18: 00 p.m.)

    (II) Mailing or express delivery of work information registration form and work manuscript receipt:

    No. 1, Yuanyang Road, Jin'an District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China   

Fuzhou Radio and Television Station    Recipient: Wang Siyu

+86(0591) 8392 4814

  (III) e - mail: [email protected]

     Attachment: 1. Author's undertaking

               2. Application form

               3. Application receipt

Fuzhou New District Development Investment Group Co., Ltd.   

                          July 2018