{"id":81939,"date":"2019-07-22T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaunas2022.eu\/?post_type=atviri_kvietimai&#038;p=81939"},"modified":"2022-01-21T00:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:19:54","slug":"draw-a-beast-for-kaunas","status":"publish","type":"atviri_kvietimai","link":"https:\/\/kaunas2022.eu\/en\/kvietimai\/draw-a-beast-for-kaunas\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw a beast for Kaunas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artists, designers and painters are invited to participate in creating the IMAGE of mythical Beast of Kaunas for the European Capital of Culture project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VISUALS ARE EXPECTED AND MOST WELCOME until the 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of September, 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All applicants will receive Kaunas 2022 memorabilia as a gift.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The finalist will be assigned a contract with Kaunas 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submissions will be considered by the board of competent professionals and Kaunas 2022 team together with representatives from town and district communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By submitting an entry, the applicant grants online publishing rights for Kaunas 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submissions are welcome by e-mail: <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:indre@kaunas2022.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">indre@kaunas2022.eu<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> until the 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of September 2019, 1:00 p.m. local time (GMT +3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3-4 drawings, technique of your choice;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">image from at least 3 angles, 2D and\/or 3D;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suggestions for body texture and colour scheme;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">image against the landscape: water, underground, cityscape, air.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE MYTHICAL BEAST OF KAUNAS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outline<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The idea for the mythical Beast of Kaunas stems from the following premises:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; the need for a city to have a good, unifying story that brings energy and affects people from all walks of life: children having something they can draw, popular event-goers having somebody to have a few beers with, souvenirs tourists can buy and, finally, students and other intellectuals having something to contemplate about in terms of the Beast being a transcendent image of all of us together and apart from each other;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; geographical location of the city, where the confluence of two rivers, like huge jaws of the Beast, holds the old town: protecting and threatening it at the same time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Beast:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; has a hypnotic gaze (\u201cdragon\u201d \u2013 panther eye);<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; has features characteristic to legendary and fabulous creatures. 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