Registration Rules

• All mentioned clauses of Nofa Sculpture Competition project are under the supervision of Nofa Resort and Nofa Events.
• Open to all artists of GCC Country, Iraqi, Syrian, Lebanese, Palastinian and Jordanian participants.
• In order to be eligible for the prize, the artist must provide complete and accurate Information. Registration Entries with incomplete or missing information will not be considered.
• One site selection and one competition entry is permitted per individual.
• Teams may apply to two sites as two separate entries, but the lead artist cannot be same or entry will be disqualified.
• Entries must be original work of the artists especially designed for competition. It cannot be a replication of earlier works and must not contain any elements that are protected by someone else’s copyright or otherwise subject to third-party intellectual property or proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights.

Artist Rules

• Artist/s can work individually or in teams, with team effort stipulating lead artist including the names of the rest of the team, maximum:5
• Artists are not to add or imply any personal information (name, nationality, gender) in the required, drawings, 750 word description essay or Bill of quantities.
• Description essay: to briefly describe the artwork, concept, the design, and explanation of how the sculpture fits with the objective of the competition
• Individuals or teams to have a structural and / or civil engineer and / or someone experienced with building on the team to review the drawings of the installation for stability of structure, ease of construction and budget compliance.
• Artwork must not contain obscenity, explicit sexual material, nudity, profanity, violence, commercial solicitation or promotion.
• Creative abstract expression is required, realistic imagery/drawing will be disqualified.
• Nofa reserves the right to reproduce images of the work (with full credit to the artists) for Nofa marketing materials.
• The First, Second and Third place winners will be invited to Nofa for the Award Ceremony (Subject to travel permits due to Covid)
• All entries are subject to pre-screening by Nofa to ensure compliance with these Competition Rules. Any entry out of compliance will not be accepted.
• Nofa reserves the right in their sole and absolute discretion to verify whether a potential finalist or potential winning design has fully complied with these Competition Rules before the awarding prize, recognizing a winner, etc.
• Winning artists may be invited to Saudi to supervise construction of installation, transport, food and board will be paid for by Nofa.
• The following individuals are not eligible to participate in the competition:
• Nofa owner’s immediate family members, employees, interns and officers of the Resorts, or any employees, interns or officers of any agencies, companies or entities involved in the administration, advertising, judging, creation, development, execution, and/or fulfillment of this competition or their immediate members.
• Organizations are not eligible to compete for the prize, either as an entity or through representation by an individual.

Material Rules

• Materials selection for the installation are restricted to locally available materials. Pictures and Cost of materials are made available on the competition website.
• Artist/s is free to express the concept in any material or combination of materials as long as the total material cost is within the budget stipulated.
• Artist/s has to calculate quantity of materials with unit cost provided and keep to budget stipulated.

Budget Rules

• Installation Budget: 100,000 SAR (26,666 $) per installation as totaled in the Bill of Quantity form provided with the materials selected.
• The budget does not include labour - costs which is the responsibility of Nofa.

PIN Number Rules

• Once your registration has been accepted for entry into the competition, an automatically generated PIN will be issued to the artist and should be placed on the back of drawings and bill of quantity as shown in the image below.

• Note: no other information should be placed with PIN number on drawing or file

Judging Rules

• Clear and powerful concept
• Visually striking as approached via - car, walking or from stationery lookout
• Clarity of drawings
• Ease of construction and soundness of structure
• Adherence to budget via creativity
• Use of lighting at night and natural light by day
• Can provide soft landscape solutions - and recommendations WITH the installation design.
• Art design will be judged on originality and creativity, including structural soundness and budget compliance.
• Judges and participants are not allowed to be in contact, should there be any proof of contact between judge and participant, Nofa has the right to withdraw the contestant’s application
• Judging committee decisions are final and are appraised as per following percentages:
• Concept - 30%
• Site Appropriateness - 30%
• Visuals - 10%
• Technical - 30%
• Construction Ease - 10%
• Structural Soundness - 10%
• Keeping to Material Budget Cost - 10%

Disclaimer

• All designs will not be returned and will be owned by Nofa to be used in its marketing, full credit to be given to artists.
• Nofa reserves the right not to build any installation. Timeline for construction is to the discretion of Nofa and artist will be notified if artwork will be built.
• Nofa will not build any non-prize winning designs without permission from the artist.
• Nofa has the right to modify a design for technical and budgetary reasons.
• Nofa has the right to change site locations as they see fit
• Nofa are not liable in the event that any portion of the contest is cancelled or delayed due to weather, fire, strike, acts of war or terrorism, or any other reason
• Nofa has the right to change location of artwork as they see fit

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Judging Committee

Abdullah AlOthman

A contemporary artist

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Masoudah Qurban

Associate Professor at the College of Education, King Saud University, Department of Artistic Education An inventor in a new technology from King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology

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Momen Adnan AlMuslimani

Founder and chairman of Mono Gallery in Riyadh

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Khalai Jimase

African tribal artist
Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, University of Nairobi, while my second degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design.

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Wael Kordi

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Mohammed al Haj

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Alya Albazie

African tribal artist
Bachelor of Science degree in Geology, University of Nairobi, while my second degree is a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design.

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Dr. Kholoud Al-Baqmi

Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the Department of Visual Arts at Princess Nora University in Riyadh.
painting, sculpture, installation and spatial installation artiest

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Karim Maatoug

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Contact Us

For general inquiries please contact us at
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Competition Q&A

The deadline for all questions will be on the 16th of January and answers will be posted online on the 20th of January

1. The website has a list of materials that one can use to create the sculpture, but could you share what processes are within the means of the contractor doing the job? Something like laser cutting, etching, sandblasting, powder coating, painting are processes I usually use but are they allowed? And if so should we estimate their cost based on our country?

   it depends on the subject, the content and the idea of your project ,In general, any process can be used with the techniques
   It’s important to explain the details of the work and the process it requires to carry it out
   You are not required to add cost of production process

2. Building the sculpture might need some accessories like bolts, nuts, hinges, bearings, connectors etc. Can we use them or are we limited to the materials given in the website?

   yes you can use the accessories that are needed

3. Will the sculptures be accessible to the guests? Can they walk through them and interact or it's solely to be seen from far?

   yes, Sculptures/ art installations are accessible to guests

4. One of the guidelines mentions 'use of lighting at night', do we advise for lighting fixtures or is the sculpture illuminated only with the streetlights around?

   yes, Sculptures/ art installations are accessible to guests

5. Will there be 7 winners? One for each site?

   there will be will be 7 winners for “visions of Africa’, 3 main placements and 4 honorable mentions
   there will be 6 winners for “beauty in motion”,
   3 main placements and 3 honorable mentions

6. Will the existing site's soft landscaping still be there? or will it be removed completely?

   some existing soft landscape will be removed to accommodate new designs, if necessary. or can can be kept if existing landscape is a part of the design
   soft landscapes that will be kept are:
   for “visions of Africa”
   site 1 palm tree
   site 5 palm trees
   site 6 trees

7. Can I propose a different material that is outside of the list but still locally available?

   yes, provided the material is able to cover the proper scale for the site and is within budget

8. Can I deliver the submission materials personally to avoid delays, or do I have to use postal service?

   you may deliver the work personally, but you are required to notify the admin by clicking on the “submit my work” button and informing them by email that the work submitted is by personal delivery

9. Are there any preferences for the printed paper type?

   it is good to use quality printed paper which represents the artwork

10. Can I do a different layout arrangement for the plates?

    you are free to arrange your layouts on the plates in whatever way you see fit, provided you follow the requirements for each plate as mentioned on the “requirements and site locations” section of the website

11. When will the results be announced?

    The results announcement will be on February

12. Can I participate with a drawing and what are the conditions?

    this competition is specific to sculptures/ art installations

13. I want to know is any restrictions on nationality or anyone can participate

    this competition is open to Saudi and African participation

14. I mistakenly entered the solo category instead of team. Could you advise me how I can correct that?

    Kindly send us your email so we can reset your account.

15. How to apply

    You may click on the link below
    https://nofaevents.com/competition

16. I registered online But I am not quite sure what is the theme or concept for the sculptures?

    Beauty in motion
    The theme is an expression of motion, a creative, elegant and powerful rendition of energetic beauty of movement
    
    Visions of Africa
    The artwork reflects African culture, creativity , its values, and the very possibilities it can imagine.

17. I've tried submitting a scan of my passport but it doesn't seem to go through. Which format and what size of file should I use in order to submit?

    The format is Jpeg or png and the file size should be less than 2mb