1.1 The “Adrenaline Awards” is promoted by the FEF society sas with the collaboration of international
organisations and associations working in the sector.
1.2 The Adrenaline Awards is a biennial competition (with special editions) aimed at promoting
contemporary art and artists in all its forms, and at enhancing the relationship between art, society,
solidarity, tourism and business. The competition is divided into 4 CREATIVE AREAS and 3 categories
for each area.
This edition is considered to be extraordinary as the Jubilee that characterize the city of Rome.
1.3 The ADRENALINE Awards involves the realisation of one or more exhibits travelling to prestigious
venues (in previous years the ADRENALINE Awards project has exhibited the works of
the winners and beneficiaries at the former Jewish Market Street in San Teodoro, Rome, Italy, in
the Capitoline Museum “CENTRAL MONTEMARTINI” in Rome, and at the MACRO the Pelanda,
Rome Italy, Museum of Marino) and in its catalogue (now in its 5th edition).
1.4 The winning Works of the Adrenaline Awards will be presented during the final event (“Event
Awards”) and will be exposed during the course of one or more exhibitions on dates and places to
be communicated 30 days prior to the participants and the national and international media.
1.5 Applications for the awards open on October 30, 2015, and close 20 days before the completion
of the first step (as announced on the official website) unofficially scheduled for the end of
October 2016
Art. 2 – THEMES
2.1 The theme of the Awards on which artists are asked to express their creativity is entitled
“JESUS 3.0” – The representation of Christ Contemporary 2015 years later...”.
Art. 3 – PARTECIPATION
3.1 Artists of every nationality and residency can participate in the Awards as long as they are
eighteen years of age when the registration opens and are in compliance with the registration procedures
set out in section 8 of this Regulation.
Art. 4 BODIES ASSIGNED TO THE COMPETITION
4.1 Bodies involved in the conduct of this competition are the Jury (composed of prestigious and
representative members) and the Curator’s Committee.
4.2 The Jury will be part of the rights chosen by the members of the Curatorial Committee chosen
by FEF.
4.3 The decision of the Jury shall be final and not subject to any appeal.
4.4 The Curator’s Committee of the Awards expects the figure of CURATOR / ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
to be covered by Ferdinando Colloca creators and owner of the ADRENALINA project, by responsible
scientific Carla Cace and the co-creator Federico Bonesi.
Art. 5 – CREATIVE COMPETITION CATEGORIES AND AREAS
5.1The Awards are divided into 4 creative areas:
Classical Painting, Sculpture (area 1);
Photography, Video Art, Music video, Digital Painting, Graphic Arts (area 2);
Body Art, Creative Performance, Installations and Street Art (area 3);
Poetry published or unpublished, fiction and non-fiction (area 4).
For each enrollment in the competition, entrants will be required to specify the individual Creative
Area for which they intend to participate.
You can also participate in more recreational areas and with more works by paying the entry fee +
the basic quota provided for each work more loaded.
5.2 Participants in each creative area will then be divided into 3 categories – “GOLD”, “SILVER”
and 2 “NEW PROPOSALS.”
The GOLD category is reserved for artists with experience and activities already accredited in Italy
or abroad. The artists will be invited to participate based on the quality of their curriculum – which
will contain museum pieces from major public or private galleries, reviews from art critics recognized
for the works of contemporary art, books published with publishing groups in the national or
international works of poetry and literary arts, publications of CDs or music videos with national
or international record labels for the works of electronic music. The Curator’s Committee will also
consider requests to participate in this catergory from external recommendations.
The SILVER category is free to enrol, and only requires the achievements set forth in paragraph
8, and is open to all artists who have had at least one personal or collective exposure as stated in
their curriculum.
The NEW PROPOSALS category is also free to enroll, and only requires the achievements set
forth in paragraph 8, and is aimed at all those who have not yet had significant experiences in the
artistic field.
You can also submit work installation for most artists who call “PROJECT”.
Art. 6 – THE WORKS
6.1 The relevance to the theme of the Awards – quality, research and innovation are the key criteria
for the selection of Works in the competition.
The artist will present new works created or works already created.
6.2 The size of the Artworks may vary within the maximum allowable size of 3x3x3 meters for
works of visual art, music files in mp3, videos and music videos with any link to download and / or
adequate supports, literary text in Word. For works of street art as well as those of body art you
can submit photos and / or videos and explanatory sketches.
6.3 Every artist must indicate the title of the work and a brief statement explaining the link between
the proposed project and the theme of the Prize. Specify technical measures and send files to any
print publication also in high resolution.
Art. 7 – THE PRIZES
7.1 The jury will select the winners for each category and creative area, for a total of 36 awards
divided as follows:
• GOLD – Special Adrenaline trophy for every creative area giving a total of 4 awards.
• SILVER – 1 prize to the first acquired in every creative area, 4 total prizes and 2 Adrenaline
trophies for every creative area, totalling 8 awards.
• NEW PROPOSALS – 5 Adrenaline trophies for each creative area, for a total of 20 awards.
All Artworks included in the Awards in each category and creative area automatically participate in
the ONLINE Prize in which 1 trophy will be awarded to the Work that receives the most votes on
the website www.adrenalina.roma.it within the deadlines specified on the website.
Every visitor to the website can only vote once.
Any multiple votes will be automatically excluded. The use of marketing companies and / or buying
of votes is strictly forbidden. The organisation reserves the right to verify the correctness of online
voting by any means.
7.2 By accepting the prize, the winners of the SILVER category surrender their Work and all rights
pertaining to the same to the organisation, VAT included, as well as the right to publish the image
and economic exploitation of the same, retaining the right to be recognised authors of the Work.
7.3 All artists enrolled in the awards grant explicit permission to publish online and print their presented
work.
7.4 Prizes are subject, pursuant to article 30 of the Presidential Decree 600/73, to withholding tax
as tax and waiver of recourse to the FEF.
8 – TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENROLLMENT TO PARTICIPATE
ENTRANTS MUST REGISTER AT THE SITE http://www.adrenalina.roma.it/
8.1 For the GOLD category, by invitation, participation in the competition is free (apart from the
cost of postage of the work and/or delivery and retreat);
For the SILVER and NEW PROPOSALS categories, there will be a tax administration expense
divided as follows according to the time of registration:
€ 40,00 (forty euro) from 30 October to 31 December 2015;
€ 50,00 (fifty euro) from 1 January to 31 March 2016;
€ 60,00 (sixty euro) from 1 April to 30 June 2016;
€ 70,00 (seventy euro) from 1 July 2016 until the registration deadline.
(ONLINE PAYMENT on the official site) and is concluded by registration, which implies the full
acceptance of these regulations.
Entrants can also participate in more creative areas and with more works by paying an extra charge
of € 20 each work, indifferently of whether in other creative area.
8.2 At the end of enrollment, from the period October 30 2015 to 20 days before the completion
of the first step of the exhibition, under penalty of inadmissibility, the Artists must submit the documentation
referred to in paragraph 8.3 via internet on the site www.adrenalina.roma.it inserting the
documentation of enrollment in the ‘Participate’ section.
8.3 Entry documentation consists of a Participation Form and can be downloaded from the site
www.adrenalina.roma.it in the “Join” section . This Form must be duly completed and signed and
accompanied by a short text explaining the connection between the proposed project and the theme
of the contest, and sent with the following attachments:
a) Pictures of Works, which will be uploaded to www.adrenalina.roma.it in jpg format ( maximum
file size of 500 kb).
b) video, which will be loaded onto www.adrenalina.roma.it wmv, mpeg, mp4, avi, mov, flv with a
maximum duration of 10 minutes and a maximum size of 30 Mb, music files in mp3 format and
texts of poetry and literary arts in word format.
c) Curriculum vitae of the artist , which should contain the name and any alias, address , phone
number, e -mail and web address, if any, and must include an artist profile summary including
education and experience in the artistic field, with a photo of the artist. ADRENALINE does not
guarantee the publication of the curriculum.
The documents provided cannot be returned.
8.4 With the submission of the Application Form , the Artist fully agrees to the Rules of the ADRENALINE
Awards, and declares and guarantees the exclusive ownership of the Work, including the
right of publication of the image and the economic exploitation of the Work; surrendering to ADRENALINE,
without any time limit, the right (but not the obligation) to use and reproduce the image
of the Work and /or the Registration Documentation in whole or in part, directly or through third
parties, and also for economic, advertising and / or promotional and publishing of it, even partially,
in any media or medium, including the website of the Competition (www.adrenalina.roma.it) and
in any manner without the Artist opposing any limitation, whether territorial or temporal nature or
exception, expressly waiving any right or claim in this regard.
The Artist declares to be fully responsible for the content of visual and textual material transmitted.
The Artist states to be aware that submitting an incomplete Entry that is inconsistent with this
Regulation constitutes grounds for exclusion from the ADRENALINE awards; The Artist authorises
the company FEF sas to keep the image of the Work and the Registration Form, acknowledging
that the Work will not be returned;
The Artist expressly authorizes the FEF sas to the processing of personal data in accordance with
the terms stated in Article 11 of this Regulation, pursuant to the Legislative Decree no. 196 of 29
July 2003 and declares to accept all decisions of the jury, including the selection of the finalists
and winners, recognizing that the same shall be final and conclusive in any location; The Artist declares
to indemnify and hold ADRENALINE and FEF harmless from any claim that might be made
by third parties in connection with the Work and /or its reproduction , publication and / or exploitation
, including economic, and declares to be aware that the Work would be excluded from the
ADRENALINE awards if found to be fully or partially copied or made in violation of rights of others.
9 – PRIZE GIVING, PUBBLICATION AND EXHIBITION OF THE WORK
9.1 Names of all finalists will be published in the catalogue (now in its 5th edition).
The catalogue will be available during the Awards event and will be distributed by the publisher,
who will be chosen by ADRENALINE at its sole discretion.
9.2 The Awards ceremony, the inauguration of the exhibition and travelling exhibitions of the winning
works will take place by the end of the calendar year 2016, except unforeseen events and
circumstances beyond.
For the purpose of the event and the awards show, selected artists will be asked to send in their
work. It is the responsibility of ADRENALINE to contact individual artists by e-mail to provide the
necessary instructions for sending the Work.
9.3 All Prizes awarded must be picked up no later than 30 days from the date of the awards.
10 – PERSONAL DATA
10.1 Pursuant to article 13 of Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30th June 2003, personal data and
images that are captured under the ADRENALINE Awards are collected and processed with the
help of electronic means, for the purposes and activities related to the development of the ADRENALINE
Awards including the organization of exhibitions www.adrenalina.roma.it and publication
on the website and in the catalogue, or for carrying out its legal obligations.
10.2 With respect to the existence and to the processing of personal data concerning them, the
artists who enter the competition shall be entitled to exercise rights under Article 7 of the decree.
10.3 The holder of the data processing is the FEF.
11 –APPLICABLE LAW
11.1 The rights and obligations arising from the Contest shall be governed by Italian law.
11.2 The ADRENALINE Awards are excluded from the application of the Presidential Decree October
26, 2001, n. 430 “Regulation on the revision of the rules governing competitions and trading,
as well as the Local Manifestations, pursuant to Article 19, paragraph 4, of Law 27 December
1997, no. 449 “, as it is aimed at the production of works of art and the nature of awards consideration
for provision of work or recognition of personal merit of the artists, or are intended to bodies
or institutions of a public character or purpose that they are eminently socially beneficial or pursuant
to article 6, paragraph 1, lett. a) and e) of the said D.P.. R. n. 430/2001.
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