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THE UK’S BIGGEST NATIONAL CREATIVITY AWARDS PROGRAMME IS BACK FOR
A SECOND YEAR
The search for the UK’s best young creatives is on again…
Details
of re:creation 2003/4 – the second year of the national
tour and awards programme that aims to encourage, recognise and reward
creative talent amongst young people throughout the UK - have been announced
by Topshop and Dazed & Confused.
Following
on from the success of its inaugural year, re:creation will again be kicking
off with a national tour of seven UK cities this autumn. Featuring seminars,
high profile guest-speakers and a string of parties, the re:creation tour
will be enlisting the next generation of creative talent to enter original
work across six award categories.
All
entries to re:creation will be judged by a celebrated panel of industry
players including David Bailey, Katherine Hamnett, Julie Verhoeven and
Mary Anne Hobbs. The shortlist will be announced early next year and the
awards will culminate in a gala ceremony in March.
re:creation
is back doing what it does best: putting creative young people’s
hands and imaginations to better use…
RE:CREATION
2003/4
AWARDS
Categories
• Photography
• Music
• Fashion Design
• Illustration / Design
• Creative Writing (* Expanded Category)
• Film (* New Category)
Judging Panel (Include)
• Rankin (* Category Spokesman)
• Mary Anne Hobbs (* Category Spokesman)
• Katherine Hamnett (* Category Spokesman)
• David Bailey
• Nick Passmore
• Mary Anne Hobbs
• Julie Verhoeven
• Emma Reeves
Application/Judges
• Applicants must be 26 or under
• All entries must be received by 12/1/04
• Judging (Early January)
• Shortlist announcement (Late January)
• Awards event (March)
THE
RE:CREATION TOUR 03/04
From October the 24th, the re:creation team will be hitting the roads
again – travelling further than ever in the search for young creative
talent. Beginning in Leeds, the tour will go to Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham,
Birmingham and Edinburgh, finally arriving in Glasgow on the 21st November.
In
each city, re:creation will hold seminars chaired by high profile speakers
from the fields of fashion, film, photography, journalism, design and
music. The speakers will be on hand to teach new dogs old tricks, offering
informal advice to young people looking to embark on a creative career
path.
A
series of special events at exclusive venues will be held in each city
– with guests and bands to be announced over the coming weeks. Previous
bands include: The Coral, The Bees, Junior Senior, D4, Richard Fearless.
MORE…
RE:CREATION 03/04 AWARD CATEGORIES
The new and improved categories for re:creation 03/04 have been designed
for greater stimulation of young creative minds. In addition to the fashion,
design, music and photography categories of last year, the remit of the
journalism award category has been expanded to include creative writing,
while an additional category of film has also been included.
RE:CREATION
JUDGING PANEL
Today's young creatives will be tomorrow's rising stars and industry leaders.
The re:creation judging panel has been assembled to act as a further motivation
by providing an opportunity to gain advice from those that have already
made it.
This year, one judge per category will also act as an official re:creation
spokesperson, summarising the comments of the other judges and providing
opinion on the issues involved in ‘making it’ in the creative
industries.
RE:CREATION PRIZES
More than just a cheque and a trophy at a warm-beer awards ceremony…
the re:creation prizes have been chosen to put the winners on the first
step of their career in the creative industries (*For full details see
re:creation 2002/3 winners backgrounder).
Topshop
and Dazed & Confused, are offering an unparalleled roster of prizes
to act as the ultimate incentive to engage young creatives.
Prizes
include:
MUSIC
• The winning band will be given studio time to record a single
or an EP in a top recording studio, complete with mixing, editing and
mastering. The single will be manufactured and then sold in the fifteen
Fopp stores across the UK.
CREATIVE
WRITING
• A month work placement with the Dazed & Confused editorial
team, with the opportunity for the winner to develop their writing skills
culminating in an article to be published in the magazine. Eurostar have
also donated four first class tickets to either Paris, Brussels or Lille.
PHOTOGRAPHY
• A selection of Canon equipment worth over £2000. The winner
will also be commissioned to do a shoot for Dazed & Confused and given
the opportunity to assist a top music or fashion photographer.
FASHION
• A choice between a placement with the Topshop design team for
the duration of a collection, including an all expenses paid overseas
buying trip. Alternatively the winner will be given the chance to produce
and sell their own range or design a new range to be sold in the Topshop
Boutique area of their flagship Oxford Circus store.
ILLUSTRATION
/ GRAPHIC DESIGN
• The winner will receive a pair of tickets to Reykjavik, courtesy
of Icelandair, weekend accommodation for two people and a pair of tickets
to both the National Gallery and the Municipal Arts Museum. They will
also receive a design commission to be published in a Dazed Group publication.
FILM
• Donated by Raindance, the UK’s leading Independent Film
Festival, the winner will receive a place on the renowned ‘Lo-To-No’
budget filmmaking course and receive a DV or 16ml film crew plus equipment
for one day to film a short film which will then be screened at next year’s
Raindance Film Festival.
THE
RE:CREATION TOUR 03/04
From October the 24th, the re:creation team will be hitting the roads
again – travelling further than ever in the search for young creative
talent. Beginning in Leeds, the tour will go to Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham,
Birmingham and Edinburgh, finally arriving in Glasgow on the 21st November.
In
each city, re:creation will hold seminars chaired by high profile speakers
from the fields of fashion, film, photography, journalism, design and
music. The speakers will be on hand to teach new dogs old tricks, offering
informal advice to young people looking to embark on a creative career
path.
A
series of special events at exclusive venues will be held in each city
– with guests and bands to be announced over the coming weeks. Previous
bands include: The Coral, The Bees, Junior Senior, D4, Richard Fearless.
MORE…
RE:CREATION 03/04 AWARD CATEGORIES
The new and improved categories for re:creation 03/04 have been designed
for greater stimulation of young creative minds. In addition to the fashion,
design, music and photography categories of last year, the remit of the
journalism award category has been expanded to include creative writing,
while an additional category of film has also been included.
RE:CREATION
JUDGING PANEL
Today's young creatives will be tomorrow's rising stars and industry leaders.
The re:creation judging panel has been assembled to act as a further motivation
by providing an opportunity to gain advice from those that have already
made it.
This year, one judge per category will also act as an official re:creation
spokesperson, summarising the comments of the other judges and providing
opinion on the issues involved in ‘making it’ in the creative
industries.
RE:CREATION
PRIZES
More than just a cheque and a trophy at a warm-beer awards ceremony…
the re:creation prizes have been chosen to put the winners on the first
step of their career in the creative industries (*For full details see
re:creation 2002/3 winners backgrounder).
Topshop
and Dazed & Confused, are offering an unparalleled roster of prizes
to act as the ultimate incentive to engage young creatives.
Prizes
include:
MUSIC
• The winning band will be given studio time to record a single
or an EP in a top recording studio, complete with mixing, editing and
mastering. The single will be manufactured and then sold in the fifteen
Fopp stores across the UK.
CREATIVE
WRITING
• A month work placement with the Dazed & Confused editorial
team, with the opportunity for the winner to develop their writing skills
culminating in an article to be published in the magazine. Eurostar have
also donated four first class tickets to either Paris, Brussels or Lille.
PHOTOGRAPHY
• A selection of Canon equipment worth over £2000. The winner
will also be commissioned to do a shoot for Dazed & Confused and given
the opportunity to assist a top music or fashion photographer.
FASHION
• A choice between a placement with the Topshop design team for
the duration of a collection, including an all expenses paid overseas
buying trip. Alternatively the winner will be given the chance to produce
and sell their own range or design a new range to be sold in the Topshop
Boutique area of their flagship Oxford Circus store.
ILLUSTRATION
/ GRAPHIC DESIGN
• The winner will receive a pair of tickets to Reykjavik, courtesy
of Icelandair, weekend accommodation for two people and a pair of tickets
to both the National Gallery and the Municipal Arts Museum. They will
also receive a design commission to be published in a Dazed Group publication.
FILM
• Donated by Raindance, the UK’s leading Independent Film
Festival, the winner will receive a place on the renowned ‘Lo-To-No’
budget filmmaking course and receive a DV or 16ml film crew plus equipment
for one day to film a short film which will then be screened at next year’s
Raindance Film Festival.
SUPPORTING CREATIVITY IN THE UK… "re:creation last year was
a massive success" comments Nicki Bidder, Editor-in-Chief of Dazed
& Confused. “The tour visited six cities, putting on seminars
and parties, and involving over 60 speakers talking on a near one-to-one
basis to about 2,500 budding creatives. The awards themselves received
over 3000 entries from 500 colleges and universities – which were
reviewed by 24 high profile judges to produce a very strong shortlist
of 32 entries - and finally ending with six winners who've already gone
on to bigger things. "However, we're confident that re:creation is
working on much broader level than just helping six people win an award.
re:creation is about getting out there - out of London - and going to
meet, speak, listen to and encourage the many thousands of massively talented
young creatives around the country.”
"Dazed has always nurtured and embraced new talent" comments
Rankin, Photographer and co-founder Dazed & Confused. "And in
a way re:creation is the logical evolution of what we're about. We've
always thought that many of the best people in the arts come from and
continue to work outside of London... re:creation is about not waiting
for that talent to come to us, but going out there and proving we want
to support them.
"The
fact is that no-one was doing anything on this scale before - and we could
never have done it by ourselves. This isn't a mandatory name check of
Topshop - without them this simply could not have happened. It takes vision
and bravery to stick your name and budget behind a project like this -
where there is never going to be a direct business kick-back. They deserve
full recognition and praise for their continued involvement, support and
direction.” "Probably the most striking thing about last year,
was the tour and the amount of people who are turning up to the seminars
up and down the country” comments Jane Shepherdson, Brand Director
for Topshop. “re:creation is direct and relevant to a large group
of people - and is fulfilling a role that is clearly in demand. It just
makes you wonder why someone hasn't done anything on this scale before..."
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