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#PALMYRAVERSE November Challenge

#PALMYRAVERSE November Challenge

Details

  • Location: Online / Global
  • Date: 2018-11

Description

#NEWPALMYRA is an online platform to virtually reconstruct, and creatively reuse, the historic architecture from the city of Palmyra, Syria, and build a future Palmyra from the past.

Each month we put out a call for artists and technologists to contribute their work, and a rotating panel of judges from fields of art, cultural heritage, and technology will select the top three works, which are included in the #PALMYRAVERSE collection.

To contribute your work to the monthly call:

  1. Create an Artifaq account
  2. Upload your submission to Artifaq.
  3. Add "#NEWPALMYRA" as an Artifaq artist, and the "#PALMYRAVERSE November Challenge" as an Artifaq Exhibition on your submission. 

November: the Funerary Towers

For November, we’re inviting artists to create works inspired by the Palmyra Funerary Towers. The Funerary Towers were several multiple-story stone buildings in a necropolis outside the city walls of Palmyra, in an area known as the Valley of the Tombs. 

We are starting the November Challenge by releasing the Elahbel Tower , generously provided by Marin Pette under a CC-BY license.

The Elabel Tower was a four-story sandstone tomb, built around 103AD. It was important in the history of textiles: fragments of very early Chinese silk yarns, dated to the 1st century AD, were discovered in the tombs at the tower. The tower was demolished using explosives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in August 2015.

See more information on Wikipedia and reference photos on Flickr

What is the #PALMYRAVERSE?

The #PALMYRAVERSE is a 12-month online building campaign organized by #NEWPALMYRA, a project to reconstruct the endangered cultural heritage of the ancient city of Palmyra as an immersive virtual environment, based on archaeological and other clues. #NEWPALMYRA was started by Syrian-Palestinian Developer Bassel Khartabil.

What kinds of works are accepted?

Anything you can think of! 3d models, renderings, poetry, music, painting; however you are inspired to build a future Palmyra from the past.

Here is a short list of ideas:

  • Renderings of the model, with emphasis on non-standard and creative renderings
  • Improvements to the Elahbel Tower model
  • Create models of the other Palmyra Funerary Towers, such as the Iamblichus Tower. Here are some photos for reference
  • Add the model to the #newpalmyAR project
  • Create a video, or film using the 3D model
  • Create a sound or sound atmosphere for the 3D environment
  • Make a 3d print or other physical model
  • Make a physical painting about the 3D object
  • Place the 3D model into other 3D environments like Minecraft

Who are the #PALMYRAVERSE Judges?

The judges for the November 2018 are

  • Isaac Mao is a Chinese venture capitalist, software architect, social media researcher, and the creator of Musicoin. 
  • Dana Trometer is a TV/Film Producer and Editor, a Senior Creative Editor at M&C Saatchi London, and was a core member of the #FREEBASSEL Campaign.  
  • Bradley G. Munkowitz GMUNK is a Designer, Director, and Galactic Crusader. 

How Will Works be Judged?

Each judge will be allotted LikeCoin to use to Like works on Artifaq. (Additionally, anyone with LikeCoin may Like works.)

Is there a limit on the number of submissions?

No, you can submit as many works as you'd like! But, we recommend considering the quality, rather than the quantity, of submissions. However, if your submission includes multiple works that connect thematically, then please submit multiple pieces for the single prompt.

What is LikeCoin?

LikeCoin is a technology created by the LikeCoin Foundation to support payments to artists through a "Like" button. LikeCoin is an Ethereum token.

What is Artifaq?

Artifaq is the open platform making art accessible, gathering facts about artworks, artists, exhibitions, and galleries, to build the world's best source of knowledge about ephemeral, hidden, digital, and emerging artworks. 

Artifaq is also the engine that powers the #PALMYRAVERSE. The community is encouraged to submit and add to existing works to make all work more accessible and transparent. Signup for an account to add your artworks.

Get Started!

  • Join Artifaq in Telegram
  • Create an Artifaq account